>> IN AN INTERVIEW WITH WISN IN
MILWAUKEE, ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
ROBIN VOS SAID FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP CALLED HIM LAST
WEEK, PRESSURING HIM AGAIN TO
DECERTIFY WISCONSIN'S 2020 2020
ELECTION AFTER THE STATE HIGH
COURT RULED ABSENTEE BALLOT
BOXES ARE ILLEGAL.
VOS SAYS HE, ONCE AGAIN, TOLD
TRUMP, DECERTIFYING IS NOT
LEGALLY POSSIBLE, AND THAT THE
COURT RULING DOESN'T REACH BACK,
BUT FORWARD.
TRUMP SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA: THE DEMOCRATS
WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK
ROBIN AND ALL OF HIS FELLOW
REPUBLICANS AND NAME ONLY'S FOR
LETTING THEM GET AWAY WITH
MURDER.
THAT'S WHO COULD BE COMING TO
MILWAUKEE FOR THE 2024
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION,
AFTER THE CITY GOT THE NOD OVER
NASHVILLE FOR THE EVENT.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
REPRESENTS AN ECONOMIC WINDFALL
FOR MILWAUKEE AND WISCONSIN.
WE CHECK IN WITH MILWAUKEE MAYOR
CAVALIER JOHNSON FOR HIS
REACTION.
AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE,
MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> SO WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO
THE NEWS THAT MILWAUKEE IS
ALMOST CERTAINLY A LOCK FOR THE
RNC CONVENTION IN 2024?
>> WELL, AS I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR
WEEKS AND MONTHS PERHAPS, EVEN,
I THINK THIS IS A WIN FOR
MILWAUKEE FOR A HOST OF REASONS.
ONE, WINNING THE SECOND
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONTEST
IN AS MANY PRESIDENTIAL CYCLES
JUST SHOWS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE
ARE STARTING TO PAY ATTENTION TO
MILWAUKEE, BUT OF COURSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
FULLY EXECUTE THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
NOW WE'RE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY
TO EXECUTE THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
AND WHEN CONVENTION GOERS COME
HERE WHEN AN EVENT ACTUALLY
HAPPENS, I THINK IT WILL OPEN UP
THE EYES OF THE COUNTRY AND THE
WORLD TO THIS BEST KEPT SECRET
IN THE MIDWEST THAT IS
MILWAUKEE.
IT WILL GENERATE
OPPORTUNITIES -- I'M SORRY.
>> WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL
WINDFALL DOES IT REPRESENT?
>> CERTAINLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF ECONOMIC IMPACT.
YOU'LL HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO DESCEND UPON
MILWAUKEE, STAYING AT OUR
HOTELS, EATING AT OUR
RESTAURANTS, SO IT WILL BE A
BOONE TO OUR CONVENTION AS WELL
AS OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY HERE IN
MILWAUKEE, PUTTING MONEY INTO
THE POCKETS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN MOSTLY BATTERED OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS DUE
TO THE PANDEMIC.
>> IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE STILL
IN PLACE FROM THE PLANNED DNC
CONVENTION OF WHICH YOU JUST
SPOKE THOUGH THAT WAS MOSTLY
REMOTE?
>> YEAH, THERE WERE PLANS
OBVIOUSLY FOR TO BE IN PERSON
BEFORE IT TURNED TO BE A
REMOTE-MOSTLY EVENT, BUT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DID ALL OF ITS
PLANNING FOR THE EVENT, I FEEL
THEY'RE STILL IN A STRONG
POSITION TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
THE PLANS THAT THEY PUT IN
PLACE, BUILD OFF OF THOSE FOR
2024 TO HAVE A SAFE EVENT.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE EXPANDED OUR
CAPACITY FOR HOTEL SPACE SINCE
2020, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO
SO LEADING UP UNTIL 2024 AS
WELL.
WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT TO
HOST THE CONVENTION.
>> SO YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT AND
MAYOR IN A DEMOCRATIC CITY THAT
WON THE STATE FOR JOE BIDEN IN
2020.
DO YOU HAVE MISGIVINGS ABOUT
HIGHLIGHTING THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE AISLE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE
EXTRAORDINARY CONTENTIOUS TIMES?
>> NO, LOOK, I AM A DEMOCRAT,
AND PROUDLY SO, AND I CAMPAIGNED
VERY HARD FOR JOE BIDEN TO WIN
THE PRESIDENCY IN 2020 AND WILL
DO SO AGAIN IN 2024, WHEN HE
RUNS FOR REELECTION THIS IS THE
THING.
WE CAN BE OPPOSING PARTIES BUT
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE
TO BE WELCOMING.
WE CAN PUT ON A GREAT
CONVENTION, BRING ON, AGAIN, THE
EYES OF THE COUNTRY, THE EYES OF
THE WORLD TO MILWAUKEE, TO MOVE
MILWAUKEE FROM BEST KEPT SECRET
STATUS TO KNOWN COMMODITY AND A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO
AND DO BUSINESS CATEGORY, HAVING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTED
INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY,
PROVIDING RESOURCES TO THOUSANDS
OF WORKERS IN OUR TOURISM AND
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, AND STILL
KEEP OUR PRINCIPLES.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION COMING HERE PRESENTS
DEMOCRATS HERE IN MILWAUKEE AND
IN WISCONSIN WITH THE LARGEST
STAGE IN THE WORLD TO COMBAT THE
PLATFORM OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
SO I AM A DEMOCRAT, I WILL
CONTINUE TO HOLD DEMOCRATIC
PRINCIPLES, DEMOCRATIC VALUES,
AND I'M GOING TO CAMPAIGN FOR
JOE BIDEN TO WIN RE-ELECTION IN
2024.
THAT DOESN'T CHANGE A THING.
>> WHAT IF DONALD TRUMP IS THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, WHAT WILL
THAT BE LIKE FOR YOU?
>> IF DONALD TRUMP IS THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, AND I DON'T
KNOW IF DONALD TRUMP WILL BE THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE OR NOT, THAT
DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
I THINK THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
HAS PROVEN TO NOT JUST RESIDENTS
OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, WHICH
HE WON, BUT TO CITIZENS ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES THAT HE IS THE
PERSON TO LEAD THE COUNTRY.
HE CHARACTERIZED HIS CAMPAIGN
ABOUT THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
AND IT WAS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
AND OBVIOUSLY HE WAS VICTORIOUS
IN THAT ELECTION AS WELL.
THIS SAME THING WILL STAND TO
HOLD TRUE IN THE 2024 ELECTION.
AND SO I'LL BE CAMPAIGNING WITH
THE PRESIDENT, WITH PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN, ON THAT SAME BASIS,
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE
THE SAME RESULT WE HAD IN 2020,
WHICH IS JOE BIDEN VICTORIOUS IN
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
WERE DONALD TRUMP TO BE THE
NOMINEE, ANOTHER LOSS.
>> I KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE MORE
VOTE TO SECURE FOR SURE THE
CONVENTION, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S
IN EARLY AUGUST.
DO YOU EXPECT THAT VOTE TO ALSO
GIVE TO MILWAUKEE?
GOOD NEWS.
MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US AND CONGRATULATIONS
ON GETTING THE CONVENTION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, FREDERICA,