Downtown Milwaukee remains
"quiet" ahead of DNC
Posted By: NorthernDog, 8/16/2020 8:08:24 PM
MILWAUKEE — The weekend before the Democratic Convention in Milwaukee was supposed to be full of activity. But the pandemic and a scaled-back convention has left downtown fairly quiet. "It's been a little quiet, honestly," said Corey Libermann. "We're from the Madison area and for us, we thought it would be a little bit more busy." (Snip) "It's a little eerie, we're kind of the only people that kind of came over here down this alleyway in front of the Bucks' stadium," Ghuman said. The city was expecting around 50,000 people to come through before the pandemic. Then the convention was
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. Everyone fled town when the Dems showed up. Not even any curious onlookers.