2024 RNC security after Trump assassination attempt

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump Saturday shook up security concerns at the Republican National Convention, set to get underway in Milwaukee on Monday.

Security is on high alert outside Fiserv Forum where the Republican National Convention begins two days after the shooting. You can see fencing everywhere, lots of law enforcement, and now they’re reviewing the convention’s security to make sure everyone is safe.

Thousands of members of law enforcement are deploying across downtown Milwaukee for the RNC after the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally in western Pennsylvania.

Questions and concerns about security linger after the attempt and prompted an order from President Joe Biden on Sunday to make sure the convention is as safe as possible.

“I’ve directed the head of the Secret Service to review all security measures for all security measures for the Republican National Convention, which is scheduled to start tomorrow,” he said.

But later in the day, the Secret Service said during a press conference that they’re confident in their original plan to keep President Trump and everyone else safe at the convention.

“We’re not creating any changes to our operational security plans for this event,” said Audrey Gibson-Cicchino, U.S. Secret Service RNC Coordinator. She continued, “We are confident in these security plans that are in place for this event, and we’re ready to go.”

They said security for the convention underwent an extensive planning process and has been 18 months in the making. It includes a security perimeter spanning downtown Milwaukee and its inner part is limited only to those with credentials.

Security checkpoints, fencing and law enforcement from federal and state agencies are set up across the area constantly monitoring for threats. But one aspect of the plan alarming some is that guns will still be allowed in the outer part of the perimeter, because of state law.

Jeffrey Norman, chief of the Milwaukee Police Department, said, “In regards to the ability to carry a firearm outside of the inner frame here, again, our state law allows for the particular right to carry firearms. We as a city cannot legislate out of that.”

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