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The Republican National Committee (RNC) has shuttered multiple Hispanic outreach centers across the country, and is scrapping plans to open more in the months leading up to the presidential election. One such center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is particularly noticeable, as it's been closed since mid-2022 and is in the city where the RNC plans to hold its political convention later this year . The RNC doesn't appear to even be trying to reopen it. From Wisconsin Public Radio : Earlier this year, the Republican National Committee said it planned to reopen the center, and in a statement issued this week, RNC Chair Michael Whatley said the party would still organize in communities that are not traditionally Republican. But RNC spokespersons did not respond to questions from WPR about whether Milwaukee’s center would reopen, and a visit to the building Friday revealed it was still shuttered. Nearby business owners said they haven’t seen any activity in the building recently. Repub...

During a rally in Ohio over the weekend, Donald Trump told his supporters that violence would erupt if he lost the upcoming presidential election to President Joe Biden. Trump didn't indicate if he'd be leading the impending "bloodbath" as he described it, in the event of his loss, but he didn't say he wouldn't be supportive of it, either. Per The New York Times : While discussing the U.S. economy and its auto industry, Mr. Trump promised to place tariffs on cars manufactured abroad if he won in November. He added: “Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole — that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a blood bath for the country.” Trump also degraded immigrants coming to the U.S., denigrating their status as even being human beings. "I don't know if you call them people ... these are animals," Trump said during the rally . ("Oh, but the CONTEXT!" some Trump fans are yelling, defending his ch...