For file if needed - The Miller High Life Theatre (lower left) on West Kilbourn Avenue and the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena (lower right) on North Vel R. Phillips Avenue looking north in Milwaukee on Monday, April 8, 2019. The area will be heavily utilized for the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Also seen is the soon to be demolished BMO Harris Bradley Center, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Fiserv Forum. Drone DNC Photo by Chelsey Lewis and Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Dnc Milwaukee District Drone 12051
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The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Democrats and Republicans to take a close look at whether they’ll be able to move forward as planned this summer with conventions that typically kick off the general election season. Prospective Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said this week that it’s “hard to envision” a normal convention in July in Milwaukee. But he also noted that Democrats “have more time” to figure things out. Republicans, meanwhile, are expressing confidence they can pull off their convention as scheduled in August. But party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel still allows for the possibility that the pandemic could upend GOP plans.
