MILWAUKEE — Attendees of the Republican National Convention are becoming more creative by the day, finding new ways to pay homage to their nominee.
The Illinois delegation breakfast today offered a bust of the former president carved out of a block of orange cheese.
The cheese sculpture featured Trump’s side profile, accompanied by an outline of the state of Illinois with “RNC 2024” at the bottom.
No idea if people are munching on it by now.
Ceramic hats
North Water Street in downtown Milwaukee is home to hotels, restaurants and a Trump-themed art gallery.
Invisible Unlimited, an American culture production company, is displaying its exhibit “CHY-NA: The Finest Art” after former President Donald Trump’s unconventional pronunciation of China.
The gold-accented MAGA hats featured in the exhibit can be viewed 24 hours a day from its storefront windows and up close by appointment.
The exhibit will run through the presidential election and the pieces are for sale.
Vivek (from Ohio)
Vivek Ramaswamy has been in a hurry this week.
CNS staff has spotted the entrepreneur-turned-politician and his posse scurrying in and around Fiserv Forum, meeting with media, delivering speeches and directing his press team to “get this up fast.”
One of the loudest cheers at Tuesday night’s session came for the former GOP presidential candidate.
The crowd chanted “elect Trump” along with Ramaswamy as he pledged his allegiance to the Republican nominee.
Who knew Ramaswamy was from Ohio? He posted on X that he was proud of his classmate J.D. Vance, who was tapped as Trump’s running mate Monday.
Ramaswamy added that the pair used to watch Cincinnati Bengals games at the bar during their Yale Law School days.
If Vance succeeds in vacating his U.S Senate seat, maybe he’ll put in a good word for his old friend, Vivek.
Presidential shoes
Presidential history nuts pride themselves on knowing all sorts of fun facts about the occupants of the White House.
We can relate, but confess we were a bit taken aback by an exhibition here about presidential shoes.
The shoe manufacturer Johnston & Murphy is sharing with conventioneers display cases containing the shoes of some of our presidents.
And thus we learn that Abraham Lincoln wore a lace-up boot in size 14, the largest shoe of any president.
Warren Harding wore Victorian-era spats, Woodrow Wilson was partial to white buckskins (in the summer, of course), while Bill Clinton was given (not sure if he wore) a pair of blue suede loafers as an homage to Clinton’s idol Elvis Presley.
Johnston & Murphy has been shoeing presidents since 1850.
Make way for the bike squad
The Milwaukee Police have a bicycle-mounted unit that has been patrolling the convention venue.
Spotted late Wednesday afternoon, the cops were rolling along single-file and ringing their teeny-tiny bike bells (just like the ones we had as kids) to warn pedestrians they were coming through the crowd.
One member of the squad confided to a CNS reporter: “We’re not that cool.”
Capital News Service reporter Caley Fox Shannon and CNS Washington Bureau Chief James R. Carroll contributed to this story.
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