{"id":2262440,"date":"2024-06-07T16:15:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T20:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kohls-will-not-sponsor-2024-republican-national-convention-events\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T16:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T20:15:34","slug":"kohls-will-not-sponsor-2024-republican-national-convention-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kohls-will-not-sponsor-2024-republican-national-convention-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohl&#8217;s will not sponsor events at the 2024 Republican National Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkohls-will-not-sponsor-2024-republican-national-convention-events%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262440&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Developing<\/p>\n<p>In response to the \u2064upcoming\u2062 Republican National Convention, major retail chain Kohl&#8217;s \u200chas \u200bannounced that they \u2063will not be \u2062sponsoring any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-temporarily-bans-ads-for-weapons-accessories-ahead-of-inauguration-day\/\" title=\"Facebook Temporarily Bans Ads for Weapons Accessories Ahead of Inauguration Day\">events related<\/a> to the convention. The company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where the convention is scheduled to take place, has stated \u2063that they are not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armenian-primary-minister-accuses-army-of-attempted-coup\/\" title=\"Armenian Primary Minister Accuses Army Of Attempted Coup\">political organization<\/a> or donor and will not be participating in \u2064any specific RNC events. This is consistent with\u2064 their approach to the Democratic National Convention, which was also planned \u200dfor \u200cMilwaukee. Kohl&#8217;s has not sponsored either convention in \u2062over a\u200c decade. The RNC is expected to bring over 50,000 people to Milwaukee next month \u200cand \u2063former President\u200d Donald \u2064Trump has hinted that he \u2064may\u200b announce his \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a> during the convention. Possible candidates include Marco \u2064Rubio, J.D. Vance, Tom Cotton, Tim Scott, Elise Stefanik, Byron\u2062 Donalds,\u200b Doug Burgum, \u2063and former Secretary of \u2062Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson. Kohl&#8217;s decision has sparked conversation\u200b and some \u200chave\u2062 called for a \u200bboycott \u2062of\u200b the company.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The major retail chain Kohl\u2019s will not sponsor any events related to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Convention<\/a>, which is scheduled to take place from July 15-18 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Milwaukee<\/a>, Wisconsin, where the company is based.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKohl\u2019s is not a political organization nor donor and is not sponsoring nor engaging in any specific RNC events,\u201d a spokesperson for Kohl\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/06\/06\/kohls-donation-trump-republican-national-convention.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement to CNBC on Thursday. \u201cWe support the business community through the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the same approach we took when supporting the Milwaukee community when the DNC\u00a0was planned for Milwaukee,\u201d a spokesperson for the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kohls-faces-boycott-snubs-republican-convention-1909473\">told<\/a> <em>Newsweek<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Kohl\u2019s has not sponsored either convention for more than a decade, CNBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Convention is expected to bring more than 50,000 people to Milwaukee next month to nominate former President Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-r-dalU28zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> on Thursday that he is considering announcing his vice presidential pick during the convention as well. His potential running mates include Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), J.D. Vance (R-OH), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Tim Scott (R-SC), as well as Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Byron Donalds (R-FL), North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson. <\/p>\n<p>The convention is expected to greatly benefit Milwaukee\u2019s economy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregons-new-secretary-of-state-democrat-caught-hosting-birthday-gathering-in-defiance-of-governors-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon\u2019s New Secretary Of State (Democrat) CAUGHT Hosting Birthday Gathering In Defiance Of Governor\u2019s Covid Orders\">local businesses<\/a>, as well as create more jobs in the hospitality sector, according to the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/city.milwaukee.gov\/RNC\/FAQ#:~:text=Why%20is%20Milwaukee%20hosting%20the,sector%20and%20benefiting%20local%20businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that it was a stark difference from the [Democratic National Convention] that was slated to happen in 2020 here,\u201d Jacob Fischer, a spokesman for the 2024 Republic National Convention, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmtoday.com\/the_freeman\/news\/rnc-keeps-national-convention-local-to-wisconsin\/article_01183905-707e-5e45-af9e-541674733c3f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Waukesha Freeman<\/em>. \u201cThey sought other hotels, frankly a lot of hotels outside of Wisconsin, specifically Illinois, so the RNC made a commitment from the get-go that all of our hotel placements would be in Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think Wisconsin is an important state and we wanted to make sure local businesses benefited from the convention,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The convention will take place four days after Trump is set to be sentenced on July 11. He was found guilty on 34 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> last week. <\/p>\n<p>Kohl\u2019s\u2019s decision comes after former RNC Chairman Reince Priebus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/reince-priebus-corporate-america-fund-trump-election-a357dcc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em>that \u201cvirtually all of the Fortune 500 companies in Wisconsin\u201d had pledged to support the event. Fiserv, a financial technology company, is one of the largest Fortune 500 Wisconsin companies sponsoring the convention, according to CNBC.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kohl&#8217;s, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, announced it will not sponsor events at the Republican National Convention scheduled for July 15-18. A spokesperson stated, &#8220;Kohl\u2019s is not a political organization or donor and will not engage in any specific RNC events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2262441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP20237836855403.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP20237836855403.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}