{"id":2294092,"date":"2024-07-13T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milwaukee-officials-frustrated-by-trump-rename-of-beloved-senator-roadway-for-rnc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T14:52:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T18:52:43","slug":"milwaukee-officials-frustrated-by-trump-rename-of-beloved-senator-roadway-for-rnc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milwaukee-officials-frustrated-by-trump-rename-of-beloved-senator-roadway-for-rnc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee officials frustrated by Trump-rename of beloved Senator roadway for RNC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fmilwaukee-officials-frustrated-by-trump-rename-of-beloved-senator-roadway-for-rnc-washington-examiner%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=2294092&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the Republican National Convention&#8217;s plan \u200cto rename Herb Kohl Way after former President Donald Trump in preparation\u200d for the RNC in Milwaukee. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">move<\/a> sparked frustration among Milwaukee \u200dofficials, as Herb Kohl was\u200b a \u200dbeloved senator \u200bwho played a significant role\u200b in keeping the\u2064 Milwaukee Bucks in the city. After backlash from the community, Milwaukee Mayor \u200dCavalier Johnson \u2062confirmed that the sign\u200c would be taken down.\u200c Representative Gwen Moore also criticized the move, calling it inappropriate and an insult to Herb Kohl&#8217;s legacy. Kohl, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">passed<\/a> away in 2023, was able to witness his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senseless-irrational-cowardice-bulls-high-school-track-coach-fired-after-refusing-to-make-his-team-wear-masks\/\" title=\"\u2018Senseless, Irrational, Cowardice Bulls***\u2019: High School Track Coach Fired After Refusing To Make His Team Wear Masks\">team win<\/a> the NBA championship in 2021 after a 50-year \u200cdrought.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Milwaukee officials frustrated by Trump-rename of beloved Senator roadway for RNC<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/arosciglione\/\">Annabella Rosciglione<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-13T14:21:04-04:00\">July 13, 2024 2:21 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1697791\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Republican National Convention is walking back a plan to rename Herb Kohl Way after former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Workers for the convention covered up Herb Kohl Way with a wrap reading \u201cDonald J. Trump Way\u201d ahead of the RNC in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Milwaukee<\/a> next week. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) served as Wisconsin\u2019s senator from 1989 to 2013 and was the owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/NBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New RNC signage is turning &#8220;Herb Kohl Way&#8221; into &#8220;Donald J. Trump Way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kohl was a longtime Democratic senator who famously kept the Bucks in Milwaukee as a condition of his sale of the team. He died in December <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A9QdHgnrbK\">pic.twitter.com\/A9QdHgnrbK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A.J. Bayatpour (@AJBayatpour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJBayatpour\/status\/1811903581118661071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a slap in the face to every Wisconsinite. If you can\u2019t respect what Herb Kohl has done for Wisconsin you don\u2019t deserve any Wisconsin vote. Period! This is the (Herb Kohl) Way. The disrespect,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DavidCCrowley\/status\/1811933854694818058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Milwaukee native, Kohl is largely credited with keeping the Bucks in Milwaukee after he purchased the team in 1985 and again in 2015 after talks of moving the team to Las Vegas. As the old arena did not meet NBA standards, Fiserv Forum was completed in 2018 and contributed to a new downtown area with restaurants and bars known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/biztimes.com\/bucks-unveil-name-website-for-development-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Deer District<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Most events at the RNC will take place at Fiserv Forum, including Trump\u2019s acceptance speech where he will officially become the Republican Party\u2019s presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said he spoke with organizers at the RNC where they came to an agreement to take down the sign. Johnson said he went to the Deer District, where Fiserv Forum is located in Milwaukee, to confirm the signs were taken down himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as I learned that the honorary sign bearing his name was covered, I reached out,\u201d Johnson said on X. \u201cConvention organizers understood the importance of Senator Kohl to our community and the covering signage has been removed. I just left the Deer District after verifying myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Convention organizers understood the importance of Senator Kohl to our community and the covering signage has been removed.<br \/>I just left the Deer District after verifying myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Cavalier Johnson (@MayorMKE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorMKE\/status\/1811961069532856410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI), whose district encompasses the city of Milwaukee, called the move \u201ccompletely inappropriate\u201d and \u201can insult to Herb Kohl\u2019s legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was completely inappropriate &#038; an insult to Herb Kohl\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Herb loved our \u201chorrible\u201d city &#038; I am incredibly disappointed the RNC approved this. I am glad action has been taken to rectify what I hope was just a bad oversight, not an attempt to erase Herb\u2019s legacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2eIMWv7uUJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/2eIMWv7uUJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Gwen Moore (@RepGwenMoore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGwenMoore\/status\/1812144513202139296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Kohl died in December 2023, but was able to see his team win the NBA championship for the time in 2021 after a 50-year drought.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The last time we talked with former Sen. Herb Kohl was in the summer of 2021 just as the Milwaukee Bucks championship parade kicked off <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is one of the big days in my life,&#8221; he said<\/p>\n<p>Today the Herb Kohl Foundation announced Kohl passed away at the age of 88 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwCd6rH7Tg\">pic.twitter.com\/qwCd6rH7Tg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattsmith_news\/status\/1740160538481750115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While not an official street sign, Herb Kohl Way was put up in his honor outside the arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHerb Kohl Way was named after one of the greatest Milwaukeeans, not because of his politics but because of all he did for this great city,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/07\/12\/outside-rnc-herb-kohl-way-briefly-becomes-donald-j-trump-way\/74389225007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Alex Lasry, a former Bucks owner and Wisconsin US Senate candidate. \u201cThere would be no Fiserv Forum without Sen. Kohl and regardless of politics we should be honoring his legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1697791\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1697791\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee officials are upset by the decision to rename Herb Kohl Way to Donald J. Trump Way for the Republican National Convention. The move was seen as disrespectful to Kohl, a beloved figure in Wisconsin who played a key role in keeping the Milwaukee Bucks in the city. After backlash, organizers agreed to take down the sign and restore Herb Kohl&#8217;s legacy. Kohl, who passed away in 2023, was remembered for his contributions to the city and the team&#8217;s NBA championship win in 2021. 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