{"id":2330392,"date":"2024-08-24T08:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T12:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-a-hollywood-show-that-offered-no-policy-answers-wisconsin-gop-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T12:47:00","slug":"dnc-a-hollywood-show-that-offered-no-policy-answers-wisconsin-gop-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-a-hollywood-show-that-offered-no-policy-answers-wisconsin-gop-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC a \u2018Hollywood show\u2019 that offered no policy answers: Wisconsin GOP &#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%2Fdnc-a-hollywood-show-that-offered-no-policy-answers-wisconsin-gop-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=2330392&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>Following the Democratic National Convention (DNC), Wisconsin Republican lawmakers criticized \u2063the event\u2063 for failing to address key \u200cpolicy issues facing the nation. U.S. Representative Bryan Steil noted the absence of concrete solutions for challenges such as border security,\u2062 rising costs, and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-miller-says-biden-an-incredibly-weak-leader-who-has-invited-aggression-toward-ukraine-israel-taiwan\/\" title=\"Rep. Miller slams Biden as a feeble leader who has provoked aggression towards Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.\">ineffective foreign policy<\/a>. He emphasized that positive rhetoric from the DNC could\u200c not resolve these serious issues. Wisconsin \u2062GOP Chairman Brian Schimming condemned the DNC as a \u2063&#8221;Hollywood\u200d show&#8221; \u200baimed at \u200bdiverting voter attention from the Biden administration&#8217;s record\u2062 over the\u2062 past few years. He argued that Vice President Kamala Harris would continue the\u2063 policies of\u2062 President Biden, which could harm her electoral prospects. During the convention, Harris spoke about job creation and cost\u2062 reduction without providing specific details, instead focusing on criticisms of former \u200dPresident Donald Trump. Steil described the DNC&#8217;s \u200cpresentation as \u200da &#8220;whitewash&#8221; \u2064intended to distract \u200bfrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-again-urges-biden-to-reinstate-keystone-xl-pipeline\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin Again Urges Biden To Reinstate Keystone XL Pipeline\">real challenges facing<\/a> the American public.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DNC a &lsquo;Hollywood show&rsquo; that offered no policy answers: Wisconsin GOP<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1737028\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Following the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers held a press call blasting the DNC&rsquo;s &ldquo;whitewashing&rdquo; of the past and the lack of answers offered for the future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think what we&rsquo;ve seen over the past four days is a lack of answers to the biggest challenges our country faces. We have an unsecured border, we have higher costs, we have a foreign policy that continues to not lead from strength. And what we did not hear over the course of four days in Chicago was answers to how we&rsquo;re going to address those challenges,&rdquo; U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil said. &ldquo;Hope and joy does not secure the US Mexico border. Hope and joy does not bring down prices.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Brian Schimming called the DNC a &ldquo;Hollywood show&rdquo; to divert the attention of voters away from the damage Biden and Harris have done during the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris cannot possibly take credit for her own work with Biden in the last three and a half years, because if she does, she&rsquo;ll lose the election,&rdquo; Schimming said. &ldquo;They switched out the candidate, but the fundamentals of this race really have not changed. Kamala Harris will be a continuation, if not worse, than what&rsquo;s happened under Joe Biden. And she&rsquo;s been part of it, and she cannot escape that.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_4f7e5cfe-60fd-11ef-a023-bbf69c7df352.html\">During the convention<\/a><\/strong>, Harris made references to creating jobs and lowering housing and drug costs but gave few details, instead focusing primarily on Project 2025 and other claims about former President Donald Trump that her opponent has denied.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vice President Harris made statements as if she is not currently in the White House,&rdquo; Steil said. &ldquo;What we saw in four days in Chicago [was] a whitewash of what&rsquo;s happened over the past three and a half years, and an attempt to distract the American people from the challenges that we&rsquo;re facing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler holds a much rosier view of what another Harris administration would look like.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are fighting for our freedoms &ndash; the freedom to make our own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrence-p-jeffrey-when-dick-durbin-defended-the-right-to-life\/\" title=\"Terrence P. Jeffrey: When Dick Durbin Defended the Right to Life\">reproductive health care choices<\/a>, to the freedom to love who we love, to the freedom to support a family and retire with dignity,&rdquo; he said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany urged voters to reflect on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-vp-short-list-looks-like-a-list-of-presidential-candidates-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris VP short list looks like a list of presidential candidates - Washington Examiner\">current administration&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s record, and its consistent policy failures regarding all the issues that he said Trump handled well during his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All people have to do is look at the contrast. We had the cost of living under control four to five years ago. We had a border that was largely secure, and we had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/get-the-f-out-philippines-foreign-minister-warns-china-on-south-china-sea\/\" title=\"\u2018Get The F*** Out\u2019: Philippines\u2019 Foreign Minister Warns China On South China Sea\">strong foreign policy<\/a>, a strong America. Our adversaries were not kicking sand in our face like they are doing now,&rdquo; Tiffany said in the press call, pointing out how the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel-Gaza war both began and continue under the Biden-Harris administration. &ldquo;If you want to go back to the days of low inflation, of a strong foreign policy and a border that&rsquo;s secure, then you&rsquo;re going to vote Republican, and you&rsquo;re gonna vote for Donald Trump in November.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1737028\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1737028\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin GOP Criticizes DNC as a &#8216;Hollywood Show&#8217; Lacking Policy Solutions (The Center Square) \u2013 After the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, Republican lawmakers from Wisconsin conducted a press call to condemn the DNC for &#8220;whitewashing&#8221; its past and failing to provide solutions for future issues. U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil stated, \u201cOver the last four days, we have not seen answers to our country\u2019s most pressing challenges. We face an unsecured border, rising costs, and a foreign policy that does not demonstrate strength. Throughout the convention in Chicago, there were no solutions presented for these problems.\u201d He added that \u201chope and joy\u201d do not address border security or reduce prices. Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Brian Schimming described the DNC as a \u201cHollywood show\u201d aimed at distracting voters from the negative impacts of Biden and Harris&#8217;s administration over the past four years. He remarked that Kamala Harris cannot take credit for her work with Biden without jeopardizing her election chances: \u201cThey may have changed candidates, but fundamentally this race remains unchanged; Kamala Harris represents continuity or even deterioration compared to Joe Biden.\u201d During her speeches at the convention, Harris mentioned job creation and reducing housing and drug costs but provided little detail while focusing on Project 2025 and criticisms of former President Donald Trump that were denied by his campaign. Steil commented on this by saying that Vice President Harris spoke as if she were not currently in office: \u201cWhat we witnessed over those four days was an attempt to gloss over what has transpired in recent years while diverting attention from current challenges.\u201d In contrast, Ben Wikler, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, expressed optimism about what another term under Harris would entail: &#8220;Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are advocating for our freedoms\u2014freedom regarding reproductive health choices, love interests, family support options\u2014and ensuring dignified retirement.&#8221; However, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany urged voters to consider the current administration&#8217;s record on various issues where he believes Trump performed better during his presidency: &#8220;People need only look at how things have changed; inflation was manageable just four or five years ago with secure borders and strong foreign policy.&#8221; Tiffany pointed out ongoing conflicts like Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars occurring under Biden-Harris leadership: &#8220;If you want a return to low inflation rates along with secure borders and robust foreign policy again\u2014vote Republican; vote Donald Trump in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2330393,"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\/08\/082324_DNC_WEEKLY_EDIT-13-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7705,4361,39177,39176],"class_list":["post-2330392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dnc","tag-hollywood","tag-policy-answers","tag-wisconsin-gop"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/082324_DNC_WEEKLY_EDIT-13-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330392","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}