Democrats across the Midwest are calling on both the White House and the DNC chair to choose Chicago as the destination for the 2024 convention, arguing the party must send a strong signal of support if it's to keep its 'blue wall' of states intact.
"We cannot afford to overlook the Midwest,” Democrats, including Govs. JB Pritzker and Gretchen Whitmer, argue in a letter first obtained by NBC News.
In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton famously skipped visiting Wisconsin during her general election campaign and the state fell to Trump, who won by about 22,000 votes.
Democratic Sens. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, and Ohio’s Sherrod Brown were among the other signatories. The Wednesday letter didn't call out Georgia by name but officials alluded to red-state concerns including with voting access and the fact that"Holding a convention in a state whose policies fundamentally oppose Democratic principles would send a devastating message to voters," they argued."The Midwest has been a bastion of strong labor unions for generations, an oasis for reproductive choice, and a stronghold of civil rights protections."for the state of Georgia.
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