Golf! Football! Networking! — What Senate Republicans Are Actually Looking Forward to in Milwaukee

Senate lawmakers heading to the Republican National Convention have agendas beyond just venerating Trump

Green Bay Packers fans walking outside the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on September 20, 2009. Photo credit: CdbgLaurie, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

While they’re happy to join the 50,000 people projected to attend the Republican National Convention next week in Milwaukee, several Senate Republicans told 24sight News they’re planning to do a lot more while there than obsess about party politics. 

As presumptive nominee Donald Trump awaits the final blessing of the 2,400 delegates who will officially endorse the GOP’s 2024 presidential ticket on Thursday, July 18, some of his supporters expect to kill time as best they see fit. 

Sen. Lindsey Graham said his top priority is “playing that Erin Hills golf course.”

“I’m looking forward to that,” the South Carolina Republican and Trump 2016 rival told 24sight of his desire to squeeze in 18 holes out in the Milwaukee suburbs. 

Graham added that he’ll also do some rah-rah stuff – “Seeing the whole fanfare, meeting with my state delegation … and experiencing the show” – as time permits. 

Sen. Roger Marshall said he and his wife are very excited about participating in their first GOP convention. “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen quite the camaraderie and everybody really rowing the boat in the same direction,” the Kansas Republican said of the burgeoning MAGA movement.