| | | | |  | | By Shia Kapos | Good Thursday morning, Illinois. Republican delegates are getting their beauty sleep after staying up too late last night.
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Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance arrives to speak during the third night of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 17, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO | MILWAUKEE — We sat down with Congressman Darin LaHood Wednesday on Day Three of the Republican National Convention, and he made a comment that couldn’t be more true: “In politics, everything is nationalized now.” Of course, that was the case Wednesday night when J.D. Vance, the running mate to Donald Trump, introduced himself to the world and talked about the issues that mattered most to him. Vance’s wife, Usha, and Trump’s granddaughter, Kai Madison, also spoke to help soften the image of both candidates. National politics is part of the ethos in the Illinois GOP, too, as it grapples with immigration and abortion. And it’s created a rift in the Republican Party. Though you aren’t noticing it in Milwaukee. Newly named Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi gave a big-tent rallying cry during Wednesday’s breakfast meeting. She was preaching to the choir. The delegates in the room were all approved by Trump’s campaign. Missing were Illinois Republican stalwarts like former Gov. Jim Edgar, former Illinois House Speaker Jim Durkin, former Sen. Mark Kirk and others who are dyed-in-the-wool Republicans even if they didn’t always back Trump. We asked about the party tension. “We need to be respectful and be able to sit at the same table,” she told reporters after the breakfast, acknowledging she hadn’t talked to Edgar in recent days, “but I know that he’s on board with our vision for winning elections.” Easier said than done. Salvi is committed to focusing on elections. “We’re going to make Illinois red again,” she told delegates at the breakfast, echoing Trump’s campaign messaging. |  Congresswoman Mary Miller, outgoing Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy and Congressman Mike Bost attended Day Three of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. | Shia Kapos/POLITICO | McCombie’s mantra, too: Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie told the breakfast crowd she hopes to flip a handful of Illinois House seats in November, including in the suburbs. The hard truth: “The top of the ticket for Democrats and Republicans is challenging this year all around the nation,” she said, referring to the suburban areas that have seen Republican voters bristle at Trump’s politics. Pivoting to the top of the tickets: Trump will take the stage tonight to accept the nomination five days after a bullet nearly killed him. He has since gained hero status with Republicans here. Trying to stay up: President Joe Biden, who embraced the get-back-up-when-you’re-down theme after his fumbled debate a few weeks ago, has had a rough week. On Wednesday, the White House announced he had Covid. And it’s coming at the worst time, reports POLITICO’s Eli Stokols. Still, that’s the least of it. POLITICO’s Rachel Bade reports former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the president the other day he’s dragging down the party. Read it here. We’ll be watching Trump’s speech tonight. Tell us what you think: skapos@politico.com. RELATED Notable names are already popping up as possible GOP governor candidates in 2026: Outgoing Republican National Committeeman Richard Porter, Congressman Darin LaHood, former state Sen. Darren Bailey, who lost to JB Pritzker in 2022, and Aaron Del Mar, who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor that year, by the Tribune’s Jeremy Gorner. Vance banishes his bulldog image in favor of calm heir apparent, by POLITICO’s Lisa Kashinsky and Natalie Allison Trump name-drops Pritzker: Donald Trump’s campaign says it won't commit to a VP debate because "we don't know who the Democrat nominee for vice president is going to be." The campaign namedrops Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker and Gretchen Whitmer. Pritzker's camp called the Trump debate statement "a weird way to say 'I'm scared of Kamala Harris,'" via the Sun-Times’ Tina Sfondeles. Congressman Darin LaHood gives an insider look at the Republican National Convention, by the Sun-Times’ Lynn Sweet Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talked about the migrant issue during his speech at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday. "Those buses will continue to roll until we finally secure our borders," he vowed. Trump gives a nod to Milwaukee’s mayor, by your Playbook host
| | THE BUZZ | | Springfield-area deputy faces murder charges in the killing of Sonya Massey: “She was in her home following a 911 call reporting a possible intruder. Sean Grayson faces three counts of first-degree murder, along with two other charges. He is in custody and will make a first court appearance at 2 p.m. today when he will be arraigned,” by the State Journal Register’s Steven Spearie. Statement from Gov. JB Pritzker: “Sonya Massey was concerned for her safety and called law enforcement to her home for protection. Like all Illinoisans, she deserved that protection. Instead, innocent and unarmed, she was gunned down by an officer of the law. My heart breaks for Sonya’s children, for her family and friends and for all who knew and loved her, and I am enraged that another innocent black woman had her life taken from her at the hands of a police officer.” If you are Mark Kirk, Playbook would like to hear from you. Email: skapos@politico.com
| | WHERE'S JB | | At the MxD Innovation House at 8:30 a.m. to give remarks at the MxD Quantum Technology Summit — At Richland Community College at 11:30 a.m. to sign “nation-leading carbon capture legislation.”
| | WHERE's BRANDON | | No official public events.
| | Where's Toni | | At the Cook County Building at 9:30 a.m. to preside over a special meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners honoring Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer. Have a tip, suggestion, birthday, new job or (heaven forbid) a complaint? Email: skapos@politico.com
| | | | CHECK OUT WHAT YOU MISSED IN MILWAUKEE! Watch the full event from the CNN-POLITICO Grill at the RNC HERE.
The program featured Bayer’s Jessica Christiansen, senior vice president and head of crop science and sustainability communications, as well as a conversation with Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), Rep. G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.) and POLITICO’s Meredith Lee Hill for discussions about agriculture, food policy and how these issues will impact the November election. | | | | | | | | 2024 WATCH | | | — Bob Fioretti, the Republican candidate for Cook County state’s attorney, took his campaign to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. In a presser after the Illinois Republicans’ morning meeting, he said, “We need safe streets, strong communities, and the only way we achieve it is by having order, instead of bedlam and chaos that we’re seeing in our major cities,” by the Daily Herald’s Christopher Placek. — More than $400K raised so far in Chicago’s 2024 school board elections, by Chalkbeat’s Mila Koumpilova and Becky Vevea — Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and City Clerk Anna Valencia have endorsed Margaret "Maggie" Cullerton Hooper for Chicago’s School Board representative in District 2.
| | CHICAGO | | — CITY COUNCIL DRAMA | Facing stiff resistance, Johnson calls off vote to install Sigcho-Lopez as Zoning chair: “Mayor Brandon Johnson spent the weekend lobbying alderpersons to install Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) as chair of the City Council’s powerful Zoning Committee. But with business leaders pushing back and Council opponents insisting that 34 votes were needed to consider the Council shake-up, Johnson called off the vote,” by the Sun-Times’ Fran Spielman. — Chicago’s top watchdog pushed to add ex-Police Supt. David Brown to city’s do-not-hire list: “Inspector General Deborah Witzburg wanted to bar David Brown from being rehired after he refused to cooperate with an investigation linked to a drug bust involving a police chief’s car. Police officials rebuffed the request,” by the Sun-Times’ Tom Schuba. — Famous Wrigley Field rooftops will be torn down after city signs off: “City Council on Wednesday approved the rezoning of three iconic properties on Sheffield Avenue — including the Eamus Catuli and Torso buildings — to make way for a single 29-unit apartment building,” by Block Club’s Patrick Filbin.
| | SPOTLIGHT | | — Navy exonerates Black sailors charged in Port Chicago disaster 80 years ago: “The decision to exonerate the sailors came after a Navy investigation found legal errors made during the 1944 court-martial trial of 258 Black sailors who had been subjected to threats of execution for refusing to return to work after the July 17, 1944, explosions,” by The Washington Post’s DeNeen L. Brown. Some background: “The cause of the explosions, which injured more than 400 people, destroyed two ships and a train, and flattened the nearby town of Port Chicago, was never determined. The disaster at Port Chicago has been called by Navy historians the single worst home-front disaster during World War II.”
| | COOK COUNTY AND COLLARS | | — Local chefs celebrate the work of Cook County Sheriff’s Urban Farming Initiative: “Chicago chefs Will Carter and Alvin Green faced off Wednesday in the Cook County Sheriff’s Garden Chef Challenge. Each was given an hour to create a dish using ingredients grown at the farm,” by the Sun-Times’ Sophie Sherry
| | | DAY IN COURT | | | — Lawsuit accuses state police of neglect, enabling alleged Highland Park shooter to obtain gun, by the Tribune’s Caroline Kubzansky
| | MEDIA MATTERS | | — Chicago's severe weather still impacting newspaper deliveries as Schaumburg printers face 'production issues': “The Chicago Tribune Co. — which prints and delivers the Tribune, Sun-Times and other papers — faces delays at its printing facility,” by the Sun-Times’ Abby Miller.
| | | | Understand 2024’s big impacts with Pro’s extensive Campaign Races Dashboard, exclusive insights, and key coverage of federal- and state-level debates. Focus on policy. Learn more. | | | | | | | Reader Digest | | We asked what characteristic you inherited from your parents. Matthew Beaudet: “Don’t waste anything. My parents grew up in the Great Depression.” Denise W. Barreto: “A relentless work ethic from my UAW (one of the first Black UAW members in Chicago) dad and my obsession with being on time. Fifteen minutes early is on time and only becoming a mom ruined that for me.” Brian Bernardoni: “From my dad, an intense interest in reading, and from my mom, being fearless in the kitchen.” Mike Gascoigne: “My parents are great people, but I realized when I went to a movie theater recently that a non-functioning automated ticket machine made me very frustrated — just like my dad.” Lucas Hawley: “Being that my mother raised Quadruplets; a monumental amount of patience in life.” Diana Huizar: “Tenacity.” Charles Keller: "Determination, you know, like when a pit bull has a prime rib in his jaws. There is no getting that meat away from him.” Chris Kolker: “Male pattern baldness and hard work ethic.” Jim Lyons: “Their work ethic. They both came from Ireland with nothing. They owned a bar and worked long hard days.” Marilynn Miller: “My dad’s beautiful handwriting and his inability to sit still. I have the same tendency.” Enza Raineri: “Making sure everybody has enough to eat when they come over, even if they’re not hungry, after all we are Italian!” Timothy Thomas Jr.: “The ability to detect, see through and have zero tolerance for bull manure.” NEXT QUESTION: When did your feet absolutely ache? Email skapos@politico.com
| | DELEGATION | | — Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller has called on the director of the Secret Service to resign after a briefing addressing the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. "I am gravely concerned that so many important questions remain unanswered, especially as reports suggest law enforcement and Secret Service were aware that this man posed a threat at multiple points during the day,” Miller said in a statement. — Sen. Tammy Duckworth is in Vietnam this week meeting with government and trade officials “to highlight the benefits of increasing imports of corn and soy ethanol from Illinois,” according to her team.
| | | THE NATIONAL TAKE | | | — Secret Service struggles to quash congressional fury over Trump assassination attempt, by POLITICO’s Jordain Carney and Betsy Woodruff Swan — How the 2024 Olympics changed Paris, by POLITICO’s Victor Goury-Laffont — Trump was shot. Republicans still say guns aren’t the problem, by POLITICO’s Megan Messerly
| | TRIVIA | | WEDNESDAY’s ANSWER: Congrats to Dave Kimsey for correctly answering that Popeye was created in Chester, Ill., by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar. TODAY’s QUESTION: What organization's annual festival was featured on the Conan O'Brien show talking about its iconic Cow Chip?
| | HAPPY BIRTHDAY | | SEIU Healthcare VP Myra Glassman, Increase the Peace Executive Director and K&L Gates incoming associate Berto Aguayo, IIT comms director Howard J. Lee and 270 Strategies’ Special Projects Director Christie Lacey. And belated greetings to Tribune political editor John Chase, who celebrated Wednesday. -30- | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook family Playbook | Playbook PM | California Playbook | Florida Playbook | Illinois Playbook | Massachusetts Playbook | New Jersey Playbook | New York Playbook | Ottawa Playbook | Brussels Playbook | London Playbook View all our political and policy newsletters | | Follow us | | | | |
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