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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Illinois GOP delegates prepare to nominate Trump and discuss the party’s direction at the RNC in Milwaukee next week
Description: Illinois Republicans are preparing to head to Milwaukee for next week’s Republican National Convention where they’ll nominate Donald Trump to be the party’s official nominee for president.
The state party now appears to be in lockstep with their presidential pick even though Trump has twice lost Illinois.
And intense in-fighting recently cost the Illinois GOP’s leader his job.
As WBEZ’s Alex Degman reports, the next week will likely feature some tough discussions on where the Illinois Republican Party hopes to go. HOST: LARA