The 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) is scheduled to take place next week from August 19-22, 2024 in Chicago.
However, the city is bracing for the chaos of up to 100,000 pro-Hamas protesters flooding the streets and has instituted new courtroom procedures to streamline the process in the event of mass arrests.
It is also hoping to avoid the bad optics of the 1968 DNC convention that saw then-Mayor Richard J. Daley ring the convention site with barbed wire and ultimately call in the National Guard to quell the violence.
According to Axios, congressional security officials are advising House Democrats attending the DNC not to book hotel rooms under their own names or engage with protesters if confronted for what will likely be a not-so-peaceful protest.
The guidance comes as some Democratic lawmakers are fearful about their safety…
