 Then he got on an airplane and took off for Milwaukee and the Republican National Convention. The AP's Jennifer King. Two days after an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump is in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. He spent much of Sunday on the phone with friends, news hosts, and officials. Ohio pastor Daryl Scott said the former president was in great spirits. Meanwhile, friends and neighbors mourned rally shooting victim Corey Comparatore, a former chief and longtime volunteer firefighter in Buffalo Township.