Reactions to tight security at Pfister Hotel during Trump's RNC visit

Security measures are in place around The Pfister Hotel as former President Donald Trump stays in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.

"I've been watching the bomb-sniffing dogs and stuff like that and the vehicles getting checked and saw the roll out the red carpet at The Pfister so I was expecting former President Trump to come out there but haven't seen him yet," said Julie Prossen who works near the hotel.

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Security personnel have the hotel surrounded. Department of Public Works trucks are being used as part of the perimeter.

Watch: Mary Jo Ola talks security perimeter at The Pfister Hotel during former President Trump's RNC stay:

2024 RNC: Tight security around the Pfister Hotel

All of this comes just days after an assassination attempt on Trump at a Pennsylvania rally.

Cubanitas on Milwaukee Street, west of The Pfister, operates under extended hours from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. this week.

"A lot of the homeland guys a lot of secret service. Some of them have been in four or five times in the last 48 hours," Cubanitas owner Marta Bianchini said. "We're giving them their café con leche and Cuban coffee to keep them going and working."

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Bianchini says their employees were surprised to see Trump's motorcade yesterday. The restaurant owner says planning for this week began a year ago. They are leaning on family and friends to help this week.

See all of TMJ4's Republican National Convention coverage here.

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