here on live now from Fox and you are taking a live look there over in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as final preparations are underway for next week's Republican National Convention. We're going to have coverage throughout the week of all of the events as they take place. and over the next several days You're going to hear the word delegate. a lot and that might be an understatement to help break down the role. I do want to bring in Larry O'Brien wolf She is a Wisconsin. glp delegate and this year. marks her. fourth time, I believe. she does join us now live to discuss. Thank you so much for taking the time to be here with us today. Thanks for having me. Of course. Well first off, can you break down the question that's on everyone's mind Pretty much all the time. What is the exact role of a delegate? Sure, so the role of the delegate is I represent. my congressional district. There are 3 delegates from every congressional district. in every state so I represent. the voters of my congressional district who voted in the primary. and uh, who they elected in our primary. So I actually sign a legal document. saying that I pledge my vote to president Trump who won our Primary in my congressional district. however in 2016 um Ted Cruz won my congressional district, so I pledged my vote to Ted Cruz. so that that's the role of the delegate. and then we go to the convention and we you know, nominate our candidate. Of course. Yeah, and how does it feel to be a delegate? well being a delegate is um, really a great honor. It's a recognition for all the hard work you've done for the party. Uh, I pretty sure it works the same way in every state but in in, Wisconsin, we actually go through an election process. and we're elected. by the our fellow members of the Republican party in our district. so so it's really an honor and uh, yeah I've worked for many years. volunteering my time for the party. So um, it's just incredibly exciting. What's it like actually being at the RNC I imagine. It's just exciting to be there and and see everyone. Yeah, the RNC is. absolutely thrilling. Uh, it's um an adrenaline rush. I I'm told it's the second largest. media event in the world of side of the Olympics. and I guess I would describe it. to other people. Um well being a political junkie it would be maybe like going to the Oscars, you know, if you're a huge, you know movie. movie fan. Um, but it's really your right in the actual. arena with you know people you respect the media the cameras. it it's just kind of undescribable. we talked about the fact that you've done this a few times So does it ever get old so to speak? Um it does not get old. It does not get old. especially. especially since it's been 8 years. because we didn't get our convention in 2020. so no it does not get. old. It's just a really fun experience. It's actually a big party. to a celebration of our nominee. So um, it's it's really fun and you meet people from all over the country. when you're actually at the convention center, you know. you're seeing all the media commentators you see on Fox News and MSNBC and they're you know walking down, you know, the the hall the corridor right next to you and you know, you maybe say hi and usually everyone's really nice and a really good mood. Um, or you see, you know even famous people last time. I remember seeing Antonio Sabato Jr. But you know a lot of other people too, so Doesn't get old. Yeah. How do you feel about? Milwaukee being chosen as the location for this? I mean I imagine this. I mean I imagine you don't have to travel too far necessarily. No, I don't have to travel far. and live about. 10-15 minutes from downtown. but people might not know we were required to stay in our hotel. So the delegation has a hotel and our hotel happens to be like a 10-minute walk to the convention center. Uh, but we do stay down there which I'm glad because it it's going to be kind of a nightmare getting in and out of the city. So um, yeah, so we'll be staying at our hotel and um, it's great that it's in Milwaukee, You know, I I kind of wanted it to be in another city because I like to travel and you know, see what other cities are like but Wisconsin is a swing state. It's very important that we win it for president Trump. So it's it's really great that it's in Milwaukee and people are going to see what a great City Milwaukee is. My last question for you. What is 1? let's call it a misconception that you think people have about the delegates and and what exactly they do. Yeah, I was thinking about that. I I think when I would watch conventions on TV when I was when I was young. um before I got involved. you see these kind of people they might you know, they're wearing crazy hats and just getting a little you know, over excited and you you're like who are these people? but really they're people, you know, just like me. I'm a Suburban mom. I volunteer my time and for the party which is has been a labor of love for me for you know the last 15 years. Um, so we're really just regular people. Um, it's not like well, it's just wealthy, you know, donors or anything. There are actually people who do the hard work on the ground. who believe in the principles of our parties so Lori O'Brien well, thank you so much for taking the time to join us and share all of the details there. We appreciate it, and I'm sure. uh, you're going to have a fun time anything else you want to add about any of this before I let you go. um I don't think so Just everyone. I hope you watch and I can't wait to see who the vice presidential candidates going to be. It's unusual that we don't know until the convention so that's pretty exciting You got to have that buildup. But yeah, we're definitely waiting to see that. Thank you again for taking the time to be here with us and and
