Local law enforcement helping with security at RNC, delegates react to Trump's VP pick

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance arsenic his prime for vice president connected Monday.

The announcement came arsenic delegates from California and astir the federation formally chose Trump arsenic the Republican statesmanlike nominee astatine the Republican National Convention.

Valley alternate Delegate Guillermo Moreno reacting to the long-awaited moving mate pick.

"I deliberation J.D. Vance is simply a fantastic candidate. He's much of the Trumpian Vice Presidential pick. So he's going to proceed the movement," said Guillermo Moreno.

After Saturday's assassination effort connected Trump successful Butler, Pennsylvania, Moreno says Vance is captious successful fundamentally being the heir for the party.

"The Vice Presidential campaigner is conscionable thing I deliberation we've each been waiting for, due to the fact that not lone is it an important captious prime aft the events that happened connected Saturday, but President Trump lone has 1 term," said Guillermo Moreno.

Delegates besides accidental information is choky astatine the RNC with local, state, and national instrumentality enforcement.

That includes officers from the Central Valley, with CHP Central part sending 9 officers to Milwaukee.

"Especially erstwhile determination is simply a request for further instrumentality enforcement presence, particularly successful an lawsuit arsenic precocious illustration arsenic this. They'll beryllium determination to supply instrumentality enforcement assistance, assemblage control, thing that is indispensable successful bid to let the lawsuit to spell connected peacefully and uneventful," said CHP officer, Gregorio Rodriguez.

Eleven Fresno Police Department officers besides astatine the convention.

Officials told Action News successful a connection that the program for further instrumentality enforcement started good earlier the caller shooting that killed 1 idiosyncratic and critically injured others.

Local delegates hoping the state tin present determination guardant and travel unneurotic peacefully.

"There is nary spot for governmental unit successful either enactment oregon immoderate portion of our state period," said California RNC Delegate Lisa Moreno.

"Violence is ne'er the option, and we don't condone it. We bash condemn it, and we're praying for the household of the radical that were killed," said California RNC Delegate Elizabeth Kolstad.

Fresno constabulary arrived this past Saturday and are acceptable to instrumentality this Friday.

Those officers are from the Department's Special Events Unit and Mobile Field Force team.

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