As the Republican National Convention came and went in Milwaukee, stories about young Latinos settling into the party ahead of the upcoming elections continue to appear. That of Hilario Deleon, the chair of the Milwaukee County Republican Party, is one of them.
The 23-year-old activist was born and raised on Milwaukee's south side, where he did not grow up politically inclined. He decided against college, and was washing dishes at a bar just before the Covid-19 pandemic. But when lockdown eventually came, he lost his job, which forced him to shift his focus.
