Behind Closed Doors, Trump Disparages Milwaukee, Host of His Party’s Convention – The New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump on Thursday repeatedly disparaged the city of Milwaukee, which will host the Republican National Convention in July, while meeting with a group of his G.O.P. allies in the House on Capitol Hill.

The city, the most populous in the battleground state of Wisconsin, became a target of Mr. Trumps complaints and election falsehoods during a closed-door session with Republicans in Washington, even as Mr. Trump is set to accept his partys presidential nomination there next month.

Mr. Trumps exact language and the degree of disdain of his comments were disputed by his allies, but his campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, acknowledged on X that Mr. Trump had criticized the citys crime rate and its role in his loss in the 2020 election.

Punchbowl News reported that Mr. Trump had called Milwaukee horrible. But Mr. Cheung used an expletive to describe the outlets report, which he said was wrong.

He was talking about how terrible crime and voter fraud are, Mr. Cheung wrote.

Milwaukees mayor and Wisconsins governor, who are both Democrats, condemned Mr. Trump's criticism of the city, which is set to host thousands of Republican delegates and dignitaries from July 15 to July 18.

Well, if Donald Trump wants to talk about things that he thinks are horrible, all of us lived through his presidency, so right back at you, buddy, Cavalier Johnson, the citys mayor, said during a news conference on Thursday.

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