{"id":2270931,"date":"2024-06-18T18:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-calling-milwaukee-horrible-city-at-wisconsin-rally\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T19:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:00:01","slug":"trump-denies-calling-milwaukee-horrible-city-at-wisconsin-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-calling-milwaukee-horrible-city-at-wisconsin-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump refutes claims of labeling Milwaukee as &#8216;horrible city&#8217; during Wisconsin rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-denies-calling-milwaukee-horrible-city-at-wisconsin-rally%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President\u2064 Donald Trump has vocally denied accusations that he\u200b criticized Milwaukee, the \u200chost city of the \u200cupcoming Republican nominating convention, as a\u2062 &#8220;horrible city&#8221; during a rally in Racine, Wisconsin. Trump asserted his affinity \u2064for Milwaukee, claiming responsibility for\u2064 choosing the city for the convention, and addressed crime \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/az-judge-sides-with-senate-gop-over-audit-of-millions-of-ballots-election-equipment\/\" title=\"AZ: Judge Sides With Senate GOP Over Audit Of Millions Of Ballots, Election Equipment\">election integrity concerns<\/a>. This\u200d denial followed after a report by Punchbowl News, \u2063which claimed Trump disparaged Milwaukee\u200d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marriott-att-airbnbheres-the-list-of-corporations-announcing-they-wont-donate-to-gop-lawmakers-who-objected-to-electoral-votes-from-contested-states\/\" title=\"Marriott, AT&#038;T, Airbnb\u2026Here\u2019s The List Of Corporations Announcing They Won\u2019t Donate To GOP Lawmakers Who Objected To Electoral Votes From Contested States\">private meeting<\/a> with House Republican lawmakers. Additionally, \u200ddespite controversy over whether he would stay in Chicago \u2064during the \u200bconvention, his campaign confirmed that Trump plans to stay in Milwaukee. The Democratic National Committee has capitalized on the alleged remarks by \u200cplacing a critical billboard in Racine County, contrasting Trump&#8217;s attitude with Joe Biden&#8217;s support for Wisconsin&#8217;s economy. This incident\u200d unfolds\u200c as Trump\u200d aims to secure support in Wisconsin, a critical battleground state \u2062he won in 2016 but lost\u2064 in 2020.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> repeatedly denied reports that he referred to Milwaukee, the host city of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican nominating convention<\/a>, as a \u201chorrible city\u201d during a campaign stop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Milwaukee. I was the one that picked Milwaukee. I have to tell you,\u201d Trump told the crowd at a rally in Racine, opening his remarks by addressing the controversy. \u201cI was the one that picked it. These lying people that they say, \u2018Oh, he doesn\u2019t like Milwaukee.\u2019 I love Milwaukee. I said you got to fix the crime \u2014 we all know that \u2014 you got to make sure the election\u2019s honest, but I\u2019m the one that picked Milwaukee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just before the rally, the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmj4.com\/america-votes\/trump-firmly-denies-making-horrible-city-comments-in-interview-with-tmj4-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told TMJ4 News<\/a>, \u201cI didn\u2019t say it; they\u2019re liars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said it to anybody that wants to listen \u2014 crime is way too high, as it is in many cities, and they have to watch the election because the election results in Milwaukee were terrible,\u201d he continued, raising unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p><em>Punchbowl News<\/em> ignited a firestorm on Thursday in reporting that Trump told House Republican lawmakers in a closed-door meeting in Washington, D.C., \u201cMilwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s rally gave him a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3048964\/wisconsin-rally-trump-horrible-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>chance to clean up<\/a> his alleged remarks, which Democrats wasted no time in seizing upon. However, the denial also came the same day the Trump campaign faced reports that the former president would stay at his Chicago hotel and commute to Milwaukee during the RNC convention in July, another perceived slight for the host city.<\/p>\n<p>Karoline Leavitt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ian-sams-former-kamala-aide-and-grillary-clinton-apron-model-lands-new-gig-as-bidens-covid-spox\/\" title=\"Ian Sams, Former Kamala Aide and \u2018Grillary Clinton\u2019 Apron Model, Lands New Gig as Biden\u2019s COVID Spox\">national press secretary<\/a> for the Trump campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/donald-trump-stay-chicago-during-2024-rnc-milwaukee\/14971275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>later told ABC7<\/a> on Tuesday that \u201cthe president is planning to stay in Milwaukee for the convention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> sought to remind Wisconsinites of Trump\u2019s comments when it paid for a billboard along Interstate 94 in Racine County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWant to know what\u2019s really \u2018horrible\u2019? Donald Trump for Wisconsin\u2019s Economy,\u201d the billboard reads. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>DNC spokeswoman Addy Toevs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3047948\/dnc-trolls-trump-billboard-wisconsin-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>claimed<\/a> in a statement that \u201cTrump has made his contempt for Wisconsin well known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump doesn\u2019t know, or care, about working Wiscosinites\u2019 experiences. There is just one candidate on the ballot fighting for good jobs for Wisconsin families: Joe Biden,\u201d Toevs continued.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin remains part of the \u201cBlue Wall\u201d states, along with Michigan and Pennsylvania, that Trump won in 2016, sending him to the White House. But he lost the state just four years later against President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s trip to the state, his third since announcing his run for president, underscored its importance to his electoral chances. However, the former president is also betting that political dynamics nationally will help him win in the biggest battlegrounds.<\/p>\n<p>He used his speech in Racine to lambaste Biden\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3047861\/biden-plan-protect-immigrants-married-us-citizens-deportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>executive action<\/a> on immigration as voters cite the border crisis as a top issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration announced on Tuesday new legal protections and an easier path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens who have lived in the country for more than a decade. The effort could shield roughly 500,000 people from deportation and comes on the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to formally grant a mass amnesty to millions of illegal aliens that came into our country,\u201d Trump said as the crowd booed.<\/p>\n<p>He later called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-biden-should-use-executive-action-to-implement-build-back-better-agenda\/\" title=\"Jayapal: Biden Should Use Executive Action To Implement \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 Agenda\">executive action \u201c<\/a>an illegal, unconstitutional amnesty, without approval from Congress, no approval from the courts or the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3049672\/republicans-call-biden-immigration-moves-an-election-year-amnesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>also denounced<\/a> Biden\u2019s immigration actions, with his ex-senior adviser for policy, Stephen Miller, claiming it was an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/1803057268746801529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>impeachable offense<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RNC convention will take place July 15-18, mere days after Trump will be sentenced on July 11 as part of his hush money case in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump denied calling Milwaukee a \u201chorrible city\u201d during a Wisconsin rally. \u201cI love Milwaukee. I was the one that picked Milwaukee,\u201d he told attendees. 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