{"id":2271347,"date":"2024-06-19T10:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appears-to-scuttle-staying-in-chicago-rather-than-milwaukee-during-convention\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:22:05","slug":"trump-appears-to-scuttle-staying-in-chicago-rather-than-milwaukee-during-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appears-to-scuttle-staying-in-chicago-rather-than-milwaukee-during-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seems to prefer staying in Chicago over Milwaukee during the convention"},"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-appears-to-scuttle-staying-in-chicago-rather-than-milwaukee-during-convention%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=2271347&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">reelection campaign<\/a> for former President Donald Trump\u200d initially encountered \u2064reports claiming that Trump planned to stay in \u200dChicago during the Republican\u2063 National Convention (RNC), \u2064which\u2064 is \u200cto be \u200bheld in\u2062 Milwaukee. \u2063These\u2062 reports, originating \u2063from ABC7 Chicago and backed \u200bby three sources, suggested that Trump\u200b would not stay in the battleground state of Wisconsin. However, the Trump campaign refuted these reports, \u200casserting that Trump would indeed stay in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago \u2064Alderman Brian Hopkins commented \u2064on \u200cthe situation, noting that \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patriot-games-how-new-englands-disastrous-nfl-season-is-changing-the-2024-election\/\" title=\"New England's NFL season disaster alters 2024 election\">campaign schedules<\/a> are often subject to \u2062change and \u200cspeculating that \u2062the decision to stay \u200cin Milwaukee was influenced by the need to maintain a positive\u2063 image in \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-dumping-a-fortune-into-texas-funding-operatives-with-one-goal-in-mind\/\" title=\"Soros investing heavily in Texas, supporting operatives with a singular objective\">key political battlegrounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The issue received additional attention following Trump&#8217;s alleged negative remarks about Milwaukee, which\u2063 he reportedly described as a &#8220;horrible city.&#8221; \u200dThese comments were linked \u200bby local GOP\u200d figures to \u200dthe city&#8217;s crime rate and historical \u200callegations of voter\u2062 fraud. \u2063Despite these controversies, \u200dthe latest\u200d updates \u200cconfirm that Trump \u2064plans\u200c to stay in Milwaukee for the duration of the RNC.  <\/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>The campaign to reelect former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> is walking back a report that the former president would be staying in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chicago<\/a> rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Milwaukee<\/a> for the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/donald-trump-stay-chicago-during-2024-rnc-milwaukee\/14971275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ABC7 Chicago <\/a>reported that three sources confirmed Trump would be staying in Chicago during the RNC, despite the convention taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Without traffic, Milwaukee and Chicago are about an hour and a half drive away or a short flight. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is staying in Milwaukee,\u201d the Trump campaign told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201chigh-ranking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>law enforcement<\/a> source\u201d told the Chicago-based outlet that Trump was planning on staying in Chicago and the report was confirmed by two other sources before the Trump campaign commented on the matter and denied the claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did have solid indications he was originally planning to stay in Chicago, at least for some period of time,\u201d said Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins, who\u2019s also chairman of the city\u2019s public safety committee. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCampaigns change schedules all the time. The Trump campaign is like any other; they react to circumstances, they react to the optics, and I think, in this case, it looked pretty bad to not be staying in Wisconsin, which is a battleground state for him. So, frankly, I\u2019m not surprised they changed their mind not to stay in Trump Tower,\u201d Hopkins continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been under fire in recent days for reportedly calling Milwaukee a \u201chorrible city.\u201d Wisconsin\u2019s Republican congressional lawmakers claimed he said that in the context of the city\u2019s crime rate, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/milwaukee-homicide-other-major-crime-stats-down\/60510159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dropped<\/a> in the last year, and false claims of voter fraud in Milwaukee County.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman told me Trump made these comments when speaking about the election. <\/p>\n<p>Grothman said Trump was \u201cconcerned about the election in MKE\u201d and \u201cfelt we need to do better in urban centers around the country.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MWwk1a9BK0\">https:\/\/t.co\/MWwk1a9BK0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Lawrence Andrea (@lawrencegandrea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawrencegandrea\/status\/1801275620757848281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>At a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3050308\/trump-denies-milwaukee-horrible-city-wisconsin-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign rally<\/a> in Racine, Wisconsin, a city situated between Milwaukee and Chicago on Lake Michigan, Trump retracted his comment, saying, \u201cI love Milwaukee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump prefers to sleep in his own bed and oftentimes traveled far after campaign events during his 2016 run to get back to one of his properties to sleep, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-milwaukee-rnc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>  New York Times<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-demands-trump-pay-back-7-8-million-from-foreign-governments-stunning-violation\/\" title=\"Raskin insists Trump returns .8M from foreign governments: 'Shocking breach\">beautiful hotel<\/a> there, a beauty, as good as it gets,\u201d Trump said on a local TV station on the topic of Chicago. \u201cBut I\u2019m staying here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is more on-brand for Donald Trump than the fact that he\u2019d rather stay in a failing Trump-branded hotel in Chicago than spend a single night in beautiful Wisconsin,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democratic-Party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic Party<\/a> of Wisconsin Chairman Ben Wikler. \u201cOnly after he got caught did Trump make an embarrassing about-face and commit to spending the night in the city he called \u2018horrible\u2019 just last week. We\u2019ll see if Donald Trump keeps his word this time \u2014 but we\u2019re not holding our breath.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reelection campaign for former President Donald Trump is retracting a report claiming he would stay in Chicago, not Milwaukee, during the Republican National Convention. ABC7 Chicago had reported that Trump would be in Chicago based on three sources, despite the convention&#8217;s Milwaukee location<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2271348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/trump-tower-chicago.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/trump-tower-chicago.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}