Wisconsin Dems tear into Trump after he reportedly called Milwaukee ‘a horrible city’

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Wisconsin Dems tear into Trump after he reportedly called Milwaukee ‘a horrible city’

Democrats are in an uproar over Donald Trump reportedly calling Milwaukee, the host city for the GOP’s national convention, “a horrible city” during a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill.

“Add it to the list of things Donald Trump is wrong about,” Wisconsin’s

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, in a post that included a clown emoji.

Evers was one of several Wisconsin Democrats who immediately pushed back on the former president’s comments, even as they have largely avoided public confrontations with Republicans preparing to take over the Wisconsin city for the presidential nominating convention in July.

Reporters posted about Trump’s remarks after he met with lawmakers behind closed doors in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Trump covered a range of topics, including ********* and tariffs. But it was his comment about his convention’s host city that seemed to spark the most furious response.

“Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city,” the former president said,

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Rep.

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(D-Wis.), who represents the congressional district that contains Milwaukee,

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: “Once he’s settled in with his parole officer, I am certain he will discover that Milwaukee is a wonderful, vibrant and welcoming city full of diverse neighborhoods and a thriving business community.”

Moore was referring to Trump’s

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on Monday related to his conviction for 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up money payments to a ***** star. His sentencing date is July 11, just four days before the *********** convention is set to begin.

Some *********** lawmakers said Trump’s comments about the Wisconsin city were taken out of context. Rep.

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(R-Wis.)

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Trump was talking about “election integrity” in large urban centers, while Rep.

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(R-Wis.) said he was talking about the city’s ****** rate, according to the

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A Trump campaign spokesperson called the Sherman post “wrong and “total *********.”

“He never said it like how it’s been falsely characterized as,”

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. “He was talking about how terrible ****** and voter ****** are.”

The Trump campaign also sent out an email calling the reporting “FAKE NEWS.”

And even Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, who has embraced the *********** convention due to the economic ***** it will bring to the city, pushed back on Trump’s reported remark.

“Donald Trump was talking about things that are horrible,” the Democratic mayor said when he addressed Trump’s remarks in an unrelated press conference Thursday. “All of us lived through his presidency. So right back at you, buddy.”

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