Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Green Bay, April 2, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
(WTAQ-WLUK) — Former President Donald Trump reportedly called Milwaukee a “horrible city” during a private meeting with House Republicans Thursday.
Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News reported the comments, which came about a month before Trump is expected to receive the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Milwaukee.
The Trump campaign issued a statement calling Sherman’s report a “hoax.”
In a desperate attempt to get likes, Fake News Jake Sherman — who wasn’t even in the room — falsely claimed that President Trump called Milwaukee a “horrible city.” It’s a total lie.
President Trump was explicitly referring to the problems in Milwaukee, specifically violent crime and voter fraud.
Multiple members of Congress — including members of Wisconsin’s own delegation — instantly debunked Fake Sherman’s false claim.
Political figures from across Wisconsin also responded to the report.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-1st District, posted on the social media platform X that he was in the room and denied that Trump made the comment.
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-3rd District, posted on X that Trump “was specifically referring to … the CRIME RATE in Milwaukee.”
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, had a different view, praising Milwaukee in a post on X.
Wisconsin Democratic Coordinated Campaign Manager Garren Randolph released this statement on behalf of President Joe Biden’s campaign:
If Donald Trump thinks Milwaukee is so horrible, then he shouldn’t come to our city. Milwaukee – our state’s largest and most diverse city and home to more than 577,000 people, the Bucks and Brewers, and the country’s best beer – deserves better than a convicted felon, racist, and wannabe dictator who hates us and our values.
Donald Trump looks down on Milwaukee, he looks down on Wisconsinites, he looks down on everyone who isn’t one of his billionaire donors. But we already knew that – for years, he pushed tax cuts for the top 1% while raising costs for working people and incentivizing companies to ship Wisconsin jobs overseas.
Voters in Milwaukee are fed up with Donald Trump and extreme MAGA Republicans not caring about them. We’ll see that at the RNC – and then again in November, when Wisconsinites send Donald Trump packing.
Democratic National Committee spokesperson Addy Toevs said in a statement:
If Donald Trump hates Milwaukee so much, we have one message for him: don’t come, we won’t miss you – your campaign is barely here in the first place. In November, Wisconsinites will show Trump how the dislike is mutual and will reject him again once and for all.
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