Milwaukee Mayor Calvin Johnson took exception to reports that former President Donald Trump referred to his city — future host of the RNC – as a “horrible city,” according to reports of a closed-door meeting he held with Republican members of Congress.
Thursday morning, Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman tweeted the news of Trump’s Milwaukee diss, writing that the former president had said, “Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city.”
🚨TRUMP TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS:
“Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city.”
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 13, 2024
Some Wisconsin Republicans serving in US Congress since came out publicly to provide some inconsistent deflection of Sherman’s reporting, but Mayor Johnson seemed unswayed by their efforts, at least in public comments made later on Thursday afternoon.
During an outdoor press conference, Johnson hit back at Trump:
While Donald Trump was talking about things that he thinks are horrible, all of us lived through his presidency, so, right back at you, buddy. I’d say that, look, obviously Donald Trump is wrong about something yet again.
I find it kind of perplexing, I find it kind of strange, that he would insult the largest city in Wisconsin because he’s running for president. He obviously wants to win Wisconsin, go win the election. And so to insult the state that’s hosting your convention, I think is kind of kind of bizarre, actually kind of unhinged, in a way.
Especially considering the fact that, you know, in Milwaukee, there are about 50,000 Republicans who live right here in the city. So you’re calling their home horrible? I mean, I don’t quite understand that.
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