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During a closed-door assembly with the member of the Chamber of the G. O. P. A, the former president will denigrate the town where his party’s conference will be held, according to information in the room.
By Michael Gold, Luke Broadwater and Neil Vigdor
Even a few hours later, few may agree with what former President Donald J. Trump had said precisely about Milwaukee in his meeting with House Republicans in Washington on Thursday.
But on the day Trump returned to the Capitol to unite congressional Republicans, more than three years after an organization of his supporters staged a violent attempt to keep him in the White House, attention turned to parasitic comments he made, adding about a populous city in a critical state on the battlefield that will soon host his nominating convention.
According to other people in the room, Trump, in his meeting with House members at the Capitol Hill Club, complained that pop music megastar Taylor Swift would help President Biden instead. Mr. Trump has argued in the past that Mr. Swift, who has helped Mr. Swift, has been able to help Mr. Swift. Biden in 2020 but didn’t do it this year, he deserves to help him.
He falsely claimed that former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughter once told him that he and her mother might have been a smart couple, a comment that some lawmakers interpreted as a reference to an affair, while others said he was only referring to a professional partnership. of Pelosi’s daughters responded on social media, calling the informed through Mr. Trump.
And most strikingly, he denigrates the city of Milwaukee, the most populous city in the crucial state of Wisconsin and host of the Republican National Convention in July, for its crime rate, comments that have given rise to some controversy.
Trump’s precise wording and degree of contempt for the city were questioned by his allies, adding some in the room. But his campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, stated in X that Trump had criticized the city’s crime rate and his role in his defeat in the 2020 election, in which Trump still insists on victory.
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