Trump and the GOP have long bashed Milwaukee. Now it's the site of their biggest party in years.

Republicans in Wisconsin have long used Milwaukee as a political punching bag, while former President Donald Trump has bashed the heavily Democratic city over crime and its election process — most recently calling it “horrible.”

Republicans in Wisconsin have long used Milwaukee as a political punching bag, while former President Donald Trump has bashed the heavily Democratic city over crime and its election process — most recently calling it “horrible.”

But starting Monday, Milwaukee will be the site of the party’s biggest bash in years.

Despite those attacks, Republicans are flocking to the largest city in the Midwestern battleground state for the four-day national GOP convention, where the party will formally nominate Trump and seek to rally support less than four months out from the presidential election.

Wisconsin Republicans have downplayed Trump’s most recent comment about Milwaukee in interviews with and statements to NBC News, while state Democrats have repeatedly decried the former president’s slights against their beloved lakefront city.

Trump’s remarks have emerged as a flashpoint in the critical Senate race between Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and her Republican challenger, businessman Eric Hovde.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rnc-trump-republican-bash-milwaukee-rcna161029

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