In a meeting with House Republicans on Thursday, former President Donald Trump called Milwaukee — the host of the 2024 Republican National Convention — a "horrible" city and said it is overrun by crime. The comments, which were first reported by Punchbowl's Jake Sherman and confirmed by NBC News, drew criticism from Democrats, while Trump's allies scrambled to defend his remarks. The Trump campaign denied that he called the city "horrible," writing in a press release that the reports are a "total lie." Yet, the campaign still seemed to imply that Trump spoke disparagingly of the city. "President Trump was explicitly referring to the problems in Milwaukee, specifically violent crime and voter fraud," the camp