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On a Thursday visit to Capitol Hill, Donald Trump blasted U.S. funding for Ukraine, urged Republicans to cut gratuity taxes, and promoted tariffs. He also dubbed the city hosting his party’s presidential convention “horrible.”
Trump met with House and Senate Republicans to repair differences before the Nov. 5 election, which could give his party control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Despite their tense relationship, he shook hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and advised hard-line Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to “be nice” to House Speaker Mike Johnson after her unsuccessful deposition effort.
Trump remarked, “There’s tremendous unity in the Republican Party,” after the Senate meeting.
Republican leaders hurried to explain after numerous media sources reported that Trump informally dubbed Milwaukee a “horrible” city a month before his party’s presidential nomination there.
That might alienate residents in Wisconsin’s largest metropolis, one of many competitive states that will decide the election.
Trump’s campaign spokesperson and Republican lawmakers suggested he meant the city’s crime and vote fraud issues. A nonpartisan Wisconsin 2020 election audit found no violations.
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