Trump on His Comments About Milwaukee: ‘Who Would Say Something Bad About a Place That You Want to Win?’; ‘I Love Milwaukee’

Reporter: “We’re clearing up misconceptions today. I do want to give you a chance to talk about Milwaukee. A lot of rumors this week, half truths. What did he say? What didn’t he say? When it comes to Milwaukee, home to the GOP convention next month, what are your thoughts on the all-important swing state, Wisconsin?”

Trump: “Well, I put out a Truth just now because I heard the Democrats lie. That’s all they can do. They have bad policies, open borders, bad military. The whole thing, everything they do is bad. All electric cars, they want to have everyone driving an electric car. All made in China. Don’t go far enough. As you know, they don’t go far and they cost a lot of money. The whole thing is ridiculous. Now they’re talking about your washing machines. They want to give them no water. Dishwashing machines, every day they have something new. They have no policy, but all they do is lie. They make up stories. That’s a totally made-up story. I picked Milwaukee. I had a lot of choices. A lot of places wanted it, obviously, with the money that it brings and the economics and the economic development even that it brings. I had a lot of choices. I picked Milwaukee. Never said anything bad about Milwaukee other than something I say about a lot of cities, especially Democrat-run cities, is that we want to keep the vote honest. And I hope that Milwaukee is going to keep the vote honest. And if they do, I’m going to really love it. But I was the one that picked Milwaukee and it’s just another lie. They lied about soldiers. They lied about just about everything, because when you have a candidate like Biden that doesn’t know he’s around, that doesn’t know is he still living — I mean, you — I saw the mess in Europe, that mess, I’ve never seen anything like it, where he doesn’t even know where the hell he is. They have to lie because frankly, if they don’t, they have no chance of getting elected. And it’s a shame, frankly, when I hear a story like that. Milwaukee bothered me because when you’re the one that picked it and we have great spirit going into Milwaukee and the people of Wisconsin, as you know, we’re leading in the polls, so what do they do? They lie and they make up a story that I said something bad about Milwaukee. And I just ask you this, who would do that? Who would say something bad about a place that you want to win, you want to win over? The only thing I say is I want to keep this election nice and honest, and if we do that, I’m going to be very happy. But I love Milwaukee, and that’s why I picked it.”