One day before his campaign stop in Green Bay, former President Donald Trump continued to push the false claim that he won Wisconsin four years ago — despite a recount, audits and court cases showing he lost to President Joe Biden.
During an interview with conservative radio host Dan O’Donnell on WISN-AM Monday, Trump said Wisconsin is one of the key states to winning the presidential election.
“We’ve had great luck there, and we’ve had some delayed luck,” Trump said.
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Trump won Wisconsin in 2016, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by about 23,000 votes. Turnout was up for both parties in 2020, when he lost Wisconsin to Biden by about 21,000 votes.
“We had a great election. The second time, we actually did much better than the first time we won in Wisconsin,” Trump said. “The second time, we did much better. But I guess it was delayed. They found out a lot of wrongdoing and after the wrongdoing was found, people said, well, he actually did win.”
Biden’s victory has withstood multiple audits and reviews, as well as lawsuits and recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties.
Trump is scheduled to appear in Green Bay around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
He has already won enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination for president, making his visit to Wisconsin during the state’s primary Election Day largely symbolic.
The visit will serve as a kickoff of the former president’s general election campaign in Wisconsin, a state that is thought to be a must-win for the nation’s next president.
Trump told O’Donnell there are now “five, six or maybe seven” swing states in play.
“I think a lot of places are at play that people aren’t even thinking about, but Wisconsin’s very important to me,” Trump said.
Trump last visited the state in 2022, when he campaigned for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels in Waukesha.
Michels defeated former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in the GOP primary, but he went on to lose to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Brianna Johnson, Wisconsin communications director for the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign, said Trump has ignored Wisconsin for nearly two years and now is “spreading the same lies that inspired a mob to assault police officers and try to violently overturn an election he knows he lost.”
“Trump is reminding voters he has nothing to offer but resentment, revenge, and retribution–and no vision or plan to make life easier for Wisconsin families,” Johnson said in a statement.
Biden has made multiple stops in Wisconsin this year, and several since becoming president.
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