That’s why the Republican National Convention this year is in Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin—a state that Trump narrowly lost in 2020, and which is a must-win for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. The next cycle, his campaign was so desperate to seem sympathetic to authentic local culture that Michelle Obama praised the “great barbecue” in Charlotte, North Carolina, ahead of the Democratic National Convention, puzzling even the city’s mayor. Glenn Grothman and Scott Fitzgerald, both Republican congressmen from Wisconsin, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Trump’s comment reflected his concerns about election integrity in 2020.