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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday will travel to the area in the swing state of Pennsylvania where Democratic rival Joe Biden was born to slam his decades of government service, hours before the former vice president accepts his party’s nomination.
The speech, which the campaign has said will highlight a “half century of Joe Biden failing America”, will seek to shore up the Republican’s support in the state, which may prove key to winning re-election in November.
Trump won the rust belt state of Pennsylvania by just 45,000 votes in 2016, and is trailing Biden in recent polls there by about six percentage points, according to Real Clear Politics.
But the speech in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Biden’s birthplace of Scranton, could also backfire, according to Politics Professor Terry Madonna at Franklin and Marshall college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
www.reuters.com
BJ's Pull quote
“How far he could go with (the criticism) is anybody’s guess. But Trump is Trump and he’s going to do what he does,” he added.
The speech, which the campaign has said will highlight a “half century of Joe Biden failing America”, will seek to shore up the Republican’s support in the state, which may prove key to winning re-election in November.
Trump won the rust belt state of Pennsylvania by just 45,000 votes in 2016, and is trailing Biden in recent polls there by about six percentage points, according to Real Clear Politics.
But the speech in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Biden’s birthplace of Scranton, could also backfire, according to Politics Professor Terry Madonna at Franklin and Marshall college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Trump slams Biden in his birthplace ahead of Democratic nomination speech
U.S. President Donald Trump slammed Democratic rival Joe Biden's decades of government service during a visit to the swing state of Pennsylvania and Biden's birthplace just hours before the former vice president was to accept his party's presidential nomination.
www.reuters.com
BJ's Pull quote
“How far he could go with (the criticism) is anybody’s guess. But Trump is Trump and he’s going to do what he does,” he added.
