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Trump to Speak Near Biden's Hometown Shortly Before DNC Acceptance Speech

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   U.S. President Donald Trump'¯istaking his reelectioncampaign
   ThursdaytoOld Forge, Pennsylvania,a townless thanninekilometers fromJoe
   Biden's birthplace,hours before Bidenformallyaccepts the Democratic
   nomination for president.

   Trump's campaign said his speechinthe Keystone Statewould addresswhat
   it calls"a half century of Joe Biden failing America."

   Trump's visit to the battleground statecomes as
   [1]recentopinionpollshave him trailing Biden.

   Biden will deliverhis acceptance speechhours later from hishome in
   Wilmington, Delaware as the four-dayvirtualDemocratic National
   Conventionnears an end.

   Trump'¯has been'¯making campaign stops and holding news conferences
   during'¯Biden's week in the political spotlight, traveling to several
   political battleground states.

   Republicans are staging their virtual national convention next week,
   starting Monday and culminating with Trump's renomination acceptance
   speech at the White House on August 27.

   TrumpwonPennsylvaniain 2016 by less than one percentage point, or
   44,000 votes.

   ButTrump,who has since clashed with Pennsylvania's Democratic
   governorover efforts toreopen its economyin the midst ofthe
   pandemic,hastrailed Biden, whose campaignis working to recapturethe
   statethatDemocrats won from 1992 through 2016.

   PollsindicateBiden, the former vice president in the Obama
   administration,is well-positioned to win Pennsylvaniawithhis deep roots
   in Scranton and his appeal to white working-classand Blackvotersin
   Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

   Biden spokesman Andrew Bates said that Trumphas"put the health of
   countless families across the Keystone State in danger and plunged the
   strong economy he inherited from the Obama-Biden administration into a
   tailspin."

   Trump'scampaignis concernedaboutlosing support amongsuburban voters,
   particularly women, in the areas around Philadelphia.The campaign hopes
   to offset the lossby pushing for high voter turnout among rural and
   exurban voters.

References

   1. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html

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