Trump eyes liberal stronghold in re-election battle
Trump aims to capitalise on 'cultural shift' in Minnesota as polls show support for Black Lives Matter movement faltering
06 September 2020 - 20:42
Washington — Donald Trump’s campaign is pouring resources into winning Minnesota, betting that rising public opposition to Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests will tip an historically Democratic state the president narrowly lost four years ago.
Trump won the White House in 2016, in part, on narrow victories in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But he trails former vice-president Joe Biden in all three. Michigan and its 16 Electoral College votes, where Republicans lost congressional races and the governor’s mansion in 2018, looks particularly out of reach...
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