Trump takes 2020 pitch to Ohio as Biden gains ground from afar
Source: Politico
CLYDE, Ohio In 2020, Joe Biden has caught up to President Donald Trump in Ohio without even setting foot in the state.
On Thursday, Trump made his Ohio counterattack briefly moving his presidential platform to the state itself.
Taking a break from his typical pandemic-focused travel, Trump spent the day jetting around Ohio, holding a fundraiser outside Cleveland, touring a manufacturing plant in Clyde, Ohio, and trumpeting a Buy American initiative throughout.
The sudden flurry of Ohio activity is part of a reinvigorated effort to shore up Trumps standing in the state ahead of November. No Republican has ever captured the presidency without claiming Ohio, and in recent months, the dual crises of a global pandemic and nationwide unrest over racial injustice have suddenly put the state in play for Joe Biden, Trumps 2020 rival.
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