Trump And Biden Make 11th Hour Election Appeals Across Key States

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President Trump addresses supporters Sunday at a campaign rally in Macomb County, Mich.

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Trump’s jam-packed campaign schedule ahead of the end of voting on Tuesday highlights the uphill battle he faces to reelection and the categorically dissimilar style to campaigning he has taken in contrast to Biden.

With 230,000 Americans now dead from the coronavirus, Trump has repeatedly denied responsibility for the virus’ toll, and he continues to hold large, close-contact campaign events in outdoor spaces.

«Look at what China has done to the world. And we’re not forgetting it, Trump said Sunday in Michigan, in reference to the coronavirus, which first appeared in China.

Researchers at Stanford University have found that Trump’s rallies this summer were likely responsible for some 30,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Researchers say that these events likely resulted in more than 700 deaths.

Biden, on the other hand, has made underscoring the human cost of the pandemic his key pitch to voters while spotlighting what he calls an irresponsible and anti-science handling of the virus by Trump and his administration.

In keeping with public health guidelines, Biden has held fewer, smaller campaign events — often with supporters remaining in or around their cars for a drive-in — while accusing Trump of orchestrating «super-spreader rallies.

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Biden holds two events Sunday in Philadelphia, and then travels to Cleveland Monday before returning to Pennsylvania to barnstorm the state. Trump himself held four rallies in Pennsylvania on Saturday. It’s another swing state that Trump carried in 2016 but where the president now trails in surveys.

With the election just days away, Biden has also enlisted the help of Democratic favorite Barack Obama, the former president. He appeared with Biden in Michigan on Saturday, and travels to Georgia and Florida on Monday.

Trump has planned five rallies in four key states on Monday, ending in Michigan.

One Biden campaign event in Texas had to be cancelled over the weekend, after a caravan of Trump supporters swarmed a Biden campaign bus and forced it to stop. Trump seemed to praise his supporters’ actions in a tweet, proclaiming «I LOVE TEXAS! alongside what appeared to be a video of the incident.