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Trump campaigns in key battleground state; Biden will visit next week during Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial

President Biden will spend three days touring Pennsylvania next week, while former President Trump is scheduled to appear in court to begin his hush money trial.

But President Trump is on the campaign trail, making two stops Saturday in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state that could determine the outcome of the 2024 election rematch between the former president and President Biden.

The former president will hold a fundraiser in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, and then lead a rally in Schnecksville, located in the Lehigh Valley, a battleground region of the northeast battleground state.

The region is home to the state’s largest number of Latino voters, and polls suggest Trump has gained support from this group in his third consecutive bid for the White House. .

This is President Trump’s third visit to Pennsylvania this year. He stopped by Harrisburg on February 9th to address NRA members gathered for the organization’s Great American Outdoor Show.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks with NRA members at the organization’s Great American Outdoor Show on February 9, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Reuters)

Then, a few days later, President Trump made an unusual stop in Philadelphia at Sneaker Con, a major trade show, to promote new Trump-branded sneakers.

The former president’s recent visit to Pennsylvania will take place a week and a half before the state’s primary election, but there is little interest in the presidential election in the state since Trump and Biden confirmed the Republican and Democratic candidates last month. Not gathered.

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Pennsylvania is one of six battleground states where Mr. Biden narrowly defeated Mr. Trump and won the White House in the presidential election four years ago.

Most of the latest Pennsylvania polls suggest a close race between Biden and Trump for the state’s 19 electoral votes.

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President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, on March 8, 2024. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/Anadolu, Getty Images) (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The president will return to his home state on Tuesday for a three-day event in Pennsylvania. Mr. Biden’s political advisers say he aims to contrast himself with Mr. Trump on economic issues while highlighting his plans to raise taxes on America’s wealthy and big corporations. .

Biden will begin his three-day swing with a speech in Scranton, where he spent part of his childhood. The president has returned repeatedly to the working-class city of northeastern Pennsylvania as he makes a populist pitch to Americans.

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The president is scheduled to head to Pittsburgh on Wednesday, followed by a campaign event in Philadelphia on Thursday. Biden’s whirlwind victory in Pennsylvania comes as President Trump makes history as the first sitting or former president to go on trial in U.S. history.

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Harris said on her podcast “The I’ve Had It” that world leaders have told her they are concerned about Trump winning the 2024 election. (Getty Images)

Trump’s hush money trial begins Monday in a New York City courtroom.

The former president is on trial on 34 state felonies for allegedly falsifying business records in connection with hush money payments he made to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair with an adult film actress during the 2016 election. has been accused.

President Trump has repeatedly denied not only allegations of sexual contact with Daniels but also falsification of business records.

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