Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Virginia with Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, the day after the first 2024 presidential debate on Thursday.
Youngkin is reportedly planning to attend the rally on Friday, the day after CNN’s presidential debate. CBS News was first to report on plans for the “major” event.
According to CBS News’ Olivia Rinaldi, “One of the areas being considered for hosting the rally is the Virginia Beach/Chesapeake area, which has a large military population.”
Sources said Governor Youngkin is expected to attend the rally, marking his first campaign appearance with President Trump.
— Olivia Rinaldi (@olivialarinaldi) June 21, 2024
The news comes as Trump continues his strategy of targeting traditionally Democratic states in the 2024 campaign, outlining an aggressive expansion of the electoral map to Breitbart News several months ago.
“One of the things I’m going to do, and this may be a stupid thing, is I’m going to campaign heavily in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, New Mexico and Minnesota, a state I haven’t won in years,” Trump said at the time, explaining that by “campaign heavily” he meant rallies, speeches and the like.
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Virginia hasn’t voted Republican for president since former President George W. Bush was elected in 2004. It has since gone on to elect former President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, twice-losing candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016, and President Joe Biden in 2020. Biden won the state that year by just over 10 percentage points, according to official results, with 54.4 percent of the vote to Trump’s 44.2 percent, a margin of about 451,000 votes.
In these traditionally Democratic states, that could change, especially following Trump’s controversial conviction in the New York business records trial. According to a Fox News poll conducted June 1-4, 2024, Indicated Trump and Biden are tied 48 percent They will support each other in a head-to-head matchup in Virginia. In races against third-party candidates, Biden is leading by just one percentage point. 41% to 42%. Moreover, a May Roanoke College poll showed similar trends, with Trump and Biden languishing in a head-to-head race with 42% support for each, and Biden leading by just 2 points when third-party candidates are included. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.24%, showing a virtual tie.
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