Trump to rally in deep-red part of Wisconsin as new poll shows tighter race than expected in Florida and Texas: Live
Former President Donald Trump will rally supporters in Mosinee, Wisconsin on Saturday during an event that’s supposed to focus on the economy.
It’s his first visit to the deep-red, mostly rural part of the important swing state. Trump is scheduled to speak at 2pm ET at Central Wisconsin Airport.
This comes as new polling shows that Florida and Texas are within the margin of error. The Emerson College Polling/The Hill poll released on Friday has Trump leading Harris in Florida by five points, 50 to 45 percent, and by four points in Texas, 50 to 46 percent.
Meanwhile, former vice president Dick Cheney, a staunch Republican, has vowed to vote for Harris in November.
His daughter, former congresswoman Liz Cheney said her father believes “there’s never been an individual in our country who is as great of a threat to our democracy as Donald Trump is.”
Governor Tim Walz will speak at the Human Rights Campaign Annual National Dinner in Washington, DC on Saturday night.
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will speak at a team Harris-Walz Weekend of Action canvass launch in Allentown, Pennsylvania at 12.25pm ET before delivering remarks at a Latinos Con Harris-Walz campaign event at 1.45pm.
New voter registrations surged among Black women and young people in Pennsylvania when Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, according to newly released data.
In the week that Joe Biden announced he would not run for re-election, new registrations increased by 262 percent among Black women under 30 compared to the same week in 2020.
Registrations among Black voters increased by 110 percent, and among voters under 30 years old by 59 percent, also compared to the same week in 2020.
All of those demographic groups lean heavily