Trump, Vance to hold rally in Minnesota

Former President Trump and his newly named running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, are set to rally in Minnesota on Saturday, the campaign announced, making a visit to one of the blue-leaning states the former president has talked about targeting for a flip this fall.

The Trump-Vance duo will appear in St. Cloud, Minn., on Saturday, roughly a week after President Biden exited the 2024 race and endorsed Vice President Harris, an unprecedented move that’s thrown the race into uncharted waters.

The North Star State event also falls two weeks after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. A gunman grazed his ear with a bullet, killed one rally attendee and wounded two others. 

Trump charged ahead with his scheduled appearances at the Republican National Convention last week, where he formally accepted the party’s official nod and announced Vance as his VP pick, and rallied in Michigan over the weekend.

Vance rallied in Virginia on Monday, and Trump is set to stop in North Carolina on Wednesday.

Minnesota hasn’t voted Republican in a presidential election for decades, but the former president has often name-dropped the state as an opportunity to expand his map in the 2024 race.

Biden boasted a 1.5-point lead in the state before his historic move to drop out of the race, according to averages from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. It’s unclear how Harris will fare in his stead. 

Meanwhile, Harris is heading to Wisconsin on Tuesday to hold her first rally since securing enough delegates to become the likely Democratic nominee.