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12.24pm BST
ABC News have a look at Wisconsin this morning. It is one of the states that Trump very narrowly flipped in the 2016 election, helping him seal his Electoral College victory. He heads there to campaign again at the weekend, but as Cheyenne Haslett and Soo Rin Kim, the state is seeing a rise in coronavirus cases.
Wisconsin, which is a must-win state in the president’s path to victory, is in the midst of an alarming surge of coronavirus cases just a month before the election – an unprecedented political curveball that could alter Wisconsin voters’ opinions on who they trust to handle the pandemic, as more are personally impacted by the virus.
The president is scheduled to make his third visit to Wisconsin over the past couple months, this time in La Crosse and Green Bay – but his visit also comes at odds with the advice of his own White House Coronavirus Task Force, which has just classified the cities as “red zones” in a new report. The report urged for “the maximum degree possible” of social distancing in the state.
The president could do two things: One is maybe not come to these two municipalities and cities that are ranked right up towards the top of all the places in the country. The second thing that could be done is for him to insist that if people are there, they wear a mask. He can make that happen. He could wear one too. Those are the two things that he could do to make sure that it doesn’t become a superspreader event.
12.16pm BST
Nobody is calling it the Snapchat election, but the company says it has helped more than 1 million users register to vote. More than half of them are first-time voters, and more than 80 percent are younger than 30, according to a company statement.
NEW: Over 1 million people have registered to vote on @Snapchat
– A Snap spokesperson confirms that more than half — 56% — of those Snapchatters are first-time voters pic.twitter.com/H3cwVqpTlH
Continue reading…Biden raises record funds after Trump ‘train wreck’ debateDebates format to be overhauled after calamity in ClevelandFacebook removes Trump ads with misleading refugee claimsSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 12.24pm BSTABC News have a look at Wisconsin this morning. It is one of the states that Trump very narrowly flipped in the 2016 election, helping him seal his Electoral College victory. He heads there to campaign again at the weekend, but as Cheyenne Haslett and Soo Rin Kim, the state is seeing a rise in coronavirus cases.Wisconsin, which is a must-win state in the president’s path to victory, is in the midst of an alarming surge of coronavirus cases just a month before the election – an unprecedented political curveball that could alter Wisconsin voters’ opinions on who they trust to handle the pandemic, as more are personally impacted by the virus.The president is scheduled to make his third visit to Wisconsin over the past couple months, this time in La Crosse and Green Bay – but his visit also comes at odds with the advice of his own White House Coronavirus Task Force, which has just classified the cities as “red zones” in a new report. The report urged for “the maximum degree possible” of social distancing in the state.The president could do two things: One is maybe not come to these two municipalities and cities that are ranked right up towards the top of all the places in the country. The second thing that could be done is for him to insist that if people are there, they wear a mask. He can make that happen. He could wear one too. Those are the two things that he could do to make sure that it doesn’t become a superspreader event. 12.16pm BSTNobody is calling it the Snapchat election, but the company says it has helped more than 1 million users register to vote. More than half of them are first-time voters, and more than 80 percent are younger than 30, according to a company statement.NEW: Over 1 million people have registered to vote on @Snapchat – A Snap spokesperson confirms that more than half — 56% — of those Snapchatters are first-time voters pic.twitter.com/H3cwVqpTlH Continue reading…