{"id":2246741,"date":"2024-05-17T09:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T13:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-team-taking-trumps-head-fake-try-to-flip-deep-blue-state-seriously\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T09:56:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T13:56:30","slug":"biden-team-taking-trumps-head-fake-try-to-flip-deep-blue-state-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-team-taking-trumps-head-fake-try-to-flip-deep-blue-state-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Team Strategically Responds to Trump&#8217;s Attempt to Flip a Solid Blue State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-team-taking-trumps-head-fake-try-to-flip-deep-blue-state-seriously%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrats in Minnesota and President Biden&#8217;s re<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-trump-biggest-winner-of-impeachment-trial-says-lindsey-graham\/\" title=\"Lara Trump \u2018Biggest Winner\u2019 Of Impeachment Trial, Says Lindsey Graham\">-election campaign<\/a> are pushing back against Trump&#8217;s claim to \u2062flip reliably\u2062 blue Minnesota. Minnesota has been consistently Democratic since \u200c1972,\u200d with Biden winning by 233,000 votes in\u2064 2020. Governor Tim \u200dWalz is confident in Biden&#8217;s victory and prepared for the upcoming campaign battle against Trump&#8217;s assertions. Democrats in Minnesota and President Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign are challenging\u200b Trump&#8217;s attempt to \u2063turn reliably\u2062 blue Minnesota. Since \u20641972, Minnesota has leaned Democratic, with Biden\u2064 securing a 233,000-vote victory in 2020. Governor Tim Walz remains optimistic about Biden&#8217;s success and is\u2064 ready for the campaign battle ahead to \u2063counter Trump&#8217;s claims.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> in Minnesota and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s campaign for reelection are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-biden-minnesota-2024-rcna151909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>challenging<\/a> former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s claim that he can<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2993512\/trump-campaign-puts-minnesota-virginia-back-in-play-flip-red\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> flip reliably blue Minnesota<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Minnesota<\/a> has not voted for a Republican for president since 1972. In 2020, Biden beat Trump in Minnesota by more than 233,000 (or 7 percentage points),\u00a0and in 2016, former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton beat Trump by more than 43,000 votes in Minnesota. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden will win,\u201d Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) said. \u201cNo surprise Donald Trump is saying something that is not true.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we don\u2019t take it for granted. We will have the infrastructure necessary,\u201d Walz said. \u201cSo the head fake of saying that you\u2019re going to win Minnesota? Give it a good try, but we\u2019ll do our work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Trump is set to headline a dinner for the Republican Party of Minnesota in St. Paul, marking his first visit to the state so far on the campaign trail.\u00a0Right now, the dinner is <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/trump-campaign-minnesota-after-attending-son-barrons-graduation-110327625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>not set to <\/a>conflict with the graduation of Donald Trump\u2019s son, Barron Trump, from a high school in Florida that same day. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Trump campaign put the states of Minnesota and Virginia, which has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trying-to-turn-texas-blue-nyt-opinion-piece-sells-leftists-on-texas-as-best-place-to-live\/\" title=\"Trying To Turn Texas Blue: NYT Opinion Piece Sells Leftists On Texas As Best Place To Live\">voted blue<\/a>, on its radar for the campaign as flippable states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a real, real opportunity in expanding the map in Virginia and Minnesota,\u201d senior Trump adviser Chris LaCivita told NBC News. <\/p>\n<p>Trump also believes he has a \u201creally good shot\u201d at the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think we have a really good shot at Minnesota,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe have great friendships up there. We\u2019ve done a lot for industry. We\u2019ve done a lot for everything in Minnesota. Worked hard in Minnesota. Tom Emmer is very much involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, while countering the Trump campaign\u2019s eye on Minnesota and Virginia, are not taking either state for granted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFundamentally, what we\u2019re doing in Minnesota and Virginia is \u2026 not taking any state or any vote for granted. We\u2019ve had a team on the ground in both those places, working hard to engage voters, build trust in the community as we open offices, increase our staff footprint,\u201d Dan Kanninen, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-capitalizes-on-trump-in-court-and-touts-tax-plan-in-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"Biden leverages Trump's court cases and promotes tax plan in Pennsylvania\">battleground states director<\/a> for the Biden campaign, said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota heavily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/people\/womeninfants\/abortion\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>favors abortion rights <\/a>and does not have a high population of non-college-educated, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-poll-shows-gop-becoming-party-of-blue-collar-workers\/\" title=\"NBC Poll Shows GOP Becoming Party Of Blue-Collar Workers\">blue-collar workers<\/a> who typically vote for Trump. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a state that just fundamentally disagrees with Donald Trump on so many of his viewpoints and his priorities and, most of all, his character,\u201d Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said.\u00a0\u201cI mean, if you want the opposite of \u2018Minnesota nice,\u2019 then go elect Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Minnesota, Democrats and President Biden defy Trump&#8217;s claim to turn the solid blue state red. Minnesota, a state that hasn&#8217;t voted Republican for president since 1972, favored Biden by over 233,000 votes in 2020. Efforts to maintain the blue stronghold continue against Trump&#8217;s assertions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2246742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24130595773571.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24130595773571.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}