Democrats pan Trump's play for Minnesota as a 'head fake'

A Republican presidential candidate hasn't won Minnesota in 50 years, yet signs point to part of the "blue wall" being an emerging battleground.

No state screams “blue wall” louder than Minnesota.

It hasn’t gone for a Republican since Richard Nixon in 1972.

Democrats say former President Donald Trump doesn’t stand a chance there.

And yet President Joe Biden's campaign is pushing out top-shelf local Democratic surrogates — Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Tina Smith — on Friday to counter Trump's visit to the state. That's on the heels of first lady Jill Biden's campaigning in the state last month.

All of the attention suggests that both campaigns see Minnesota as an emerging battleground in a race that is likely to be decided in a relative handful of states. Democrats readily concede that a Trump victory there would spell disaster for them across the country. But those in the party who know the state best insist talk of Trump’s stealing it is overblown.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-biden-minnesota-2024-rcna151909

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