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Trump Faces Virus Spike In Midwest

October 27, 2020 at 6:37 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Associated Press: “Now the virus is getting worse in states that the president needs the most, at the least opportune time. New infections are raging in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the upper Midwest. In Iowa, polls suggest Trump is in a toss-up race with Biden after carrying the state by 9.4 percentage points four years ago.”

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