Trump heads to Wisconsin's critical Democratic stronghold ahead of the vice presidential debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Later Tuesday, Trump was expected to hold an event at a museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's largest city and home to the largest number of Democratic voters and second-largest number of Republicans.
56% : In Milwaukee, Trump will speak at Discovery World, a science and technology museum along the shores of Lake Michigan.
54% : Trump was expected to focus his comments on the economy.
45% : Trump was scheduled to appear at a manufacturing facility in Waunakee, a suburb of Wisconsin's capital city of Madison in the Democratic stronghold of Dane County.
45% : In 2020, Trump got 36% of the vote there compared to less than 23% countywide.
44% : Trump was to speak at Dane Manufacturing, a metal fabricator that has a long history of hosting Republican candidates and officeholders.
40% : In remarks to the crowd before Trump arrived, Thompson said the former president should "go where the opposition is," including Dane County, home of the liberal state capital of Madison.
37% : It's a point former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson said he made to Trump.
34% : President Joe Biden won 75% of the vote that year in Dane County, beating Trump by 181,000 votes in the county while carrying the state by fewer than 21,000.
31% : Trump has never campaigned in Dane County before and didn't visit as president.
29% : Hillary Clinton beat Trump in Dane County in 2016 by 47 points, and Trump won the state by less than a point.

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