President Joe Biden to travel to Wisconsin next week in one of his first official trips since taking office
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MILWAUKEE – President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Wisconsin next week, making the state one of the first official stops of his presidency.
Biden will visit Milwaukee next Tuesday. Details of the trip are not yet available.
Biden was last in Wisconsin in late October, just days before the November election, when he spoke to a small, socially distanced crowd at Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport. That was the last of three trips Biden made to the state in 2020. In September, he stopped at a foundry in Manitowoc and also visited Kenosha after the city was shaken by shootings and unrest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Wisconsin was one of the states that Biden flipped in his victory over former President Donald Trump, winning the state by about 20,000 votes — a margin similar to that of Trump's surprise win in the state just four years before.
Wisconsin has been no stranger to presidential visits, especially over the last four years.
Former President Donald Trump made frequent stops to the state during his presidency. Last year, Trump —along with Vice President Mike Pence, Trump administration officials and members of the Trump family — blanketed the state during his campaign against Biden.
Trump last traveled to Wisconsin on the eve of the November election, where he made a late pitch to voters in Kenosha during a large campaign rally.
Contact Mary Spicuzza at (414) 224-2324 or mary.spicuzza@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @MSpicuzzaMJS.
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