President Trump's trip to Michigan took on symbolic significance as he clashed with 3 female officials elected there in 2018's backlash over his first 2 years in office. Four years after Trump stunned Hillary Clinton there in 2016, it's a key state again.
Four years after Trump stunned Hillary Clinton there in 2016, Michigan is again a key state against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. But while Trump is aiming to turn back the clock with attacks on the state's leadership, Democrats point to the 2018 victories of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson as evidence of a suburban revolt against Trump that they expect to carry into the 2020 election.
Whitmer, who spoke on the phone with Trump Wednesday, told CBS on Thursday:"Threatening to take money away from a state that is hurting as bad as we are right now is just scary, and I think something that is unacceptable." Benson, the state's top elections official, has also lambasted Trump's comments about voter fraud, noting that Republican elections officials in states like Georgia, Iowa and Nevada have also made moves to expand mail in voting in their states.
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