Trump blows off prepping for 'the most important debate' to host a campaign rally
In just five days, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off in their first debate of the 2024 cycle. While Biden has been huddling with advisors to prepare for the debate, the former president appears to be procrastinating.
The Daily Beast reported Saturday that Trump is holding a rally tonight in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while Biden is at the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland to work on debate prep. The rally, which will be at Temple University in the northern part of the city, has already attracted the attention of anti-Trump protesters. The protesters will be both holding court outside the rally and will be displaying a mobile billboard that reads: "Donald Trump is coming to North Philly, but he can’t fool us," and calling him a "disaster for Black Americans."
Trump is reportedly aiming to drive a wedge into the bloc of Black voters in Pennsylvania's largest city and eat into a traditional base of the Democratic Party in order to win the Keystone State. Trump campaign spokesperson Janiyah Thomas told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the former president "is making roads with historically Democrat[sic] voters," including "Black Americans and Hispanics."...