Trump to rally in central Wisconsin on Saturday

Former President Donald Trump will return to Wisconsin to hold a rally Saturday at the Central Wisconsin Airport. It will be his second visit to the swing state in little over a week.

The Republican presidential nominee is expected to touch on familiar themes that include criticizing the economic policies of President Joe Biden’s administration. The rally will be held at 1 p.m. Sept. 7 in Mosinee, which is about 15 miles south of Wausau.

Trump is attacking Vice President Kamala Harris over the rising cost of living and inflation and how that’s hitting Wisconsin families in the pocketbook. He’s also targeting the Democratic presidential nominee over surging home prices and higher mortgage rates.

The latest Marquette University Law School poll showed Trump and Harris locked in a dead heat. The poll showed Trump had 50 percent of the vote among registered voters compared to Harris who had 49 percent of the vote. Among likely voters, it was Harris 50, Trump 49.

The economy is the No. 1 issue among both Republican voters and Democratic voters in the latest poll, which surveyed 877 registered voters between July 24 to Aug. 1.

Trump is returning to the swing state a little more than a week after he held a town hall meeting in La Crosse. He fielded questions from those pre-selected by his campaign for roughly half an hour.

The Trump campaign also announced a town hall meeting this week that will include Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Trump administration official Monica Crowley. The event will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at Jan Serr Studio in Milwaukee.

Wisconsin has been a major focal point of both campaigns. The previous two presidential elections were decided by about 20,000 votes. Trump won the state in 2016; Biden won Wisconsin in 2020.