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Biden vows his unity can ‘save country’; Trump hits Midwest

omy was strong before the president has "shrugged. gan and Florida, where
coronavirus pandemic hit. He's swaggered. And he's former President Barack
"Look what I've done." surrendered." Obama gave a speech in
Trump also cheered Senate Venturing into Georgia was Orlando on Tuesday, blister-
candidate John James — a sign of confidence by the ing Trump as only worrying
who may ultimately have Biden team, which is try- about the virus because it
a better chance of winning ing to stretch the electoral was dominating news cov-
the state than the presi- map and open up more erage.
dent — while attacking paths to the needed 270 "He's jealous of COVID's
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Electoral College votes. The media coverage," Obama
Whitmer for moving ag- former vice president plans said. "If he had been fo-
gressively to shut down to travel to Iowa, which cused on COVID from the
much of the state's econo- Trump took by 10 points in beginning, cases wouldn't
my to slow the virus' spread. 2016, later in the week. And be reaching new record
He even seemed to cast his running mate, California highs across the country
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at doubt on federal authori- Sen. Kamala Harris, is hit- this week."
Capital Region International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in ties breaking up what they ting Arizona and deep red Trump expressed his dis-
Lansing, Mich. said was a plot to kidnap Texas. pleasure that Fox News car-
Associated Press her, which Whitmer has ar- Besides Lansing, Trump was ried his Democratic prede-
By WILL WEISSERT, ALEX- "Has the heart of this na- gued Trump's "violent rhet- traveling to West Salem, cessor's speech live, com-
ANDRA JAFFE and AAMER tion turned to stone? I don't oric" helped spark. Wisconsin. First lady Mela- plaining to reporters about
MADHANI think so," Biden said. "I re- "It was our people that nia Trump was on the road, it and tweeting the network
Associated Press fuse to believe it." helped her out with her too, making her first solo was "playing Obama's no
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) While Biden worked to ex- problem. And we'll have to campaign trip of the year crowd, fake speech for
— Joe Biden traveled to pand the electoral map in see if it's a problem. Right?" in Pennsylvania. And Vice Biden."
the hot springs town where the South, President Don- Trump said. "People are en- President Mike Pence was In Atglen, Pennsylvania,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt ald Trump focused on the titled to say 'maybe it was a in South Carolina, maintain- Melania Trump said she
coped with polio on Tues- Democrats' "blue wall" problem. Maybe it wasn't.'" ing his campaign sched- was feeling "so much bet-
day to declare the U.S. is states that he flipped in Biden, even as he predict- ule despite several close ter now," just weeks after
not too politically diseased 2016 — Michigan, Wiscon- ed the country could rise aides testing positive for being diagnosed with the
to overcome its health and sin and Pennsylvania — above politics, went after the coronavirus last week- virus. She slammed Biden's
economic crises, pledg- and maintained a far bus- his election rival, accusing end. There, Republican "socialist agenda," praised
ing to be the unifying force ier travel schedule taking Trump anew of bungling Sen. Lindsey Graham is in a her husband as "a fighter,"
who can "restore our soul him to much more of the the federal response to the potentially tight reelection and also commented on
and save this country." country. pandemic that has seen race. the president's use of social
The Democratic presi- At a cold, rain-soaked new cases surging in many Hillary Clinton flirted with media.
dential nominee offered rally in the Michigan capi- areas, and failing to man- GOP territory in 2016, only to "I don't always agree the
his closing argument with tal of Lansing, Trump said age the economic fallout lose traditional Democratic way he says things," she
Election Day just one week that Biden supported the or combat institutional rac- Midwestern strongholds. said, drawing laughter from
away while attempting to North American Free Trade ism and police brutality that But a top Biden adviser re- the crowd, "but it is impor-
go on the political offensive Agreement and China's have sparked widespread jected the notion that the tant to him that he speaks
in Georgia, which hasn't entry into the World Trade demonstrations. campaign is spreading it- directly to the people he
backed a Democrat for the Organization, both of "The tragic truth of our time is self too thin, noting that serves."
White House since 1992. He which he said hurt the auto that COVID has left a deep the former vice president's The Trumps left for their
promised to be a president industry and other manu- and lasting wound in this visit follows weeks of paid campaign trips at the same
for all Americans regardless facturing in the state. country," Biden said, scoff- advertising in Georgia and time, and the president
of party, even as he said "This election is a matter of ing at Trump's pronounce- visits by Harris and the can- gave the first lady a quick
that "anger and suspicion economic survival for Mich- ments that the nation is didate's wife, Jill Biden. peck on the cheek before
is growing and our wounds igan," the president said, ar- turning a corner on the vi- Biden will also visit in com- they boarded separate
are getting deeper." guing that the state's econ- rus. He charged that the ing days Wisconsin, Michi- planes.q

Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic?

By The Associated Press at home are some options door-to-door trick-or-treat-
Can I celebrate Hallow- that minimize contact with ing. In places where it's al-
een during the pandem- strangers. If you're ven- lowed, there are ways to
ic? Yes, but probably not turing out, experts say to make it safer.
like you normally would. keep a 6-foot distance Various devices such as
Health experts say some from others and sanitize plastic grabbers can help
Halloween traditions like hands regularly as you you hand out candy with-
crowding on doorsteps for normally would. Protective out any physical contact,
candy and inching your face coverings — plas- says Dr. Nipunie Raja-
way through haunted tic costume masks don't pakse, a pediatric special-
houses heighten the risk of count — should also be a ist at the Mayo Clinic in
spreading COVID-19 and part of every Halloween Minnesota. Marking 6-foot
should be avoided. get-up, according to the spacing on sidewalks and
Outdoor pumpkin carv- U.S. Centers for Disease driveways with duct tape
Carol McCarthy sends candy down the candy chute that she
will use to give out treats to socially-distant trick-or-treaters on ing, a virtual or neighbor- Control and Prevention. or chalk can also discour-
Halloween, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Palmyra, N.J. hood costume parade or Some cities have discour- age people from gather-
Associated Press a scary movie marathon aged or even banned ing at the front door.q