WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defying requests to stay away, U.S. President Donald Trump headed for Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to highlight his “law and order” re-election campaign theme in a city upended by protests after the shooting of a Black man by a white police officer.
Opinion polls show the Republican president narrowing the gap with the front-running Democrat, former vice president Joe Biden, amid ongoing protests over racial injustice and the resulting violence.
Trump’s trip to Wisconsin, a political battleground state that he won narrowly in 2016, gives him a chance to emphasize his police-friendly pitch in a state he hopes to keep in his column in the Nov. 3 election.
The state’s governor and the city’s mayor both urged Trump to stay away from Kenosha in order to avoid inflaming tensions and allow its citizens to heal.
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