Sources inform CBS News the marketing campaign hasn’t confirmed a location but, however is wanting within the Virginia Beach-Hampton Roads space. The space is residence to a big navy inhabitants and the U.S. Navy’s fighter-attack jet fleet on the East Coast.
The Trump marketing campaign says it hopes to construct off momentum from the talk to hold the previous president into the “subsequent part of the marketing campaign,” a supply tells CBS News.
This will probably be Trump’s second go to to the Old Dominion this cycle. He campaigned within the state capital of Richmond in March, simply earlier than Super Tuesday.
The Trump marketing campaign has mentioned it believes Virginia – which President Biden gained by 10 factors in 2020 – is in play.
No Republican operating for president has gained Virginia since 2004, when George W. Bush was reelected, though the commonwealth traditionally voted Republican earlier than that. But now, Virginia has a Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, with whom Trump met final week for the primary time at Trump National Golf Club, in northern Virginia. During their assembly, Youngkin shared polling numbers with Trump that confirmed he is aggressive with Mr. Biden within the state.
Mr. Biden and his surrogates have additionally been lively in Virginia in latest months, an indication that they, too, imagine it is not inconceivable for Trump to win there. Democrats, together with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, despatched fundraising emails after Trump and Youngkin met. Mr. Biden visited McLean, a rich Northern Virginia suburb, for a fundraiser earlier this week.
Kathryn Watson contributed to this report
