As he has done for the past two years, the president is skipping the black-tie gala and holding a Make America Great Again rally.
By Felicia Sonmez and Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow Anne Gearan Anne Gearan White House reporter Email Bio Follow April 16 at 3:10 PM President Trump will headline a rally in Wisconsin later this month on the same night as the White House correspondents’ dinner, his campaign announced Tuesday.
The campaign said the rally will mark Trump’s 18th in Wisconsin and his third in Green Bay since he began running for president in 2015. Trump opted to hold a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., rather than attend the 2017 dinner. He skipped the dinner again last year and addressed supporters at a rally in Washington Township, Mich.
Trump’s visit to a congressional district that flipped to Democrats in the 2018 midterm election highlighted shifting politics in the state that Trump thinks he can turn to his advantage in 2020. The event was planned before the latest controversy surrounding Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat representing a neighboring district. On Friday, Trump had tweeted an edited video of the freshman Democrat, who is Muslim and a Somali immigrant, in which images from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 2001 were interspersed with remarks she made decrying discrimination against Muslims following the attacks.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar , who is among Democrats running to challenge Trump next year, held an event in the state on Sunday to accuse the president of failing to live up to his promises to Minnesotans, including on a national infrastructure improvement bill. She called that effort “a mirage.”
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