Trump will deliver speech on Biden's 'record of failure' hours before DNC acceptance speech

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is scheduled to give his acceptance speech during the last act of the mostly-virtual Democratic National Convention next Thursday at 10 p.m. E.T.Just a few hours before, though, President Trump is heading to Old Forge, Pennsylvania, to deliver his own remarks on "Joe Biden's record of failure," the president's re-election campaign announced Saturday.> NEWS: Trump officially set to speak in PA Thursday as counter programming ahead of Biden’s DNC acceptance speech pic.twitter.com/y1RN1lhACF> > — Will Steakin (@wsteaks) August 15, 2020The timing is clearly not a coincidence, but the location probably isn't either. Old Forge is just a few miles outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania, which happens to be Biden's birthplace and where he spent part of his childhood before his family moved to Delaware.And, of course, Pennsylvania is a crucial swing state, which Trump narrowly won in 2016 and is in danger of relinquishing to his challenger in November.More stories from theweek.com 5 achingly funny cartoons about Trump's post office upheaval Catholic voters' impossible choice Gretchen Whitmer is America's most incompetent politician

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