Donald Trump will campaign in Virginia after the presidential debate instead of campaigning in states where he has a chance to win.
CBS News reports:
Former President Donald Trump plans to return to Virginia for a campaign event on June 28, the day after the first presidential debate, CBS News has learned.
The event has not yet confirmed a location but is looking in the Virginia Beach-Hampton Roads area, sources told CBS News. The area is home to a large number of military personnel and the U.S. Navy’s East Coast fighter attack fleet.
A source told CBS News that the Trump campaign said it hopes to use the momentum from the debate to take the former president into “the next phase of the campaign.”
The debate was held in Atlanta. From an electoral perspective, it would be better for Trump to campaign in Georgia after the debate, but he would be heading to Virginia, where he has little chance of winning.
Virginia appears to be part of what Trump sees as a show of strength, showing up in a state that has become increasingly blue as time goes on and trying to convince people he has a chance to win.
Not so with Trump.
The former president made bad decisions on everything from spending almost no time campaigning to campaigning in places like New York, New Jersey and Virginia where he had little chance of winning.
