The day before Trump's rally, his Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $73 million in money for clean diesel and other projects in the state, the former of which the administration argues will help reduce emissions.
Still, Democrats have portrayed Trump's policies as adding fuel to what they say is an already-raging fire of climate change and its impacts. Minnesota's likely voters ranked that as fourth in their priorities, ahead of COVID-19 and the Supreme Court, in aBiden, who has called climate change an existential threat, maintains that his investments in aBut Trump’s campaign told Fox News on Wednesday that Biden’s plans for the coronavirus would hurt workers in key industries like energy.
“President Trump’s 2016 victory sparked a realignment of blue collar workers who were tired of politicians like Joe Biden showing blind loyalty to union bosses while implementing policies that hurt hard working Americans,” Deputy Press Secretary Samantha Zager said. “Throughout his nearly 50 years in politics, Biden has consistently put special interests ahead of workers – even promising to shut the economy back down if he were elected. President Trump is seeing strong support from union members and local leaders who know he’s the only candidate in the race that will protect their jobs and implement policies that help critical American trades like energy, hospitality, and law enforcement.
Democrats have generally blamed Trump for the coronavirus fallout, arguing that he could have done more to combat the virus. In a campaign ad for battleground states, Biden explicitly tied the virus to economic well-being. “To fix the economy, we need to get control over the virus,” he said.