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Election 2020 updates: Trump ends long day rushing through final rally in Minnesota

Trump and Biden both campaigned in three Midwestern states Friday.

Last Updated: November 1, 2020, 11:41 AM EST

With four days until Election Day, and President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden racing toward Nov. 3, more than 82 million Americans have already cast their ballots -- an early voting record.

Friday brings both Trump and Biden to Minnesota and Wisconsin, revealing how crucial the states are to both campaigns, with the contest overshadowed by coronavirus cases rising there and in nearly every battleground state.

The president's aggressive, defensive strategy -- visiting states he won in 2016 including a first stop in Michigan this afternoon -- comes as polls show him trailing nationally and in swing states key to his reelection hopes. Vice President Mike Pence returns to Arizona for a pair of rallies in Flagstaff and Tucson.

Biden will see his busiest travel day to date of the general election. With a stop in Iowa, too, it's the first time the former vice president has made plans to campaign in three states in one day for the 2020 cycle. Running mate California Sen. Kamala Harris is in Texas as Democrats play offense and sense an opportunity to snatch the GOP-stronghold for the first time in more than four decades.

Oct 30, 2020, 5:56 PM EDT

In Arizona, crowd chants 'lock her up' after Pence says Pelosi 'has got to go'

At his first of two stops in Arizona on Friday, Vice President Mike Pence threw his support behind congressional candidates and told Arizonans to elect them so House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., can be removed from her post. 

"So right after you reelect President Donald Trump for four more years and right after you reelect Sen. Martha McSally to the United States Senate, we all need you to send Paul Gosar, Congressman Markwayne Mullin and Tiffany Shedd to a new Republican majority in the House of Representatives, and retire Nancy Pelosi once and for all. Out! She has got to go," Pence said at the outdoor rally in Flagstaff.

That caused some supporters to chant "lock her up!" 

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campaign rally in Flagstaff, Ariz., Oct. 30, 2020.
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Mullin, it should be noted, is not on the ballot in Arizona, but represents Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District.

McSally, who is competing in one of the most-watched Senate campaigns this cycle, introduced Pence. The vice president said it was "an honor" to share the stage with her, and that she has "emerged as one of the greatest champions" for Republicans.

On the coronavirus, Pence said that a vaccine is "just a short time away." He acknowledged that COVID-19 cases are increasing in the state, which reported 1,565 new cases Friday.  

"And as we see cases rise, particularly across the heartland and even somewhat here in Arizona," he told of the crowd of about 500, the majority of whom were not wearing masks or social distancing. "I want to assure you, we're going to continue to move heaven and earth to make sure that our doctors and nurses, and here in Arizona and everywhere in America, that every family has access to the health care that we'd want any member of our family to have."  

-ABC News' Justin Gomez

Oct 30, 2020, 4:17 PM EDT

ABC's race ratings update: Texas is now a toss-up in campaign's final days

With only four days until Nov. 3, Texas has moved this week in Biden's favor -- shifting from lean Republican to a toss-up, according to ABC's race ratings.

Here's where the race to 270 currently stands: Biden - 290; Trump - 125; Toss-up -123. 

Click here for ABC's interactive electoral map, which is updated weekly. 

-ABC News' Kendall Karson

Oct 30, 2020, 3:56 PM EDT

Trump mocks COVID-19 public health precautions at Minnesota rally

Trump kicked off his rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, by commenting on the cold weather but saying he felt “very warm in this group” before confidently declaring, “Four days from now, we're going to win this state and we're going to go on to win four more great years in the White House.” 

President Donald Trump tosses out "Make America Great Again" caps as he arrives for a campaign rally at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford Township, Mich., Oct. 30, 2020.
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Speaking to the packed crowd of mostly maskless supporters, Trump mocked the size of Biden’s crowds when compared with his, saying “nobody shows up.”

He also took aim at Biden's running mate, and though he regularly mispronounces Kamala Harris’ name, Trump added the false claim that Harris can't pronounce her own name either.

 

At one point the president called out to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, who was present and expressed disbelief that she was wearing a mask -- though coronavirus cases are rising in Michigan and nearly every other battleground state. 

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a "Make America Great Again" rally at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford, Mich., Oct. 30, 2020.
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"Where is Laura? Where is she? I can't recognize you. Is that a mask? No way. Are you wearing a mask? I've never seen her in a mask. Look at you. She's being very politically correct. Whoa!" Trump said. 

Ahead of more rallies in Wisconsin and Minnesota, Trump complained that local officials in Minnesota are “scamming” him by not allowing his campaign to hold a rally of more than 250 people in order to adhere to the state's COVID-19 restrictions.

“You know what, that maybe will give us the final victory. We haven't won Minnesota since 1972, OK?" Trump said. "That's not good odds, but we are very popular because I helped with that disaster in Minneapolis."

-ABC News’ Jordyn Phelps

Oct 30, 2020, 3:55 PM EDT

Harris praises record voting in Texas, says it's still not time to 'let up on the pedal'

Harris’ first stop in Texas was Fort Worth, where she gave remarks to a socially distanced and masked crowd of about 300 supporters outside of First St. John’s Cathedral -- her presence in the state significant as she’s the first Democrat vice presidential candidate to campaign there since 1988.

After the state shattered its 2016 voting record this morning, Harris praised the more than nine million votes already cast in Texas -- but reminded the race isn’t over yet. 

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at a campaign event in Fort Worth, Oct. 30, 2020.
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“Today is the last day of early voting in Texas and you all have been doing your thing! What did I hear? Was it 9 million people have voted so far?" Harris said. "Now, we know this is no time to let up on the pedal though, right?"

Urging Texans to vote whether early or on Election Day, she repeated her mantra that voting is one of the best ways to “honor the ancestors,” paying special tribute to the late Congressman John Lewis. 

“John Lewis lived a life that was about a commitment to fighting for equal rights and civil rights, and it was fight that was born out of being a patriot and loving our country,” she said. “Knowing the best way we achieve our ideals, is to fight for those ideals, to do it in every way by standing up, showing up and speaking up -- so we must vote to honor the ancestors.”

Though winning the state’s 29 electoral college votes is a longshot for the party, some Democrats sense an opportunity to snatch the GOP-stronghold for the first time in more than four decades, while others warn the campaign should stay focused on states Clinton narrowly lost in 2016.

“You are strong, you have power, and at election time, that power will be through your vote. And you will tell them when they ask that you elected Joe Biden the President of the United States,” Harris said closing her remarks. “Thank you Fort Worth, and God bless Texas.”

-ABC News’ Averi Harper

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