President Trump is blitzing Ohio television with nearly $1 million advertising to combat sagging support that Republican insiders in the state blame on the contrast in crisis leadership voters are drawing with GOP Gov. Mike DeWine.

The ads are running in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton as the Trump campaign moves aggressively to address the president’s sudden vulnerability in a state that has trended solidly red. The rising fortunes of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden are a byproduct of dissatisfaction with the president’s handling of the coronavirus and recent civil unrest. Ohio Republicans say Trump’s volatile leadership has looked even worse to voters because of comparison to DeWine’s steady hand.