Trump and Pence: Same ticket, different script in battleground blitz

Published November 2, 2020 4:06pm ET



TUCSON, Arizona — They both use the same line in their speeches, urging their audience to help make “America great again, again.” But how they get there could not be more different.

As President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence made final-week swings through two key regions, they struck contrasting tones in their attempts to deliver victory. While Pence picked his way through the latest economic statistics and translated them into jobs growth for his audience in Arizona, Trump shrugged off jobs numbers as “boring” before giving a shoutout to Fox News’s John Roberts in the crowd.

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