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Trump at Minnesota rally: Biden will turn state into a ‘refugee camp’
Sep 19, 2020 1 min, 27 secs
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Bemidji, Minn., on Friday.

President Donald Trump said his Democratic rival Joe Biden would "turn Minnesota into a refugee camp" and bragged about deporting Somali nationals, sharpening his play for the battleground state during a Friday rally.

Speaking in Bemidji, Minn., Trump repeated claims that Biden would dramatically increase the number of refugees in the country.

Seeking to draw a contrast with Biden, Trump said the Democratic nominee would open the doors for refugees from "jihadist regions" like Yemen and Somalia.

Trump last year called for Omar and a number of other high-profile progressive congresswomen to "go back" to "the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." Supporters also chanted "send her back" during a Trump rally last year — a line that has become a rallying cry among his base.

"Omar, how the hell did she win the election," Trump said Friday.

"They're still trying to get rid of your police force in Minneapolis?" Trump said to a jeering crowd.

Just before boarding Air Force One after his rally, Trump said: "She just died.

Recent polling has shown Biden pulling ahead in Minnesota, but Trump said Friday that what he's read about the area made him confident he was in good standing.

“Like a lot of you, I spent a lot of my life with guys like Donald Trump looking down on me; looking down on people who make a living with their hands, people who take care of our kids [or] clean our streets,” Biden said

"Joe Biden says this is a race between Scranton and Park Avenue," Trump tweeted

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