CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Mike Pence‘s visit to North Carolina begins a full week of travel by major-party presidential ticket candidates to the battleground state, as well as by President Barack Obama.
The Republican vice presidential nominee was slated to hold a town hall meeting Monday afternoon in downtown Charlotte, followed by an evening rally in Fletcher, just outside Asheville.
On Tuesday evening Obama planned to appear at an outdoor amphitheater in Greensboro to back Hillary Clinton‘s election. Earlier the president will participate in a forum at North Carolina A&T State University about race and sports that will air later Tuesday on ESPN.
Clinton running mate Tim Kaine will join a state Democratic Party rally Wednesday at Davidson College. And Donald Trump is holding a rally Friday evening at an outdoor Charlotte concert venue.
A report over the weekend indicated that Pence was having second thoughts about being Trump’s vice-presidential candidate after Trump’s comments on women.
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