By — Jill Colvin, Associated Press Jill Colvin, Associated Press By — Zeke Miller, Associated Press Zeke Miller, Associated Press By — Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-visits-yuma-arizona-for-border-wall-construction-update Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Trump visits Yuma, Arizona for border wall construction update Politics Updated on Aug 18, 2020 5:19 PM EDT — Published on Aug 18, 2020 3:33 PM EDT YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump traveled to Yuma, Arizona on Aug. 18 for updates on the border. Watch Trump’s remarks in the player above. Grappling for votes — and the spotlight — as Democrats hold their national convention, President Donald Trump targeted voters in key states and constituencies Tuesday and promised a pardon for Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. Trump flew to Arizona, one of the top 2020 battleground states, to press his case against his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, painting him as radically left in one of his harshest broadsides yet of the campaign. Trump spoke in apocalyptic terms, insisting “the survival of our nation is at stake” in November. “The Biden plan would unleash a flood of illegal immigration like the world has never seen,” he told the tightly-packed crowd. “It’s crazy.” With his second trip in two days, Trump was hoping to mitigate a convention polling bump for his rival and to shore up support by contrasting his position with Biden’s on immigration, one of the most important issues to his political base. He was also trying to stanch an erosion in support among female voters with a symbolic nod on the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Jill Colvin, Associated Press Jill Colvin, Associated Press By — Zeke Miller, Associated Press Zeke Miller, Associated Press By — Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Deb Reichmann, Associated Press
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump traveled to Yuma, Arizona on Aug. 18 for updates on the border. Watch Trump’s remarks in the player above. Grappling for votes — and the spotlight — as Democrats hold their national convention, President Donald Trump targeted voters in key states and constituencies Tuesday and promised a pardon for Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. Trump flew to Arizona, one of the top 2020 battleground states, to press his case against his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, painting him as radically left in one of his harshest broadsides yet of the campaign. Trump spoke in apocalyptic terms, insisting “the survival of our nation is at stake” in November. “The Biden plan would unleash a flood of illegal immigration like the world has never seen,” he told the tightly-packed crowd. “It’s crazy.” With his second trip in two days, Trump was hoping to mitigate a convention polling bump for his rival and to shore up support by contrasting his position with Biden’s on immigration, one of the most important issues to his political base. He was also trying to stanch an erosion in support among female voters with a symbolic nod on the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now