By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief
President Donald Trump (pictured) will hold his first campaign rally of the New Year in the pivotal state of Ohio, the Republican incumbent president scheduled to rally supporters in the city of Toledo as the U.S. Senate prepares for an impeachment trial, and as the November 2020 presidential election nears.
His visit comes a week before the fourth annual women's march in Cleveland, Ohio, an anniversary event set for Saturday, Jan 18, 2020 that will begin at 10:30 am, with a rally and speeches on the outside steps of Cleveland City Hall, followed by a noon march.
The president's rally is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 9 at Toledo’s Huntington Center,
Doors open at 3 p.m and the free public event will open at 7 p.m.
Trump last visited Ohio in September when he toured an Australian -owned paper recycling plant in Wapakoneta, a small city of some 10,000 people that is 56 miles north of Dayton and 83 miles south of Toledo.
The president will likely face the Democratic nominee in November, former vice president Joe Biden the front-runner, the latest polls showing Biden at 30 percent followed by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 19 percent and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders third with 17 percent.
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg is fourth at seven percent but leads, polls show, relative to the Iowa Caucus, which will be held in February, Iowa a 91 percent White state.
Trump won Ohio in 2016 over then Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by eight percentage points and Republicans are fighting to keep the swing state red in 2020.
Since 1896 only two presidential nominees have lost Ohio and gone on to win the presidency.
The non-partisan Women's March Cleveland anniversary event of Jan 18, 2020 will feature Cleveland Rape Crisis Center President and CEO Sondra Miller, state Rep Juanita Brent of Cleveland and the Rev Tony Minor as keynote speakers, and state Sen Nickie Antonio of Lakewood, a women's rights advocate who pushes for public policy changes in the state legislature for the betterment of women and others, is the opening speaker.
Some 20 greater Cleveland activist groups are also participating and activists will also be among the speakers.
Women's march was initiated nationwide in January 2017 after the president was inaugurated where millions of women took to the streets in opposition, Cleveland's rally and march later this month of which is grassroots organized and independent of the national march, though organizers say they support the national unity principles and women across the board.
Women's March Cleveland organizers said the issues range from the policies out of Washington, D.C. and unnecessary wars, civil, voting and reproductive rights to education, racism, sexism, climate change, equal pay, jobs, taxes, immigration and religious and other bigotry.
Also at issue, said organizers, are healthcare, violence against women, criminal justice reform, excessive force, science and technology, and the LGBTQ community, among a host of other concerns.
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