Trump skips out of Washington for a 5-state rally tour

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While Washington roils with scandal and debate surrounding the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump plans to skip town to bask before the adoring crowds of Trump country.

The president will visit Wheeling, West Virginia, Saturday evening to headline a campaign rally for Republican candidates including Senate nominee Patrick Morrisey, who is challenging Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) for his seat. This is the first of five such events in Trump-friendly areas of the country scheduled for the coming week.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.