Trump bashes New York, Illinois, California in plea for votes

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President Trump is employing an interesting strategy to gather support in three of the most populous, solidly blue states in the U.S.

On Monday morning, the president went on a tweeting spree, targeting California, which he said "is going to hell," and New York, which he claims is already there.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.