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.
Illinois' fate, from Trump's perspective, isn't quite so dramatic, but still "sad," since it apparently "has no place to go." Tim O'Donnell
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