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Ohio GOP Sen. J.D. Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, made headlines on Thursday night when he took part in a NewsNation town hall hosted by Chris Cuomo.

In Detroit, Michigan, less than two weeks before Election Day, Vance spoke in front of a live crowd of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

Michigan will be an important battleground in Trump’s race against Vice President Kamala Harris. It will also be an important battlefield in one of the Senate races.

The town hall got interesting when Trump called into the town hall and asked Vance a lighthearted question.

“We have a call right now from former President Donald John Trump,” Cuomo declared to an audience of undecided voters, many of whom clapped upon Trump’s introduction. “He wants to weigh in. Mr. President, I know there’s a little bit of a delay. Can you hear us, and what is your question?”

“Well, I can hear you, Chris, and I do have a question,” Trump said. “And I think it will be quite an interesting one. The answer should be easy. How brilliant is Donald J. Trump?”

Vance and the audience laughed.

“Take your time, think about it,” Cuomo said.

“Well, first of all, Sir, this is supposed to be undecided voters. I would hope that I have your vote, of all people. But here’s– first of all, Sir, of course, you’re very brilliant. And we both agree. We both agree that it’s important to have smart people running the government.”

Vance praised Trump’s “ability to relate to anybody in any environment,” stating that “that’s the true brilliance of Donald J. Trump.”

“That’s very nice, and I appreciate it,” Trump replied. “Maybe I’ll ask a second one. I watched, believe it or not, CNN last night. And in watching it, I watched the town hall with Kamala. Let me ask you for a second [unintelligible] and it was not good. How brilliant is Kamala?”

Vance laughed nervously.

“That’s a very tough one, Sir,” he responded. “I’m supposed to say something–”

“Don’t say it,” Trump interrupted. The former president then said that he and Vance are “leading by a landslide” in the polls.

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The “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania have provided the road to the White House for the last few elections.

However, with only 14 days until the November 5 election, there are fears within Kamala Harris’ team about the vice president’s ability to win all three states. Harris’s team also worries that North Carolina has “slipped away.”

“Recent discussions have centered on the possibility of an anomaly this year with just part of the blue wall breaking its way. The conversations have focused on whether Michigan or Wisconsin “fall” to former President Donald Trump while the two other states go blue, according to three sources with knowledge of the campaign’s strategy,” NBC News reported.

“Losing Wisconsin or Michigan would mean that even if Harris secures Pennsylvania — where both Harris and Trump have spent the most time and resources — she would not reach the necessary 270 electoral votes to win the White House without winning another battleground state or possibly two,” the outlet added.

“There has been a thought that maybe Michigan or Wisconsin will fall off,” said a senior Harris campaign official, who stressed that the bigger concern is over Michigan.

Two other campaign strategists—who, like others in this piece, were granted anonymity to talk freely—expressed great concern about Michigan.

NBC News added: “But also potentially troubling for Democrats: What Harris’ campaign had thought was one of its best insurance possibilities may also be in peril. Just a few weeks ago, several Harris advisers pointed to the combination of electoral votes from North Carolina and Nevada as a strong alternative path for Harris should Trump win Pennsylvania and claim its 19 electoral votes. While North Carolina is still in the campaign’s sights and Democrats maintain strong organization and leadership there, the Harris team is far less bullish about victory, four people with knowledge of the dynamics said.”

“Of all of the seven [states], that one seems to be a little bit slipping away,” the Harris campaign official said of North Carolina.

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