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Biden claims he has campaigned in Wisconsin 'a lot' during rally as he rejects comparisons with Hillary Clinton's failure to visit the battleground state in 2016

Former Vice President Joe Biden recalled Hillary Clinton's fateful decision not to visit Wisconsin in 2016 – and said in a speech in Milwaukee Friday night that he was tending to the state.

Biden made the comments on his third trip to the state of the campaign, this time at an outdoor rally in an airport hangar with about 50 guests seated apart for social distancing reasons.

'I came up here campaigning for Hillary. For a whole lot of reasons – not all of which were her fault – we ended up not taking it as seriously,' he said, on a day both candidates barnstormed the Midwest.

'I came up here campaigning for Hillary. For a whole lot of reasons – not all of which were her fault – we ended up not taking it as seriously,' former Vice President Joe Biden said campaigning in Milwaukee Friday night

'I came up here campaigning for Hillary. For a whole lot of reasons – not all of which were her fault – we ended up not taking it as seriously,' former Vice President Joe Biden said campaigning in Milwaukee Friday night 

'We thought it was different. I’ve been here a lot,' he said. 

'If I get elected, I’m coming back,' he told Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett.

'In these final days we’ve got to keep our sense of empowerment here, a sense of optimism,' he said, speaking in a state considered part of the Democrats' 'blue wall' where he leads in public opinion polls. 

Biden continued to hammer President Trump on the coronavirus, including for Trump's claim that doctors are inflating coronavirus deaths. 

Testing in Wisconsin alone found 5,096 new cases, the second time in the past week the state reached more than 5,000 cases in a single day. The state's record, which was hit Tuesday, is 5,262. 

At his Michigan rally earlier, however, Trump falsely pushed that the numbers were inflated thanks to greedy doctors. 

'You know, our doctors get more money if someone dies from COVID, you know that right?' Trump told the crowd.

'Our doctors are very smart people,' he added.

He claimed that in other countries, like Germany, if someone has cancer and gets the coronavirus, their cause of death is still cancer. 

'With us, when in doubt, choose COVID,' Trump said. 

Trump made similar comments Saturday.

'We report them, and doctors get more money, and hospitals get more money,' Trump said. 'We're going to start looking at things, because they have things a little bit backwards,' Trump said then.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton arrives at a campaign rally, November 7, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her campaign lost battlegrounds in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, leading to Donald Trump's victory

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton arrives at a campaign rally, November 7, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her campaign lost battlegrounds in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, leading to Donald Trump's victory

Biden pointed to the nation crossing 9 million coronavirus infections.

'He said today at a rally that our doctors are a problem – because they’re putting our lives on the line, busting their necks,' Biden said.

'He said they’re making up deaths from COVID 19 because they get more money. They’re making up deaths. People aren’t really dying form COVID, they’re dying from other things but they’re saying it’s COVD to make the numbers go up, Biden said.

'My lord,' he said.

'And this guy says that they’re making it up because they want to make more money,' he continued. 'Donald Trump should stop attacking them and start doing his job.'

Earlier, Biden campaigned in Minnesota just miles from where George Floyd died was killed by Minneapolis police officers – and called peaceful protests over the incident a 'cry for justice.'

Biden, who leads President Donald Trump nationally and in the battleground state in polls, also made a point of condemning looting and violence, something Trump frequently claims he will not do. 

'While Donald Trump failed to condemn white supremacy, we can deliver on racial justice,' Biden said at another one of his car rallies, this time in St. Paul.

'Protesting and burning and looting Is not protesting. It’s violence, clear and simple,' former Vice President Joe Biden said at a rally in St. Paul, Minnesota Friday

'The season of protest has broken out across the nation because the life and dignity of George Floyd, senselessly killed seven miles from here and so many others that mattered,' he said.

'Protesting and burning and looting Is not protesting. It’s violence, clear and simple, and will not be tolerated,' Biden said, alluding to the street violence that occurred after video aired of Floyd's killing.

But then he spoke to the peaceful protests that set off a nationwide movement. 'But these protests are a cry for justice,' Biden said. 

'True justice is also economic justice, access to schooling, housing, access to capital,' he said.

He also made other comments that defied President Trump's description of him as someone controlled by radical socialists. His first two rallies were carried in full on Fox News Channel Friday.  

Biden pointed out a number of senior military officers are backing his candidacy, and singled out Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw special forces during the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. 

Supporters attend a rally for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Saint Paul, Minn., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020

Supporters attend a rally for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Saint Paul, Minn., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020

Biden praised peaceful protests that broke out the death of George Floyd

Biden praised peaceful protests that broke out the death of George Floyd

He condemned violence and looting

He condemned violence and looting

Biden touted his support from Admiral William McRaven, who ran special forces during the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden

Biden touted his support from Admiral William McRaven, who ran special forces during the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden

'That’s why we have to support the military – they’re the backbone of the country. So let them vote and let’s vote for them,' he said. 

Biden was forced to pivot on mechanical advice to supporters, after a Federal Appeals court ruled the state could not count ballots that arrive in the mail after Election Day. 

'If you want your voice to be heard drop of your ballot, don’t put it in the mail or vote safely in person any day up through Election Day,' he said. 

And he made use of his socially distanced venue, urging supporters to honk for support, even as President Donald Trump headed to the state for a rally where he encouraged a large group of supporters to show up despite a limit of 250 imposed by the state.

'Honk your horn if you want America to lead again! Honk your horn if you want Americans to trust each other again. Honk your horn If you want to have civility again. And honk your horn if you want America to be united again!' he said.  

Biden's pitch came after Trump, before heading to the state, tore into left-wing 'squad' member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and predicted he would win the state because of her.

'Omar is our secret weapon,' Trump told supporters at his Wisconsin rally earlier after exaggerating the pronunciation of her name. 

'She doesn't love our country,' he claimed. 'I don't like people who don't love our country.' 

Earlier, Biden returned to Iowa for the first time since the primaries, and ridiculed President Trump for odd comments about nuking hurricanes and saying windmills cause cancer.

With the pandemic raging across the country, Biden also accused the president of having 'given up' on fighting it. 

'Eighty-two thousand Iowa jobs lost in the pandemic, and still, they've not come back. Seventy-thousand jobs lost in Iowa since Donald Trump became president,' Biden said. 'Here at the fairgrounds, the Iowa State Fair cancelled for the first time since World War Two. Donald Trump has given up,' he said. 

Former Vice President Joe Biden returned to Iowa where the presidential race is a tossup and accused Donald Trump of having 'given up' on the pandemic

Former Vice President Joe Biden returned to Iowa where the presidential race is a tossup and accused Donald Trump of having 'given up' on the pandemic

He returned to the state after his fourth-place performance in the Iowa Caucuses, which preceded his comeback in the primaries.

Trump came to Iowa as coronavirus infections are soaring. Incumbent Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) finds herself in a tossup race there. The state, which Trump carried in 2016, is considered a tossup, with Biden leading by 1 percentage point in the RealClearPolitics average. 

With the coronavirus raging across the heartland, Biden organized other drive-in rally with about 100 cars gathered in a parking lot in the fairgrounds, and supporters honking in agreement during key lines. 

Biden also seized on New York Times reporting based on Trump tax returns the paper obtained that he paid just $750 in taxes in 2016. 

Trump came to Iowa as coronavirus infections are soaring

Trump came to Iowa as coronavirus infections are soaring

President Donald Trump campaigned across the Midwest Friday

President Donald Trump campaigned across the Midwest Friday

Biden's event was a car rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds

Biden's event was a car rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds

Supporters attend Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden's drive-in campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., October 30, 2020

Supporters attend Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden's drive-in campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., October 30, 2020

Biden brought up Trump's $750 tax bill and brought up some of his odd statements

Biden brought up Trump's $750 tax bill and brought up some of his odd statements

The car rally came as the state experienced a wave of coronavirus infections

The car rally came as the state experienced a wave of coronavirus infections

'I guarantee, I give you my word as a Biden, no one making less than $400,000 a year will see a penny in their taxes raised, no one,' Biden said. 'But I tell you what. It's about time the wealthiest people in American, the billionaires and trillionaires – the multibillionaires – and the biggest corporations start paying their fair share.'

His tax plan calls for raising taxes for those making more than that and raising corporate tax rates to restore some of the reductions under President Trump, raising the corporate income tax rate to 28 per cent from 21 per cent. 

'Ninety-one major corporations out of the fortune 500 didn't pay a penny in tax last year. That's tens of billions of dollars. They're going to pay their fair share,' Biden said. 

'Why should a firefighter, an educator, a nurse, a cop pay at a higher tax rate – which you do – than a major multi-billion dollar corporation? 'Why should you pay more taxes than Donald Trump who paid $750?' he said. 

He said of corporations and those who avoid taxes: 'Well, you ain't going to be gaming the system anymore in a Biden administration. They're going to start paying.' 

Biden once again sought to put the focus back on the virus, as the nation crossed 9 million infections and some states were looking at hospital bed shortages. 

'I've said it before, I'm not going to shut down the economy. I'm going to shut down the virus,' Biden vowed. 

The former vice president also mocked Trump for some of his bizarre comments and statements over the years. He told the crowd the 'stable genius believes wind power causes cancer,' marrying two of Trump's comments. 

He ridiculed Trump for musing about dropping a nuclear bomb inside a hurricane. 

He made the sign of the cross and said 'holy mackerel.' 

'These guys are something else, man,' Biden said. 

Axios reported in 2019 that Trump had made the suggestion in conversations with homeland security and national security officials. Trump called the reporting 'fake news' at the time.  

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