Trump run­ning mate Vance aims to turn Blue Wall states red

BYRON CENTER, Mich. — When it comes to the cru­cial bat­tle­grounds of Michi­gan, Penn­syl­va­nia, and Wis­con­sin, long known as the Democ­rats’ ‘blue wall’ states, Repub­li­can vice pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee Sen. JD Vance is opti­mistic they’re “going to be the red wall in November.”“We’re going to make sure that Penn­syl­va­nia, Wis­con­sin and Michi­gan go red,” for­mer Pres­i­dent Trump’s 2024 run­ning mate empha­sized in an exclu­sive nation­al inter­view with Fox News Dig­i­tal on the cam­paign trail in south­west­ern Michi­gan this past week.Democrats reli­ably won all three work­ing-class states in pres­i­den­tial elec­tions for near­ly a quar­ter-cen­tu­ry before Trump nar­row­ly car­ried them in cap­tur­ing the White House eight years ago.HARRIS AND TRUMP TRADE FIRE IN BATTLE FOR THE BLUE WALL STATES But in 2020, Pres­i­dent Biden won back all three states with razor-thin mar­gins as he defeat­ed Trump.The …