Trump no longer to appear at Penn State-Ohio State football game as campaign heats up: report

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Former President Trump called an audible.

Trump was expected to appear at Penn State’s football game against Ohio State over the weekend, but his campaign said Wednesday that will no longer happen.

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Former President Trump waves to the crowd at Bryant-Denny Stadium during the football game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Sept. 28. (Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images)

A university spokesperson told Onward State that Trump will no longer be at the game. The report noted that Trump’s campaign schedule indicated he’s set for a campaign rally at 4 p.m. Saturday in Virginia. The game kicks off at noon ET.

Usually a regular at UFC events, Trump has appeared at two football games so far this election season. 

He was in attendance for Alabama’s huge win over Georgia in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, earlier this season. 

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Former President Trump waves at a campaign rally at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Oct. 22. (AP/Alex Brandon)

He also attended the Pittsburgh Steelers’ blowout victory over the New York Jets at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Sunday night. Former Steelers stars Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell were at a rally for Trump on Saturday.

In a Fox News national survey on Oct. 16, Trump was ahead of Harris by 2 points.

Harris, however, is ahead by 6 points among voters from the seven key battleground states (within the margin of error for that subsample), and the candidates are tied at 49% among voters in close counties, where the Biden-Trump 2020 margin was less than 10 points.

Trump’s advantage comes from a larger share of counties he won by more than 10 points in 2020 (64%-35%) than Harris has in counties Biden won by more than 10 points (58%-39%).

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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The latest Fox News Power Rankings say the presidential race is a toss-up. Neither Harris nor Trump has the 270 electoral votes required to win the race. They need to win the right combination of six toss-up states worth a total 82 electoral votes to bring it home.

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