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Biden Rides Momentum Into Election's Final Weeks

Joe Biden is making a final pitch to voters as polls show a race turning more and more in his favor.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks at the Jose Marti Gym during a campaign stop in Miami on Monday.

Joe Biden, who's long critiqued President Trump as a voice of division and a uniquely dangerous threat to American values, appears to be sketching out a final, unifying message to voters with just four weeks left in the 2020 presidential campaign.

The Democratic nominee has scheduled what's being billed as a major speech Tuesday afternoon speech at a symbolic location: Gettysburg, Pa.

The remarks come as Trump's polling continues to crater following a much-criticized debate performance and amid his decision to continue minimizing the threat of the coronavirus, despite being hospitalized himself with COVID-19.

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