HIBBING, Minn. — Vice President Mike Pence called on Minnesotans to head to vote as if their lives — and jobs — depended on it. “From the beginning, President Donald Trump has been fighting to open up the Iron Range,” Pence told an open-air crowd of 600 at the airport. “This president went straight to work not just to protect mining but to protect the way of life that has defined this great part of the country for so many years.” The crowd exceeded the state’s COVID max of 250. Pence wore a mask as he walked briskly from his Boeing 757 to a flag-bedecked podium, then removed the mask for his 47-minute speech. The day was subfreezing and breezy. Pence wore gloves but nothing over a suit coat. The crowd was mostly maskless but parka-clad.
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