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Trump’s push to reopen Pennsylvania adds 2020 politics to a heated coronavirus debate

President Donald Trump’s message to Pennsylvania this week made it clear: He is prioritizing a rapid economic rebound as the key to the country’s revival from the coronavirus — and to his own political fate.

President Donald Trump speaks to workers during a visit to the Owens & Minor medical equipment distribution center just outside Allentown, Pa., on May 14, 2020.
President Donald Trump speaks to workers during a visit to the Owens & Minor medical equipment distribution center just outside Allentown, Pa., on May 14, 2020.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer
    by Jonathan Tamari
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