Mike Pence tells Wisconsin voters 'Trump is your best friend' as candidates descend on swing state

Mike Pence, the US vice president, appealed to voters in Wisconsin to back “the best friend American workers have ever had” in Donald Trump, as he went head-to-head with rival Kamala Harris in the battle to win over the key swing state. Mr Pence spoke on Monday to employees at an energy plant in La Crosse, a heavily white Mississippi River city at the western edge of the state. The Trump campaign is keen to win back some of the blue collar workers who have abandoned the president since helping him to victory in 2016.