Trump: Biden controlled by ''socialists, Marxists'

President Donald Trump returned to Pennsylvania Tuesday, concentrating on a battleground state he sees as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory.

With Election Day just three weeks away, made his pitch to supporters at the Johnstown airport.

Biden "has handed control to the socialists, Marxists and left-wing extremists,” Trump said.

It's part of an effort to fire up a conservative base that Trump will have to turn out in droves to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to retain the White House.

Trump wants to hammer home the claim that a Democratic administration could limit fracking in areas where the economy is heavily dependent on energy.

Biden has proposed only barring new leases on federal land, a fraction of U.S. fracking operations.

Campaign travel on both sides comes against the backdrop of a second day of Senate hearings to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

Trump and top Republicans see a swift confirmation just weeks after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a chance to energize conservatives.

Trump mentioned those proceedings in his speech, saying, "Amy's made a great impression," as he complained about Biden's running mate Senator Kamala Harris.

The president repeated his comments that "vaccines are coming soon," to combat the coronavirus.

He said he felt like "Superman," after his treatment at the Walter Reed Medical Center.

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