President Trump plans visit to The Villages on Aug. 6

Jul. 30--President Trump is making another visit to Central Florida.

A White House official said Trump will hold an event at The Villages on Tuesday, Aug. 6, focused on Medicare.

The official White House event comes seven weeks after Trump kicked off his 2020 campaign at the Amway Center in Orlando, highlighting the importance of Florida to his re-election.

The Villages, a massive age-restricted community in northeast Lake, south Marion and east Sumter counties, is peak Trump territory, with Sumter County providing the president with 68% of its votes in 2016. The group "Villagers for Trump" has also held parades of golf carts in support of him.

Trump hasn't visited the community as a candidate or as president, though Vice President Mike Pence made an appearance in 2016.

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, The Villages community development district also contributed $250,000 to help fund Trump's inauguration in 2017.

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That amount was equal to the contributions of companies such as Charter Communications, Comcast, Pepsi and Ford Motor Co., according to a summary of the filing by The Center for Public Integrity, or CPI.

The Medicare-themed event comes as Democratic presidential candidates battle over their plans to expand the program to create either a public option, as former Vice President Biden is proposing, or a "Medicare for All" single payer system as U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren propose.

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris has proposed a program somewhere between the two.

slemongello@orlandosentinel.com

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