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A former Republican U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin has predicted that President Donald Trump will be reelected over his rival, Vice President Joe Biden.

Sean Duffy, who was a U.S. Representative of the 7th District in Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, told broadcast host Frank Beckmann in late August that he believes Trump will win the Nov. 3 presidential election.

“I just resigned about a year ago from Congress, and as everyone was saying Donald Trump was going to lose four years ago, I said he was going to win. And I say the same thing right now,” Duffy told Beckmann during “The Frank Beckmann Show” on News Talk 760 WJR, which is available on podcast.

Former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy | stock photo

“I know the polls don’t necessarily play this out, but if you look at what’s happening in rural Michigan and Wisconsin and Minnesota, those voters are going hard for President Trump," Duffy told Beckmann.

Suburban voters are starting to support Trump, and he will “win a historic number of African Americans and Hispanics,” Duffy said on the radio program. “I’m pretty bullish that President Trump’s going to win and do well again in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Minnesota."

Duffy made his comments to Beckmann during Duffy’s critique of opening night of the Republican National Convention.

“If we look at what kind of America we want our kids to grow up in, it’s one with prosperity and opportunity and freedom, and that was a stark contrast to what I think the Democrats did the week before,” Duffy told Beckmann.

Duffy and his wife, Rachel, have nine children, ranging in age from infant to 21.

Duffy told Beckmann that the Democratic Party’s platform at its national convention was “We hate Donald Trump,” and as such, Trump is blamed for everything -- Russian collusion, impeachment, Ukraine and COVID-19.

“The dislike for him is profound, and I think that’s going to be the key platform that Democrats run on is ‘We’re not Donald Trump,’” Duffy told Beckmann.

“I think the president did a great job in the first night of the convention of laying out a vision for the party that can actually restart, revamp and grow the economy and opportunity, and I think that’s what Americans want," Duffy said on the radio program.