"Florida is the key,” Hillary Clinton said. | AP Photo Clinton: If we win Florida, we win the election

Donald Trump’s path to the White House vanishes if the Republican presidential nominee fails to win Florida, Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.

Trump and Clinton are both campaigning in the key battleground state this week. While Trump is making stops in Panama City, Ocala, Lakeland and West Palm Beach in a three-day swing before heading to Ohio on Thursday, Clinton will hold a joint rally with former Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday afternoon and former President Bill Clinton will make stops Tuesday in Belle Glade and Safety Harbor.


“We need your help. Florida is the key,” Clinton said in an interview with gospel radio host Bishop Victor Curry on Miami’s WMBM-AM 1490. “If we win Florida, there’s no way my opponent can win. That’s why he’s gonna be in Florida today. He knows that.”

Trump on Tuesday morning seemed to be more focused on challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan than Clinton, repeatedly tweeting attacks at the highest elected Republican official in the country, who told his conference on Monday that he would no longer defend the GOP nominee after a tape leaked Friday in which the real estate mogul is heard making incredibly crude comments about sexually assaulting women with impunity because of his celebrity.

Even so, Clinton urged voters to turn out in Florida, warning that Trump is still trying to win the White House.

“Despite all of the terrible things he has said and done, he is still trying to win this election and we cannot be complacent,” Clinton said. “We cannot rest. Do not grow weary while doing good. That applies to this election as well as, you know, to our lives and our communities and our faith.”

Clinton leads Trump by 2.4 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics average of state polls.