President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, separated by less than one hundred miles in Georgia, took turns attacking each other in front of friendly crowds Saturday as voting wraps up Tuesday in the battleground state.
“You’re the reason we’re going to win,” Biden said to his supporters at the Pullman Yards in Atlanta. “Donald Trump has a different constituency. Here’s a guy who’s kicking off his general campaign up the road with Marjorie Taylor Greene. It can tell you a lot about a person who he keeps company with.”
The presence of both presidential frontrunners in Georgia at the same time was a nod to the decisive role Georgia will play once again in determining who leads the nation.
“Look, if we win Georgia, we’re going to win the election,” former President Donald Trump said at a rally in Rome. “Let me put it that way. We have to win Georgia.”
The dueling visits came before Georgians cast their ballots for the state’s presidential primary Tuesday, but the Republican nominating contest was settled after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley announced Wednesday that she was leaving the race after a string of losses to Trump, although she did not endorse the former president.
Fresh off a fiery State of the Union address that was seen as a hard launch for his reelection bid, Biden’s visit marked his return to the campaign trail in a state where his narrow 2020 win helped put him in the White House.
Biden won Georgia by less than 12,000 votes in 2020, making him the first Democratic presidential candidate to win here since 1992. But the limited Georgia-specific polling available so far has shown Trump with a lead over Biden in the state.
Biden returns to the campaign trail in Georgia
Saturday’s stop was Biden’s first visit to Georgia since attending former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s tribute ceremony in November, and it was his first speaking appearance in…
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