President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will hold dueling events Saturday in Georgia as their rematch for the White House moves from an inevitable likelihood to an inescapable reality.
Biden will continue his post-State of the Union tour by heading to the Atlanta area as he embarks on a monthlong push to deliver his message directly to swing state voters. At nearly the same time, Trump will hold a rally in the state’s northwest corner as he ramps up his own political schedule with an eye toward the general election.
Their head-to-head appearances separated by about 60 miles of Georgia highway will offer an early window into the competing strategies for courting an electorate less-than-enthused about another Biden-Trump showdown. Few battlegrounds will be more closely watched than Georgia – where Biden won by less than 12,000 votes four years ago – for signs of how voters are responding to the outreach, making the Peach State a fitting kickoff to the eight-month fight ahead.
“Georgia has been ground zero on the national political landscape since 2018,” said Fred Hicks, a Democratic strategist based in Georgia. “It’s appropriate that this would be the first major stop after the State of the Union where the president is restarting his campaign, and where Donald Trump is trying to regain momentum.”
The two arrive in Georgia at a key turning point in the presidential race. Saturday’s rally marks Trump’s first since emerging as his party’s presumptive nominee after nearly sweeping the Super Tuesday nominating contests and pushing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to finally end her longshot presidential campaign. His nomination could take another symbolic step toward becoming official on Tuesday when Georgia and three other states award their delegates.
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