Trump and Biden will face off again in the 2024 election. (Left) President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up as he leaves St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on November 4, 2023 . (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images); (Right) Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally held by Trendsetter Engineering Inc. in Houston, Texas, on November 2, 2023 . (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
[The Epoch Times, March 09, 2024](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Li Yan) U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (Trump) will meet on Saturday (March 9) The campaign in the key battleground state of Georgia kicked off the two men’s rematch in the 2024 election.
The two candidates have been accusing each other of being a threat to democracy for weeks, but Saturday will mark the first time this year that the two will appear together in the same battleground state.
There may be no more competitive state in the Nov. 5 election than Georgia. The state is at the center of Trump’s accusations of fraud in the 2020 election, for which he faces criminal charges including obstructing election certification. Trump denies all accusations against him.
Trump is expected to clinch the Republican nomination next Tuesday, when primaries are held in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington state.
In his State of the Union address on Thursday, Biden accused Trump of “threatening democracy” and “undermining” bipartisan immigration reform.
Meanwhile, a coalition of multifaith and multiracial groups in Georgia has launched a campaign urging voters to leave their ballots blank and not vote for Biden in next Tuesday’s polls, hoping to send a message to the White House to reconsider its support for Israel. .
In February’s primary election in the battleground state of Michigan, more than 100,000 people voted “uncommitted” rather than supporting Biden in protest over Gaza. A similar share of voters made the same choice in last Tuesday’s Minnesota primary. The actions have heightened concerns among Democrats that some voters may choose to stay home in November.
Edward Ahmed Mitchell, spokesman for the Listen to Georgia Coalition, said, “If young voters, African-American voters, Muslim voters, Arab-American voters, Jewish voters and others Biden can’t win (Georgia) again the second time someone who supports him decides to stay home or decides to vote for a third-party candidate.”
“The election was tough. We are a real battleground state right now,” said Rep. Nikema Williams, an Atlanta Democrat who also serves as state party chair.
Collide again
Trump will hold a rally in Rome, Georgia, on Saturday night. The state is a conservative bastion in the district of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an outspoken ally of Trump. On Thursday, she attended the State of the Union address wearing MAGA clothing symbolizing Tingchuan.
Biden will then hold an evening event in the Atlanta area. The Atlanta suburb is growing and rapidly diversifying and is seen as key to Democratic hopes in the state.
Top Democrats and Biden campaign officials worry that the hard-won state in 2020 could slip away from them in 2024 as discontent among African-American voters threatens to drive down turnout. In 2020, Biden narrowly defeated Trump in Georgia by only 0.23%.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s top elections official, Brad Raffensperger, insist there was no massive fraud in the 2020 election and that the vote count was legal. . But Trump insisted otherwise.
Georgia prosecutors have accused Trump and his allies of engaging in a conspiracy to make false statements about the 2020 election and hatching a plan to undermine and delay Congress’ certification of the electoral votes. Trump denies the accusations.
Trump and his co-defendants are seeking to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from handling the case, accusing her of working with a special prosecutor she assigned to the case. The official had an “improper relationship” and obtained financial benefits from this relationship. Willis admitted to having an affair with a co-worker but denied a conflict of interest.
A Fulton County judge heard arguments on Trump’s request last month and is expected to rule within days.
Prosecutors had pushed for Trump’s trial to begin in Georgia as early as August, at the height of his campaign. But it’s unclear whether the plan will move forward before the election.
Biden’s visit on Saturday comes after first lady Jill Biden campaigned in the state and Vice President Harris Harris has visited Georgia several times.
Still, Biden could see his approval ratings slip for a number of reasons, including inflation, Israel’s war with Hamas, a surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and widespread concerns about whether the 81-year-old is up to the job. .
Trump himself insists he can attract more African-American and Latino voters.
(This article refers to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press)
Editor in charge: Lin Yan#
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2024-03-09 14:39:58
