Biden Courts Black Voters in Georgia With Reminder of 2020 Win
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President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia, in March.
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President Joe Biden told party loyalists in Georgia that they’re critical to his reelection, signaling the state’s importance as he steps up efforts to reach Black voters.
“Georgia is the reason I’m president of the United States,” Biden said at a campaign reception Saturday in Atlanta. “Our freedoms and democracy are at stake in the literal sense, not in hyperbole: It’s real. That’s why I need you so badly.”