Biden upon his arrival in Atlanta, the capital of Georgia (French)
US President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, continue their election campaign in the state of Georgia, which Biden narrowly won in the 2020 elections and which is considered pivotal and decisive in the US presidential elections scheduled for next November.
Democrat Biden and his rival, Republican candidate Trump, are organizing election conferences in the state of Georgia on Saturday (state time) in their first confrontation before the general elections, and it is the first electoral occasion this year in which the two candidates are present at the same time in the state of Georgia.
Biden headed to Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, to mobilize African American, Spanish, and Pacific Island voters.
His campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, announced in a statement that “the stakes of this election could not be higher” for these voters, welcoming the support of three “political action committees” linked to these communities.
Political action committees are investment funds linked to a candidate, party, or broader cause that intervene in all American elections.
Its role is crucial in the current presidential campaign, which is considered the most expensive in history.
The Biden camp is campaigning fiercely and has announced spending $30 million on television advertising.
The first advertisement began broadcasting on Saturday on national channels and in the states where competition is expected to be intense: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina.
Trump propaganda T-shirts sold in Georgia (European)
Forgery complex
Donald Trump, who will be the Republican Party's nominee against Joe Biden next November, unless surprises occur, is expected to deliver a speech to his supporters within the next few hours state time.
Trump (77 years old) is being sued, and the businessman was also accused of trying to turn the results of the 2020 elections in this state in his favor, as the difference in votes between him and Biden was less than 12,000 votes in favor of the latter.
In 2020, Biden easily defeated his rival, Trump, in the majority of the “swing states,” which are the crucial states, including Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, to which Biden will head next week.
Opinion polls - so far - suggest that Trump will win the majority of the "swing states."
Trump says he was the victim of massive fraud in Georgia in the recent elections.
There he faces criminal charges for trying to interfere with the vote counting.
Trump is expected to win the Republican nomination next Tuesday when primary elections are held in the states of Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington to obtain the nomination ticket.
According to the American electoral system, the majority of votes at the national level does not decide the outcome, but rather the votes in each state.
Trump's record is unprecedented in the history of presidential election candidates, as he was impeached twice during his term, lost by seven million votes to Biden in the 2020 elections, and is currently facing 91 charges in four trials in separate cases.
Despite this, opinion polls give him an advantage over Biden in the upcoming elections.
Support Israel
As for Biden, he is still trying to control the violent reaction among Democrats due to his strong support for Israel in its war on the Gaza Strip, a resentment that may appear in the vote in Georgia on Tuesday.
The Democratic president criticized his potential Republican rival, Trump, for supporting the abortion ban and for calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade the territories of NATO member states that do not meet their financial obligations.
He also criticized his Republican predecessor for his meeting last Friday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, saying the latter was "looking for dictatorship."
Orban angered European Union allies for maintaining ties with Putin after the invasion of Ukraine.
Jill Biden, President Biden's wife, gave an enthusiastic speech at the election event in Philadelphia, during which she introduced her husband and also talked about Trump.
"Donald Trump represents a danger to women, to families, and to our country, and we cannot allow him to win" in the 2024 presidential election, she said.
The American First Lady praised her husband's performance during his State of the Union address.
However, dozens of people demonstrated in front of the venue of the electoral rally to protest Biden’s support for Israel in its war on the Gaza Strip.
Source: Agencies