Campaign season is officially in full swing in Georgia, where President Joe Biden is expected to pay a visit to the Atlanta area March 9, just over a week after first lady Jill Biden stopped by downtown Atlanta to launch a nationwide effort to engage with women voters. The White House has not yet released details about Joe Biden’s planned trip other than to say he will participate in campaign events.
Biden’s presumptive opponent, former President Donald Trump, has not yet announced any Georgia campaign stops, but his previous campaigns included large rallies in the state.
Jill Biden’s brief comments Friday, the first day of Women’s History Month, suggested Democrats view Georgia as an important part of the Biden strategy to continue occupying the White House.
“It’s no accident that Georgia is where we’ve chosen to launch Women for Biden, because four years ago, Georgia, you put us in the White House, and Joe and I will never forget,” she said.
Jill Biden enjoyed a warm welcome from the crowd of between 100 and 120, which was mostly women and included county party chairs and other party leaders.
Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Biden’s 2024 campaign manager, said part of the plan will be emphasizing messaging to women voters.
“This coalition will also highlight the clear choice that we have in this election, because we know that President Biden and Vice President (Kamala) Harris continue to champion so many of the issues that we care about, from protecting our fundamental freedom to choose to ensuring safety in our schools to helping to protect the health care that we deserve,” she said.
Biden’s narrow 2020 victory in Georgia was the first time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state since Bill Clinton in 1992. Democrats said women, young people and people of color helped turn the state blue.
“You gave everything you had to make Joe Biden and Kamala Harris president and vice president,” Jill Biden told a crowd of supporters in a downtown…
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