Former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance are heading to Atlanta this weekend for their first joint rally in the state. So-called political pundits expect that the forthcoming presidential election results in Georgia will be won by a razor-thin margin and may “look much closer to 2020 – when Biden won by about 0.25 percentage points.”
Donald Trump and JD Vance are scheduled to hold a rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center on Saturday, Aug. 3. “Trump and Vance’s visit will happen days after Vice President Kamala Harris is set to hold a rally at the same location on Tuesday night – her first since President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.”
In the release announcing the rally, the Trump campaign referred to the death of Laken Riley, the Georgia nursing student who was killed this year on the campus of the University of Georgia. A Venezuelan immigrant was arrested and charged with her murder.
Trump had previously mentioned Riley during his speech accepting the Republican Party’s presidential nomination.
Republicans, who still control Georgia’s state government, are hoping that Biden’s lagging popularity and concern over higher consumer prices and immigration would transfer to Harris in the historically conservative state. Yet, Republicans acknowledge Georgia isa “battleground” state.
Trump and Vance’s rally will begin at 5 p.m. Doors open at 1 p.m. You can sign up for free tickets here. Trump and the Republican National Committee opened their first Georgia offices only recently.