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Here’s what to expect for the Vice President’s visit Wednesday

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Atlanta Wednesday to discuss the Biden Administration’s investments and plans to combat climate change.

The discussion is part of her two-day trip to discuss the United States economy.

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According to White House officials, the vice president is expected to arrive in Atlanta around 10:55 a.m. at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Drivers should be aware of traffic delays as the vice president leaves the airport.

The vice president will travel to the Georgia Institute of Technology after her arrival to participate in a moderated conversation regarding the administration’s efforts to combat climate change.

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The discussion is expected to begin around 2:10 p.m.

Following the discussion, she will depart from the Atlanta airport around 4:25 p.m.

Drivers should expect traffic delays around this time while the vice president is en route to the airport.

The last time the vice president was in Atlanta, she traveled with President Joe Biden in Jan. 2022 to discuss voting rights.

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In addition to the vice president’s trip, President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address, where he spoke to Congress about working with him to “finish the job” of rebuilding the economy and uniting the nation.

“The people sent us a clear message. Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere,” Biden said. “That’s always been my vision for the country: to restore the soul of the nation, to rebuild the backbone of America — the middle class — and unite the country.”

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May 15, 2023 3:41 PM

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Vice President Kamala Harris's visit to Atlanta was an early kickoff to the Biden-Harris reelection campaign and established Georgia's importance in the 2024 election cycle for Democrats.

Harris headlined the Democratic Party of Georgia's Spring Soiree fundraiser, where a crowd of supporters chanted "four more years" as Harris entered the ballroom of the Buckhead event space.

"I am so proud to run for reelection with our President Joe Biden," Harris said as she began her remarks.

While Harris has now visited Georgia three times since the first of the year, the fundraiser marked the first time Harris has come to Georgia since Biden's official announcement on April 26 that he would run for a second term.

Harris told the estimated 300 attendees why they need the support of Georgia Democrats, including everything from expanding rural broadband access and capping the price of insulin to improving infrastructure throughout Georgia.

"Here in Georgia, we've delivered over $4 billion to rebuild roads, bridges, ports and airports," Harris said, "expansion of the BeltLine and finally, more upgrades to Concourse D at Hartsfield Jackson."

A supportive crowd responded despite a recent ABC News/ Washington Post poll showing Biden's approval ratings sank to 36% in the weeks following the reelection bid.

State Rep. Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain) said, "Most who attended Friday's soirée are expected to vote for the Biden-Harris ticket."

But another state lawmaker, who asked to remain anonymous, expressed disappointment that the Democratic Party leadership asked for money and volunteers "without a plan to work together strategically to win back seats in state legislatures."

Friday's visit, which also included Harris attending a Democratic National Committee Finance event, focused on party events. Last month, she visited the state to tour the Qcells solar panel plant in Dalton to tout the White House's focus on clean energy.

She spoke at Georgia Tech in February following the president's State of the Union address.

The National Republican Party played down the vice president's visit by refocusing the message on the failure of the Biden dministration to control the influx of immigrants at the U.S. southern border.

Title 42, the controversial Trump administration policy to turn away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, expired before Harris' visit.

In a tweet on Friday, the GOP wrote, "Where is 'border czar' Kamala Harris going after Title 42 ended? A political fundraiser. Not the border. She hasn't been to the border since June 2021."

During her Atlanta visit, Harris did not mention the border issue or Title 42.

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ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris is making another trip to Atlanta next week.

Harris will meet with community leaders to discuss the importance of protecting voting rights and other “hard-fought, hard-won freedoms,” according to a press release.

Harris has made ten trips to Georgia since being sworn in.

In 2023, Harris visited in September for the “Fight for Our Freedoms” college tour which focused on young leaders.

Harris also attended the tribute service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter back in November.

In December she attended the Celebration Bowl, which is an annual championship football game that celebrates HBCUs.

Harris and President Joe Biden will be up for reelection later this year.

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Vice President Kamala Harris visits Atlanta for campaign event

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Vice President Kamala Harris is back in Atlanta!

She spoke at a campaign finance event held by the Democratic Party of Georgia at Flourish Legendary Events in Buckhead.

When she took to the podium, people cheered and chanted “Four more years!”

The Vice President spoke on a variety of topics in her 25-minute speech, including infrastructure.

“Here in Georgia, we’ve delivered over $4 billion to rebuild roads, bridges, and airports,” she said.  “In Atlanta alone, new sidewalks and bike lanes on Central Avenue and Pryor Street, expansion of the Beltline, and, finally, more upgrades to Concourse D at Hartsfield-Jackson.’

Vice President Harris also touted lowering prescription drug costs.

“The price of insulin for seniors is capped at $35 a month. Prescription medication will be capped at $2,000 a year,” she said. “And 50,000 seniors in Georgia will have more money to pay for groceries and retire with dignity because people voted.”

She also referenced the recent mass shooting in Midtown when talking about gun violence.

“Instead of saving lives from gun violence, extremists, state by state, made it legal to open carry a gun without even a permit or background check. Meanwhile, we mourn for the mother killed at a medical facility just a few blocks from here,” Harris said.

Congresswoman Nikema Williams, Chairwoman of Georgia Democrats, said the battleground state of Georgia is critical for determining the outcome of 2024.

“Georgia remains the center of the political universe, and Georgia Democrats understand our power in the last election and the runoff election, and we’re gearing up to do it again,” she said.

This week, Vice President Harris named Senator Raphael Warnock and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to her National Advisory Board.

She last visited Georgia in April where she announced a major commitment between two energy companies that will develop more than two million solar panels.

Harris also visited Georgia in February where she participated in a moderated discussion at Georgia Tech focusing on the administration’s efforts to combat climate change and address clean energy.

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Remarks by President   Biden and Vice President Harris at a Campaign Event | Philadelphia,   PA

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2:17 P.M. EDT

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, Philadelphia. (Applause.) Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good afternoon.

I want to thank Robert Nix for your leadership and for those very kind words and all you do for our country.

And I want to thank all the incredible leaders who are here with us today, in particular our young leaders. It is so good to see you all. (Applause.)

I also want to thank the members of the Congressional Black Caucus who are with us this afternoon. (Applause.)

And, everyone else, thank you for being here.

So, in 2020, Black voters in Philadelphia and across our nation helped President Biden and me win the White House. (Applause.) Yes, you did. And in 2024, with your voice and your power, we will win again. (Applause.)

Philadelphia, in Joe Biden, we have a fighter; a leader with skill, vision, determination, and compassion; a leader who keeps his promises.

As a candidate for president, Joe Biden gave his word that we would fight to address some of the biggest issues facing the Black community, and we have delivered. (Applause.)

In 2020, Joe Biden and I vowed that we would lower the cost of healthcare, like insulin.

For far too many years, too many of our seniors with diabetes had to make the awful decision about either filling their prescription or paying their rent, and Black Americans are 60 percent more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes. So, we capped the cost of insulin for seniors at $35 a month. (Applause.)

And under Joe Biden’s leadership, finally, we took on Big Pharma and finally gave Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. (Applause.)

We also took on the issue of debt, which makes so many people feel like they can never get ahead.

Take, for example, medical debt. We are now making it so medical debt can no longer be included on your credit score — (applause) — so that medical debt cannot impact a person’s ability to get a car loan, an apartment lease, or a home loan. (Applause.)

In 2020, we promised to forgive student loan debt. (Applause.)

Do I see people testifying? (Laughs.) Can I get a witness? (Laughs.)

And I’ll tell you, I — I have a unique position as Vice President to spend a lot of time with our president. And on this subject, I remember sitting in the Oval Office with our president, Joe Biden, shortly after the United States Supreme Court struck down our initial plan to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt.

AUDIENCE: Booo —

THE VICE PRESIDENT: A different leader — a different kind of leader would have thrown in the towel. Not Joe Biden. (Applause.) Not Joe Biden.

And I’m going to tell you what he said that day. I’m going to tell you what he said that day: “This is not over.” (Applause.)

So, we kept fighting. And so far, we have forgiven over $165 billion in student loan debt for over 5 million Americans. (Applause.) On average, more than 30 dollar — $30,000 per person and $70,000 for our public servants, like nurses, firefighters, and teachers. (Applause.)

In 2020, we promised to take on the issue of the epidemic of gun violence, knowing that today, in America, gun violence is the number-one cause of the death of the children of America — not car accidents, not cancer — gun violence.

We took on the issue knowing Black Americans are 10 times as likely to be the victim of gun homicide.

And I’ll tell you, I have personally held too many hands of mothers and fathers as I attempted to comfort them after their child was killed by gun violence.

So, to address this crisis, under the President’s leadership, we passed the first major gun safety law in nearly 30 years — (applause) — a bipartisan law to strengthen background checks.

And, again, I sat in the Oval Office with the President, where he sat down with Democrats and Republicans and appealed to their better selves. And that’s why, for the first time in 30 years, it happened as a bipartisan deal.

We created the first White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which I lead and has now invested $1 billion to hire mental health — (applause) — mental health counselors in public schools to help heal the mental trauma of gun violence.

And, Philadelphia, in all of our work, the President has been guided by a fundamental belief: We work for you, the American people — (applause) — not the special interests, not the billionaires or the big corporations, but the people.

And in November, all the victories we have won and everything we fight for every day is on the line.

You know, Donald Trump once asked Black Americans — I’m going to quote, excuse the language — “What the hell do you have to lose from a Trump presidency?” And sadly, we all know too well.

When he was president, Donald Trump tried over and over to get rid of the Affordable Care Act and to take healthcare, then, from millions of Black Americans.

Year after year, he proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare so that so many of our seniors would be deprived on what they rely on to live with dignity.

And then he handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court — the court of Thurgood —

THE VICE PRESIDENT: — with the intention that they would overturn Roe v. Wade. And as he intended, they did.

And today, one in three women and more than half of Black women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban — a Trump abortion ban. And if he wins a second term, I promise you: He’s going to go even further.

So, all of this is to say, who sits in the White House matters. It matters for — (applause) — it matters for the people of America and for people around the world.

As vice president, I’ve now met with over 150 world leaders: presidents, prime ministers, chancellors, and kings. And I cannot tell you how many times one of those leaders has pulled me aside and talked about how much the world relies on us and on Joe Biden’s leadership — (applause) — his defense of democracy, his commitment to the ideals of freedom and liberty and equality, and his willingness to fight for these ideals.

And as the people of Pennsylvania know, our president does not only know how to fight, he knows how to win. (Applause.)

We beat Donald Trump once, and we going to beat him again. (Applause.)

And now it is my honor to introduce our President, Joe Biden. (Applause.)

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Philadelphia! (Applause.)

AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you.

It’s good — it’s good to be —

THE PRESIDENT: (Laughs.) It’s good to be almost home. (Applause.) I just live down the road a little bit.

Thank you, Kamala, for your partnership. And it is a partnership. And how about another round of applause for our great Vice President. Isn’t she something else? (Applause.)

It’s great to see so many friends, including my fellow Scrantonian Senator Bobby Casey. Bobby, where are — where are you? (Applause.) There you are. There you are.

Mayor Parker; Lieutenant Governor Davis — (applause); and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Steve Horsford — (applause); and members of the CBC who are here tonight, I’m a — if I introduced everybody, I’ll be here all night.

But, look, while he couldn’t be here, we’re thinking of our dear friend Congressman Dwight Evans. He’s recovering. And he’s going to recover. He’s doing well. (Applause.)

And joining us are so many state and local officials from across the country, including a guy for my father’s hometown, where he was born, Baltimore, Maryland. They say it down in Baltimore, not Baltimore. (Pronounced in an accent.) I want to — I want to introduce you to the mayor of — the mayor — the governor of the great state of Maryland. Where are you, Gov? (Applause.)

In case you haven’t noticed, he looks like he can still play too. (Laughter.) It’s great to be with you, Gov.

Civil rights and community leaders from all across the country.

Folks, if anyone wothers — wonders whether their vote matters, remember this: Because Black America voted in 2020, I’m —

Please, have — have a seat, if you can, if you have a seat.

Because Black Americans voted, Kamala and I are President and Vice President of the United States — because of you. That’s not hyperbole. Because you voted, Donald Trump is a defeated former president. (Applause.)

And with your vote — with your vote in 2024, we’re going to make Donald Trump a loser again. (Applause.)

In 2020 and throughout my career — I know a lot of Philadelphians know this because I got so much help when I was running for the Senate in Delaware from Philly — Black voters placed enormous faith in me. I’ve tried to do my best to honor that trust, staying true to the value set that we share — it got me involved as a kid in the first place: Everyone is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect, faith and family are everything, and we leave no one behind. (Applause.)

But, folks, I know it’s natural to wonder if democracy — the democracy you hear about actually works for you. When justice is denied, how can it be working for you? When promises are broken, how can it be working for you? When you have to be 10 times better than everyone else to get the same shot, how can it be working for you?

I get it. And I know there’s a lot of misinformation out there. So, I came today to speak the truth — (applause) — the truth about promises made and promises kept.

Do you remember when the pandemic hit — when 20 million people were out of work, when businesses and schools shut down, emergency rooms were overwhelmed, and Black folks were hit harder than anyone? When Trump was president, he said — and he said this — he took responsibility for none of it — said, “It’s none of my responsibility.”

When I came into office, I promised we’d do everything we can to get us through that pandemic. And that’s what we did. That, folks, was a promise made and a promise kept. (Applause.)

I promised to put racial equality at the center of everything I do because I vowed I would have an administration that looked like America. Because you voted, we’re invested more money than ever in the Black families and communities. A promise made and a promise kept.

I promised we’d start to reconnect Black and brown and overlooked neighborhoods cut off by highways in the ‘60s and decades of disinvestment as a consequence of it, including here in Philly. But we’re — changed that with the Recovery Act of — with the — in the — right now you see all the construction going on on the highways around here. A promise made and a promise kept. (Applause.)

Look, I said I’d remove every lead pipe in America so every child can drink clean water without fear of brain damage. We’re doing it. A promise made and a promise kept. (Applause.)

I promised we’d also take the most significant action on environmental justice ever to remove the legacy of pollution that smothers fence-line communities, because every child, every American deserves to breathe clean and fresh air. We’re doing it. A promise made and a promise kept. (Applause.)

I promised to access affordable high-speed Internet because now Internet is just as important as it was in the days of Franklin Roosevelt — electricity was generations ago. We’re delivering now because no child should have to do their homework at McDonald’s when things are shut down, sit in the parking lot with their parent to get it done. Another promise made and another promise kept.

I promised to protect your healthcare. I protected and expanded the Affordable Healthcare Act that was Obamacare — is still Obamacare — (applause) — saving — saving millions of Americans an additional $800 a year in premiums.

And, folks, the Affordable Care Act is still a big deal. (Applause.)

As Kamala just explained, senators with — debated this, but we finally got it done — we debated — seniors with diabetes are now paying $35 for insulin instead of $400. I’m determined to make that apply to every American, not just seniors, in the second term. (Applause.)

We’re capping — the bill we’ve already passed, we capped total out-of-pocket costs for drugs for seniors beginning next year at $2,000 a year total, exclud- — including cancer drugs that cost $10-, $12-, $14,000 a year. You pay no more than $2,000 a year. (Applause.) A promise made and a promise kept.

And, by the way, it not only saves people money, it saves the taxpayers — guess what? — $160 billion cut in the def- — because Medicare doesn’t have to pay those exorbitant prices. (Applause.)

Folks, one of the reasons I got started and won the first time and subsequent times in Delaware is because of the best HBCU in America, Delaware State. (Applause.) Kamala — Kamala says it’s some school down in Washington. (Laughter.)

Anyway, HBCUs are incredible institutions, but they don’t have the same endowments as other universities to fund research centers and do so much more. Because you voted, I kept my commitment, and we’re investing $16 billion — (applause) — the most ever in the history of America — $16 billion. It will grow America. It will save America money. A promise made and a promise kept.

I’m keeping my promises that no one should be in jail merely for using or possessing marijuana. (Applause.) I pardoned thousands of people incarcerated for the mere possession of marijuana — thousands. A promise made and a promise kept. And for — their records should be expunged as well, I might add. (Applause.)

Folks, it wasn’t easy to get a lot of this done. In fact, obstacles every step of the way, we faced. For example, Senate Republicans blocked the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. But it didn’t stop me from signing a historic executive order requiring key elements of that bill for federal enforcement. That is banning choke holds, greatly restricting no-knock warrants, creating databases for police misconduct, and so much more. (Applause.) But we’re still — and we did it with the support of George Floyd’s family, and we’re going to finally get it all done. A promise made and a promise kept.

I promised we’d beat the NRA. And we did. (Applause.) As Kamala mentioned, I signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly 30 years. A promise made and a promise kept.

And, by the way, I’m going to go back and once again ban assault weapons in America. (Applause.) I did it once; I’ll do it again.

The Supreme Court blocked me from relieving student debt, but they didn’t stop me.

So far, I’ve relieved student debt for nearly 5 million Americans — (applause) — a significant number are Black borrowers — so you can chase your dreams, start a family, buy a first home, start a business, and so much more.

And guess what? It grows the economy. It strengthens the economy.

I’m going to keep it going. A promise made is a promise kept.

But we’re — speaking of the —

AUDIENCE MEMBER: (Inaudible.)

THE PRESIDENT: — speaking of the courts, because you voted, I was able to keep my commitment to appoint the first Black woman on the United States Supreme Court — (applause) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. A promise made and a promise kept.

And I appointed more Black women to the federal circuit courts than every other president in American history combined. (Applause.) Every single president combined.

And overall, we’ve appointed 200 Black judges to the federal — I mean, judges to the federal bench.

And guess what? The next president — they’re going to be able to appoint a couple of justices, and I’ll be damned if they’re not going to — (applause) —

Look, if, in fact, we’re able to change some of the justices when they retire and put in re- — really progressive judges like we’ve always had, tell me that won’t change your life when jus- — Trump justices are already gutting voting rights, overturning Roe, decimating affirmative action, and so much more. Are we going to let that happen? We can’t.

AUDIENCE: Noo —

THE PRESIDENT: No, we — we really can’t.

Now, let’s talk about Trump’s MAGA lies. I don’t have an hour, but (inaudible) it. (Laughter.)

Trump takes credit for sending all the pandemic relief checks alone. It’s a lie. The truth is the Congressional Black Caucus got that money passed. (Applause.)

And when Kamala and I came to office, with the help of the CBC, passed legislation to deliver more checks in the pockets to millions of Americans, including Black Americans — $1,400 checks from the American Rescue Plan we passed, and then $300 a month per child per family through the Child Tax Credit, which cut child poverty in half for Black families. (Applause.) And I’m going to get it reinstated in the second term.

Folks, Trump continues to lie by saying Black unemployment was at a record low on his watch. The fact is the record low unemployment happened on my watch, and we’re going to keep it going. (Applause.)

Black small businesses are starting up at a faster rate in 30 years because of what we’ve done. The racial wea- — wealth gap is the lowest it’s been in 20 years because of our efforts. A promise made and a promise kept.

I announced signif- — the most significant housing plan in 50 years that includes first-time homebuyer’s tax credit, building millions of affordable housing to bring rents down. New data shows a 40 percent cut in the gap between home appraisals in majority white communities versus those of color — in communities of color.

You know, the same exact builder on av- — either — on either side of 95, build the same houses — if it’s a Black community, it’s lower — the value, from the very day it’s built, ends up being lower than the exact same house across the highway in the white community.

We’re doing everything we can to right that wrong.

And guess what? We’re talking on corporate greed — (applause) — to bring down the price of gas, food, and rent; eliminating junk fees. Instead of getting charged 35 bucks for an overdraft, it’s $3 now, not $35. (Applause.)

The bottom line is we’ve invested more in Black America than any previous administration in history has. We’re opening more doors for economic opportunity, including access to capital, entrepreneurship, workforce training so you can build a life of financial freedom and create generational wealth, all — all while being the providers and leaders of your families and community. Another promise made and a promise kept.

We’re just getting started. In a second term, we want to keep it going to level the playing field by making the wealthy begin to pay their fair tax. (Applause.) It ain’t even close.

I said I’d not increase the tax of anybody making less than $400,000 a year. Well, guess who — how much — guess how much the average federal tax rate is for a billionaire? We’ve got a thousand of them. 8.3 percent. 8.3 percent. It’s outrageous. If the billionaires only had to pay 25 percent, it would raise 40 — $400 billion. We’d be able to do everything we’re doing now and still reduce the debt.

Look, billionaires pay their fair share, not only would it sa- — not only reduce the deficit, but it could provide childcare, eldercare, paid leave, and so much more to change the lives of millions of Americans, as well as grow our economy.

But, folks, all progress, all freedom, all opportunities are at risk. Trump is trying to make the country forget just how dark and unsettling things were when he was president. But we’ll never forget lying around and him — how he and — and us — him — him lying around, actually. (Laughter.) And lying about how serious the pandemic was and say he had no responsibility for it. And telling Americans, “Just inject a little bleach.” Remember that?

The way he’s acting, I think he injected a hell of a lot of bleach in himself. (Laughter.)

Trump —

THE PRESIDENT: (Laughs.) You got it, kid. (Laughter.)

Trump and his MAGA extremists want to give power back to Big Pharma to char- — continue to charge exorbitant fees. Trump is still determined, in his own words, quote, to “terminate” the Affordable Care Act, which would deny 3 million Black Americans health insurance, deny protections for preexisting conditions for millions more.

During his presidency, Trump enacted a $2 trillion tax cut overwhelmingly benefitting the very wealthy and the biggest corporations and exploded the federal deficit. He racked up more federal debt than any president did in any presidential term in history. Tell me about the Republicans and balancing budgets. And now he wants to do it again.

At the same time, he is determined to cut Social Security and Medicare.

THE PRESIDENT: I have a better idea: Let’s protect Social Security and Medicare and make the very wealthy begin to pay for it. (Applause.)

As Kamala said, Trump brags about gutting Roe v. Wade — standing there, “I did this” — while he openly encourages voter suppression and election subversion.

Folks, reelect Kamala and me and a Democratic Congress, and I will sign the John Lewis Voting Right Act and the Freedom to Vote Act tomorrow — (applause) — and we will make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again. (Applause.) It’s within our power to do this.

MAGA extremists ban books. Did you ever think — if you’re anybody over 30 years old — you’d go through a period where we’re banning books in America? They’re trying to erase Black history. We’re going to write Black history, because it’s American history. (Applause.) It’s American history.

Together, we make history, not erase it.

To me, the values of diversity, equality, inclusion are literally — and this is not kidding — the core strengths of America. That’s why I’m proud to have the most diverse administration in history that taps into the full talents of our country. And it starts at the top with the Vice President.

On Memorial Day, I proudly stood with a Black man — the highest order — the first Black Secretary of Defense; second Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Black woman heads of military units who are overseeing the most diverse, strongest fighting force in the history of the world. (Applause.)

And, folks, the threat that Trump poses is greater in his second term than his first. It’s clear that when he lost in 2020, something literally snapped in this guy. No, I’m serious. That’s why January 6th happened, when he unleashed an insurrection.

Now, he’s running again, and he’s clearly unhinged. He calls the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol “patriots” — “patriots.” If reelected, he wants to pardon, quote, “every one” of them.

THE PRESIDENT: Let me ask you, what do you think he would’ve done on January the 6th if Black Americans had stormed it — think about this: What do you think would have happened if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol? I don’t think he’d be talking about pardons.

This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder. The same guy who still calls the Central Park Five “guilty,” even though they were exonerated.

He’s that landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin.

He’s that guy who won’t say “Black lives matter” and invokes neo-Nazi, Third Reich terms.

And we all remember Trump is the same guy who unleashed birthism — the birtherism lie against Barack.

And then Trump tells you he’s the greatest president — I love this one. He says he’s the greatest president for Bl- — Black people in the history of America, including more than Abraham Lincoln. (Makes sign of the cross.)

THE PRESIDENT: I mean, can you fathom that? Where in the hell — (applause) — like I said, I think he injected too much of that bleach in his skin — into his brain. (Laughter.) I think it affected his brain.

Some lies are so foolish that you don’t have to say anything about them at all.

Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are” —

AUDIENCE: Believe them!

THE PRESIDENT: — “believe them the first time.” You got it, kid. (Laughter.) You got it.

I’ve shown you who I am, and Trump has shown you who he is. And today, Donald Trump is pandering and peddling lies and stereotypes for your votes so he can win for himself, not for you.

Well, Donald Trump, I have a message for you: Not in our house and not on our watch. (Applause.)

Let me close with this. Let me close with this. And, folks, I know we have a lot more to do. When the full promise of America is not available to every person in this country regardless of race, we’ve got work to do. But let’s not lose sight of how far we’ve come. And the reason is you.

The stakes in this election couldn’t be higher. What’s at stake is nothing less than the fundamental ideal of America — it defines America: that we’re all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, and should be treated that way throughout our lives. We’ve never lived up to it, but we’ve never, ever before completely walked away from it, either.

And I’ll be damned if I’m going to let Donald Trump be the reason we stopped being America. (Applause.)

I’ll be damned if I’m going to let Donald Trump — (applause) — we’re not going to let Donald Trump turn America into a place that doesn’t believe in honesty, decency, and treating people with respect. And I’ll be damned if I’m going to let Donald Trump turn America into a place filled with anger and resentment and hate. (Applause.)

Folks, America has always been a place where we’ve worked toward a more perfect Union, where those who were excluded in the past are included in the promise in the country today. I still believe that. I’m still optimistic. But I need you.

So, my question for you is simple — a simple one: Are you with me?

AUDIENCE: Yes! (Applause.)

THE PRESIDENT: Talk to your family.

THE PRESIDENT: Spread the word.

THE PRESIDENT: As the gospel song goes, “We’ve come too far from where we started. Nobody told me the road would be easy. I don’t believe He brought me this far, though, to leave me.” (Applause.)

My fellow Americans, I don’t think the good Lord brought us this far to leave us behind. We just have to remember who we are. We’re the United States of America, and there is nothing — nothing, nothing — beyond our capacity when we act together.

God bless you all. And may God protect our troops. (Applause.)

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Every time — every time I walked out of my Grandfather Finnegan’s house up in Scranton, he’d yell, “Joey, keep the faith.” And my grandmother would yell, “No, Joey, spread it.”

Go spread the faith. (Applause.)

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Harris was previously set to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday April 16, but later canceled the appearance , although no reason was given at the time.

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‘Are you with me?’ Biden and Harris launch Black voter outreach and warn of a second Trump term

President Joe Biden stepped up his appeal to Black voters Wednesday, lashing out at Donald Trump as “unhinged” and warning that the winner of this year’s White House race will make crucial decisions that could affect the country for decades.

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Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, from left, President Joe Biden, Rep. Steve Horsford, D-Nev., and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore listen as Lynette Sutton, managing partner of Girl Concrete speaks during a visit to SOUTH Restaurant & Jazz Club, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Joe Biden talks with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore as Lynette Sutton, managing partner of Girl Concrete speaks, during a visit to SOUTH Restaurant & Jazz Club, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden renewed his election-year pitch to Black voters on Wednesday, lashing out at Donald Trump’s “MAGA lies” and saying the winner of this year’s White House race will make crucial decisions, including on nominees for the Supreme Court, that could affect the country for decades.

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris , in a joint appearance at a Philadelphia boarding school, thanked Black voters in Pennsylvania and beyond for being the lynchpin to their 2020 victory and they made the case that their agenda has had an enormous impact on improving lives for Black voters.

The Democratic president also argued that an “unhinged” Trump is peddling misinformation in an effort to win back the White House.

“I’ll be damned if I’m going to let Donald Trump turn America into a place of anger, resentment and hate,” Biden said, calling on the crowd to help him and Harris win a second term. “My question is a simple one: Are you with me?”

At Girard College, which has a predominantly Black student body, Biden warned about the threat he said a second Trump presidency would pose and cited some of the racial controversies fanned by the presumptive Republican nominee during his life.

“This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder. The same guy who still calls the Central Park Five guilty, even though they were exonerated,” Biden told the crowd. “He’s that landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin.”

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The Philadelphia visit was the start of what the Biden campaign describes as a summerlong effort to engage Black student organizations, community groups and faith centers. It reflects in part how much of their support of him has frayed as Trump aims to make inroads into the longtime Democratic constituency.

The issue of abortion rights and the judiciary also featured in the remarks from Biden and Harris. Biden pledged to codify the protections of Roe vs. Wade, the now-nullified Supreme Court decision that had legalized the right to an abortion, if he and enough Democratic lawmakers are elected, while Harris noted that Trump dramatically shaped the Supreme Court as she invoked the name of Thurgood Marshall, the high court’s first Black justice.

Trump, she said, “handpicked three members of the Supreme Court — the court of Thurgood — with the intention that they would overturn Roe vs. Wade,” the landmark abortion rights ruling. “And as he intended, they did.”

“Who sits in the White House matters,” she said.

Underscoring that point later, Biden said the next president is “going to be able to appoint a couple justices.” With some vacancies on the Supreme Court, Biden said he could “put in really progressive judges, like we’ve always had.”

“Tell me that won’t change your life,” he said.

Among Black adults, Biden’s approval has dropped from 94% when he started his term to just 55%, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll published in March.

The economy has been a particular thorn in Biden’s side since 2022, when inflation hit a 40-year high . But there have also been signs of discontent in the Black community more recently over Biden’s handling of the seven-month Israel-Hamas war.

Turning out Black voters could prove pivotal for Biden’s chances in what’s expected to be among the most closely contested states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Biden beat Trump in all six states in 2020, but he could face a more difficult climb this year.

Trump has been offering himself as a better president for Black voters than Biden. At a rally last week in the Bronx , he railed against Biden on immigration and said “the biggest negative impact” of the influx of migrants in New York is “against our Black population and our Hispanic population who are losing their jobs, losing their housing, losing everything they can lose.”

The Republican National Committee zeroed in on gas prices and food costs under Biden’s presidency as it attacked his stop in Pennsylvania.

“No matter how much Biden lies, he cannot gaslight Pennsylvanians into supporting him — his approval ratings are abysmal,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley said. “President Trump continues to lead in polls in Pennsylvania and across the country. Pennsylvanians are ready to Make America Great Again, and they will vote for President Donald J. Trump in November.”

The Biden campaign wants to use the new engagement effort in part to remind Black voters of some of the Democratic administration’s achievements during his term. On Wednesday, Biden repeated the refrain “because you voted” as he rattled off a litany of his accomplishments for Black Americans, including record funding for historically Black colleges and universities, forgiveness of federal student loan debt and pardons for simple possession of marijuana.

“Black voters placed enormous faith in me,” Biden said. “I’ve tried to do my best to honor that trust.”

Biden later visited with Black business owners at SouthSide, an event space, and greeted supporters there while continuing to tout his accomplishments for Black voters and, in particular, the economic gains under his presidency. In the more intimate gathering, jointly hosted by the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, he also stressed to the crowd that “there’s not a damn thing that a white man can do that a Black man can’t do, or do better.”

The Black unemployment rate sits at 5.6%, according to the latest federal government data, compared with an average of about 8% from 2016 to 2020 and 11% from 2000 to 2015. Black household wealth has surged, and Biden’s effort to cancel billions in student loan debt has disproportionately affected Black borrowers.

Biden also points to his appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court and his pick of Harris as the first Black woman to serve as vice president.

The president’s visit to Philadelphia follows a series of engagements with Black community members in recent weeks, including hosting plaintiffs in the 1954 Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools, a commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta, and a virtual address to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s racial justice conference.

VP Kamala Harris visits Atlanta Tuesday to discuss voting rights

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Voting rights were the topic of a closed roundtable discussion lead by Vice President Kamala Harris with several metro Atlanta community leaders on Tuesday.

ATLANTA - Vice President Kamala Harris visited Atlanta Tuesday to discuss voting rights, marking her 10th trip to the area since she was sworn into office.

Harris will flew in late Tuesday morning to participate in a roundtable discussion with community leaders focused on the fight for voting rights and "other fundamental freedoms."

"Georgia is ground zero on the issue of the right to vote," Vice President Kamala Harris declared.

She said America has a lot of work to do to ensure the right to vote is protected. She pointed to more than 300 anti-voting laws passed across the country in recent years.

"We have seen attacks on election workers. Before I came into this room, I met with election workers who shared stories that are so troubling," Harris said.

Fulton County election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss are two examples. The two were catapulted into the national spotlight and forced into hiding, following intense intimidation they alleged began after Rudy Giuliani tweeted a video of her counting votes during the 2020 presidential election.

The Vice President centered Tuesday's discussion on gerrymandering districts, mass challenges by extremist groups and the attacks on freedoms.

 "The attacks are clear, there is a full-on intent to attack freedoms and rights in our country," she said.

The conversation was held at The Gathering Spot on Northyards Boulevard NW near The Georgia World Congress Center.

She departed the city shortly before 4 p.m.

This isn't the first time the vice president has addressed the issue in the Peach State.

Last September, she blasted the state's relatively new voting law while speaking to students at Morehouse College.

Vice President Kamala Harris attends HBCU football championship in Atlanta

In a show of school spirit and support, Vice President Kamala Harris was captured on camera cheering for Howard University at the Cricket Celebration Bowl, the HBCU football championship held at the Mercedes-Benz on Saturday.

In December, Harris, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, and Sen. Raphael Warnock cheered on her alma mater, Howard University, when they played in Atlanta's Celebration Bowl.

Following the intense match, Harris and her companions visited the popular restaurant Busy Bee Cafe for a post-game meal before heading back to the nation's capital.

With Georgia considered a pivotal swing state in the 2024 election, it's likely she could be coming back to the state fairly often.

She's expected to play a large role in efforts to drum up support among African-American and young voters for Joe Biden's campaign.

Tuesday's group is expected to reconvene in Washington D.C. in February for another listening session.

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Amid Pro-Palestinian protests, Vice President Kamala Harris holds SF, Oakland fundraisers

Updated on: June 5, 2024 / 6:35 PM PDT / CBS/Bay City News Service

Pro-Palestinian protesters were out in full force Wednesday as Vice President Kamala Harris made stops for fundraising events in Oakland and San Francisco.  

As the re-election campaign ramps for Biden and Harris, the loud calls for a ceasefire from activists aren't subsiding.   

Introducing Harris at Mission District funeral parlor-turned concert venue the Chapel was Manny Yekutiel, who owns a local restaurant that hosts political talks and events. He rallied the crowd by asking if they were going to stand by the vice president in the face of negativity and darkness and hatred and division. The crowd replied with a shout, "Yes!"

Harris opened her statements by saying, "This year, everything is at stake."

She was briefly interrupted with a protester who had gotten inside and was shouting, "You're supporting the genocide!"

The protester was drowned out by supporters who chanted, "Four more years!"

Lara Kiswani with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center helped spearhead the vocal but peaceful protest.

"We think all these people coming to fundraise for Vice President Harris would be better suited and better served if they spent their time advocating and administration to stop funding and arming the genocide," said Kiswani.

She stood behind police barricades a half a block from the Chapel, demanding answers. 

"Why haven't you followed the lead of the majority of people in this country and around the world who are demanding a permanent ceasefire and demanding you stop aiding Israel" Kiswani asked of Harris. "What is it that it stopping you? How do you sleep at night?" 

During the campaign event, Harris addressed the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

"Starting with Oct. 7, some 1,200 people were massacred, including young people attending a concert. Women were violently raped."

Then she stated President Joe Biden's position.

"The president has been very clear. This war must end. We need a ceasefire, meaning the hostages out. We need aid going in, and we need to be committed to a two-state solution," she said as the crowd applauded.

Harris pivoted to what she described as a full-on attack on freedoms and rights across the country.

"The attack is against the freedom that each person should have to love who they love openly and with pride. Book bans in this year of 2024, are you kidding me?"

She also mentioned a law in Georgia that makes it illegal to give people food and water for standing in line to vote as another attack on civil rights.

Harris recalled her time serving as district attorney in the city of San Francisco.

"I was proud to be one of the first people in the country, Valentine's week in 2004, to perform some of the first same-sex marriages," she said.

Biden-Harris supporters were unwavering in their backing of the incumbents.

"Everybody should do everything they can to try and elect Joe Biden, because the alternative is too dangerous," said fundraiser attendee Tom Epstein.

"We cannot have the divisiveness; the divide and chaos Trump created and racism and hate he incited," said Biden-Harris supporter RJ Vutoria. "We cannot have a convicted felon rule this country." 

Harris's latest stop comes a day before Donald Trump arrives for his mega fundraiser with some of Silicon Valley billionaires . 

"Republicans see this as a real opportunity to close the fundraising gap and to raise record amounts of money while we are rolling forward into a long hot summer of protest where Democrats are under performing in key demographics that delivered the presidency to them back in 2020," said Sonoma State political science professor David McCuan.

Many of Harris's statements at the Chapel focused on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

"Look at what happened almost two years ago when the highest court in the land, the court of Thurgood and R.B.G., took a constitutional right from the people of America, from the women of America," she said, listing how several states had restricted access to abortion by passing their own laws.

"State after state, extremists are passing laws that will criminalize health care providers, she said. "In Texas they could get prison for life and are making no exception for rape or incest."

She told the story of a young woman, Amanda, in Texas who was denied care during a miscarriage because the hospital staff were afraid they would be put in prison, so Amanda was not given care until her condition worsened into sepsis.

Harris also told a story about why she decided to become a prosecutor.

"When I was in high school, I learned that one of my best friends was being molested by her own father. And I said to her, then you have to come to live with us. I called my mother, and I told her what was going on, and she said, of course she has to come live with us. And she did. So, early in my life, I decided I wanted to take on harms against women and children."

Harris turned to the issue of the United States' reputation internationally. She said other world leaders have asked her if the United States was going to be OK.

"It was surely out of self-interest because what they understand is what we hear now. The impact in this election profoundly impacts the people of our nation and people around the world. It is all at stake," she said.

Harris quoted Coretta Scott King in saying that that the fight for civil rights must be fought and won with each generation.

"This is not a time to throw up our hands, it's the time to roll up our sleeves," she said. "San Francisco knows how to build community, to build coalitions, to remind people of the basic principle that nobody should be made to fight alone. We are all in this together, and what we all know is when we fight, we win."

Harris first attended a campaign event in Oakland before coming across the Bay to the San Francisco event.

Kenny Choi contributed to this story.

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Local News | A look behind the scenes of a Vice President Kamala Harris’ Glencoe visit

“The little kid in me always gets a kick out of these things because there are so many parts,” Loughran said. “I get all geeked up over it.”

On that Thursday afternoon, Harris arrived in Glencoe as she went to a Sheridan Road home for a political fundraiser. Her appearance culminated days of planning for Loughran in combination with a series of other law enforcement agencies.

“It was very impressive how everyone stepped to it,” he said. “There is no way we could have pulled that off without that mutual assistance.”

Loughran said his department started getting general indications about three weeks in advance that Harris might be coming to Glencoe for a quick visit. Then on May 8, the department received a formal request for enhanced support for the visit from the U.S. Secret Service. While they provided generalities of the trip, the specific routes she would be going on were still unclear as plans had yet to be finalized.

“There was only so much you can prepare for at that point,” he recalled.

While Loughran had to deal with some unknowns, he had nearly 30 of years of experience to rely on. Prior to his hiring in Glencoe last October, Loughran worked for the Chicago Police rising through the ranks and finishing up as deputy chief where he oversaw security for large events.

With word of the Harris visit, Loughran soon contacted with his former colleagues.

“I felt like it was very beneficial to Glencoe because there wasn’t as steep as a learning curve,” he said. “It was very good that I was where I was in Chicago because I had direct knowledge of all their capabilities and I knew what to expect and what to ask for.”

Loughran was tasked with overseeing the law enforcement effort for what village officials believe is the first visit to Glencoe by either a sitting president or vice president since 1978 when President Jimmy Carter attended a fundraiser at the one time FCC Commissioner Newton Minow’s house for local Congressman Abner Mikva.

Working directly with the U.S. Secret Service, Chicago Police and the Illinois State Police, Loughran spearheaded an effort that included a meeting of roughly 100 people at the Glencoe Park District’s Takiff Center including some public works employees ahead of the event.

Finally, on May 12, he received final confirmation that Harris was coming and he enlisted the assistance of other agencies of many different law enforcement agencies including neighboring communities of Northbrook, Highland Park, Winnetka and as far away as Berwyn.

“It was a tremendous show of support from every agency within sight and sound of Glencoe,” Loughran said. “Everybody really gave what they could.”

After Harris stopped off in Milwaukee earlier that day, she flew down to O’ Hare Airport and took the lengthy route to Glencoe with Lake-Cook Road as the main entry into the village.

With North Shore Congregation Israel and Lake Shore Country Club utilized as staging areas, there were at one point 250 officers in the area.

Loughran said police were prepared for the presence of protesters but that did not materialize. The only problems he encountered were related to traffic disruptions for local residents. He expressed regret about that but added couldn’t reveal the routes for the Harris entourage.

Village President Howard Roin offered a similar sentiment.

“We were pleased to help accomplish this with as little disruption as possible, although there was disruption, just to make sure it was safe for everybody,” he said.

When Harris took off from O’ Hare, Loughran was pleased everything went smoothly.

“You really do get to see some absolute professionalism performed by your public safety guys and gals,” he said.

He thought the Harris visit could serve as a good training opportunity for the future, which could be as soon as this summer. He said it was possible Glencoe officers could be asked to assist in security at either of the upcoming Democratic or Republican National Committee convention set to be held in Chicago and Milwaukee respectively.

“We gave it a max effort and we got them out there,” he said. “I wanted to get our people involved in every step of the way for next time.”

Daniel I. Dorfman is a freelance reporter with Pioneer Press.

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Vice President Kamala Harris met by protesters in Bay Area visit Wednesday

( KRON ) — Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in the Bay Area Wednesday for a pair of campaign fundraisers and was met by protesters. VP Harris is attending a fundraiser in San Francisco hosted by Manny’s.

The Arab Resource and Organizing Center was organizing rallies outside of the events attended by Harris — an Oakland native who served as San Francisco’s district attorney before moving on to state office, the U.S. Senate and then the White House as vice president — with the protesters criticizing the U.S. role in the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters took to the street outside of a venue in San Francisco’s Mission District where a campaign event with Harris was planned for Wednesday afternoon. Supporters of the vice president and President Joe Biden who were attending the reelection fundraiser came through a barricaded walkway as people shouted at them, waved flags and banged drums.

At about 1 p.m., San Francisco police began to speak to the crowd via a loudspeaker while a fleet of California Highway Patrol officers on motorcycles arrived. Police asked the protesters to disperse peacefully or they would risk being arrested, and at least one person was arrested at the scene.

Harris was first attending a campaign event in Oakland before coming across the Bay to the San Francisco event. Protesters also met the vice president in Oakland.

Bay City News contributed to this report.

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National politics | vice president kamala harris wraps up southern california visit in la.

Without releasing many details of Harris’ itinerary, her office said she would be in Los Angeles on Monday to participate in an interview for Pride Month.

On Tuesday, the vice president is scheduled to tape an interview with Jimmy Kimmel for ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” her office said — adding that she will then participate “in a political event in Los Angeles.”

Further details, including possible road closures, were not immediately available.

Harris’ office said she will travel to Oakland and San Francisco on Wednesday for political events before returning to Washington, D.C. that day.

Last Thursday, Harris spoke at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, then flew to Los Angeles, where she has a home in the Brentwood area.

On Friday she took a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego County before returning to Los Angeles later in the day.

Harris also spoke at a pair of political events in Seattle on Saturday before returning to Los Angeles on Saturday night. She spent just over 3 1/2 hours in Seattle.

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