President Biden returned to Georgia on Sunday and used a speech commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. to reiterate some of the themes of his 2020 campaign in a possible preview of 2024.
Although the visit was not a political event and was aimed at commemorating the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, it marked an important moment for Biden, who steered clear of Georgia during the midterm elections and the bitterly fought December runoff election that ultimately propelled Sen. Raphael G. Warnock to a full six-year term in the Senate.
“At this inflection point, we know there’s a lot of work for us to continue on economic justice, civil rights, voting rights and protecting our democracyBiden said. “This is the time to choose and direct choices we have. Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy?” That speech — in which Biden linked congressional Republicans with Jim Crow-era laws limiting the right to vote — invited ire from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , who called the president’s address a “rant” that “was incoherent, incorrect and beneath his office.”
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