Critics on social media have dragged President Biden over video footage that appears to show a small projection of supporters greeting the president’s motorcade in the deep blue city of Atlanta, where he attended a fundraising event. and gave a speech at Morehouse College’s graduation ceremony.
“Crooked Joe Biden, dazed and confused as always, limps down a short flight of stairs in Atlanta ahead of pandering day. He ignores questions,” RNC survey Biden made the announcement Saturday as he arrived in the city.
“Even if the president’s motorcade passed through a town and no one cared at all, did it really pass through a town?” Additional questions were asked along with video footage showing streets without streets.
Biden held a fundraiser Saturday in Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead neighborhood, praising Georgia voters as the reason he defeated former President Trump in 2020.
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“If you doubt the power of the vote, come to Georgia. You are the reason I won. Georgia is the reason I’m president now,” Biden told supporters at the event. he said. AJC reported.
President Biden greets supporters and volunteers during a campaign event at Mary Mack’s Tea Room on May 18, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Andrew Caballero Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Footage showing Biden’s motorcade with apparently no fanfare sparked criticism on social media. A video circulating online shows only a short clip of the president driving by on a city sidewalk.
“Biden arrived in Georgia to campaign and his motorcade rolled through deep blue Atlanta. No one cared,” said one X user. Posted by Julia.
President Biden salutes upon arrival for an event at the White House on November 27, 2023. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Movers gather in Atlanta to see Joe Biden’s motorcade,” X user Colette Harrington I put my tongue in my cheek.
Another user wrote, “Hahaha, will Biden be able to gather a crowd? It’s just people there waiting to cross the street.” mock the video.
“A large crowd of nearly four people line the street as Biden’s motorcade passes in Atlanta.” Another critical tweet read.
President Biden poses for a photo with Morehouse College graduates at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on May 18, 2024. (Reuters/Elizabeth Franz)
Mr. Biden joined supporters at Mary Mack’s Tea Room in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon before heading to the Arthur M. Blank Family Office for a fundraiser.
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President Biden on stage at the 140th Morehouse College Commencement Ceremony on May 19, 2024 in Atlanta. (Paras Griffin/WireImage via Getty Images)
“You all took me to the dance,” Biden told supporters in the tea room, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “You really made a huge difference.
“It’s easy to forget, but I never forget.”
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Biden’s visit to Atlanta sparked protests even before he arrived in A-Town earlier this month, when Morehouse College students accused Biden of giving a commencement address at the historically black college as political. caused a ripple of anger.
President Biden will attend Morehouse College’s commencement ceremony in Atlanta on May 19, 2024. (Andrew Caballero Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
“The general feeling on the ground is that we don’t want him here,” said a student named Malik. WSB TV in Atlanta Earlier this month, Biden’s speech was announced. “It’s obvious that we’re being used to score political points and get more black votes. It’s so obvious that it’s just about the presidential election.”
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“We don’t want Biden. We don’t want politics. And we don’t want Biden talking about politics,” one student said.
Another said, “There are many other notable people who come to our university now and speak to us as Morehouse people.”
Students and faculty members also protested Friday ahead of Biden’s speech criticizing the U.S. response to the Israeli war.
Morehouse student Anwar Karim told Channel 2: “I certainly understand why he’s coming from a political perspective, but on a human, moral level, I don’t think the university should have invited him. “It makes no sense to award them honorary degrees or honorary degrees.”
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Anti-Israel activists have been protesting on college campuses across the United States since last month. Morehouse College’s president warned that graduation proceedings would be canceled if disruptive protests erupted on campus Sunday.
“What we will not tolerate is any disruption that prevents a ceremony or service from proceeding in a way that those in attendance can participate in and enjoy, including, for example, loudly abusing the president for an extended period of time during a speech. “We have made the decision not to request police to remove individuals from the graduation ceremony with zip ties,” Morehouse College President David Thomas said last week. “If faced with a choice, if we got to that point, I would stop the ceremony on the spot. This is no place to be attacked by police authorities. ”
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Former President Trump speaks with staff at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. (Margo Martin, via Storyful)
Biden’s visit to Atlanta comes as a New York Times poll shows Trump leading Biden in most key battleground states, including Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Arizona. This was done in response to the findings. Support for Trump among black voters has also skyrocketed, shocking CNN when a poll last week showed the 45th president’s approval rating more than doubling from 2020 to 22%. Biden still maintains his approval rating among black voters, although his approval rating has declined by 12 percentage points. Leading by 47 points.
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Former President Trump blows a kiss to a supporter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on April 10, 2024. (Reuters/Alyssa Poynter)
President Trump also visited Atlanta last month, where he was seen surrounded by supporters at Chick-fil-A, where he bought chicken and milkshakes for patrons. He also stopped for a fundraiser in Buckhead, an area that has been trying to break away from Atlanta because of a spike in crime in recent years.
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Residents of the Atlanta area, known as the “Beverly Hills of the South,” attempted to leave the city between 2021 and last year as violent crimes such as murders continued to rise, and vehicle thefts and shoplifting soared.
Supporters wait for former President Donald Trump to arrive at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on April 10, 2024. (Reuters/Alyssa Poynter)
The secession effort received support from some local Republican leaders and from President Donald Trump, who has slammed RINO politicians who do not seek help from residents seeking support for their criminal tendencies.
“What is happening in the city of Atlanta is nothing short of shameful. This is national news and a local embarrassment. I do not want to be complicit in the serious crimes that plague our communities,” President Trump wrote in February 2022. “However, RINOs are the ones responsible for losing two Senate seats and the 2020 presidential vote, including Gov. Brian Kemp and his puppet master Mitch McConnell, Lt. Gov. Jeff Duncan, Speaker David Ralston, and state Sen. Butch Miller, Jeff Maris, and Jon Albers always talk about important things, but they don’t happen.
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A large crowd gathers on a beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, to hear former President Trump speak on May 11, 2024. (Fox News Digital Image Direct)
Trump has been arraigned in a Manhattan courtroom since last month and faces 34 counts of falsifying business records. The case centers on a team of prosecutors working to prove that President Trump falsified business records 34 times to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels. in the 2016 election Putting to rest her claims about an affair with Trump.
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Mr. Trump has maintained his innocence in the case.
The court case has largely kept him from campaigning, but last week he held a historic rally in deep blue New Jersey, where at least 80,000 supporters joined him on the Wildwood beach. Ta. He is expected to hold his next rally in the Bronx, another historically deep blue neighborhood, and his first rally in New York since 2016.
