The Atlanta Voice was a part of the presidential press pool Thursday that met with United States President Joseph R. Biden hours before he was scheduled to meet former United States President Donald J. Trump for the first of two debates. The first being inside Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion in Midtown. Biden returns to Atlanta after having delivered the commencement speech at Morehouse College in May.
The Biden-Harris administration has made several appearances in Atlanta this year, including multiple solo appearances by United States Vice President Kamala Harris as recently as mid-June for an gun violence awareness discussion with former Migos member Quavo.
3:15 p.m. – Air Force One lands at Dobbins Air Reserve Base and President Biden is greeted on the tarmac by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and two-time Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and others. Biden took a moment to speak with each of them before leaving and joining the presidential motorcade.
3:43 p.m. At the corner of Baker Street in downtown Atlanta dozens of Biden supporters waved signs and shouted “Let’s Go Joe”, “Four More Years”, and “If You’re Happy and You Know It Vote for Joe.”Biden got out to shake hands and sign autographs. The organized gathering spilled into the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta where more Biden-Harris supporters were waiting.
