Biden, Trump to go after each other in dueling attacks
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00:00 The race is on.
00:02 Though not yet officially declared as their party's nominee or standard bearer for the
00:05 November 2024 presidential elections, both POTUS Joe Biden and former President Donald
00:11 Trump took to the purple state of Georgia to stump and court independents, rally their
00:17 bases.
00:18 VOA's Veronica Balderas Iglesias recaps their arguments in this report.
00:25 Republican freedoms will be on the ballot in November, stressed President Joe Biden
00:30 during a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia.
00:33 Ahead of the state's primary election Tuesday, he reminded voters of the track record of
00:39 his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, on abortion rights.
00:45 He came to office determined to see Roe v. Wade overturned.
00:48 In fact, he brags about it.
00:50 Well, he got his wish and states are passing bans that criminalize doctors, forcing rape
00:57 and incest victims to leave their states to get help.
01:00 But Georgia, Biden argued, can help shield women's reproductive rights.
01:04 Send me a Congress that supports the right to choose and I promise you I will restore
01:09 Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again.
01:13 Trump also campaigned Saturday, but in Northwest Georgia, where he strongly criticized Biden's
01:19 recent State of the Union address.
01:21 Whether you are a Republican, an independent or a disillusioned Democrat, of which there
01:27 are many, all you had to do is watch that horrible State of the Union.
01:31 Crooked Joe Biden talked about Ukraine before he talked about America.
01:36 Joe Biden should not be shouting angrily at America.
01:40 America should be shouting angrily at Joe Biden.
01:43 The former president also decried Biden's immigration policies, citing the murder of
01:48 nursing student Laken Riley on February 22nd.
01:53 She allegedly died at the hands of a Venezuelan immigrant who entered the United States illegally.
01:59 He was an illegal migrant and he shouldn't have been in our country and he never would
02:05 have been under the Trump policy.
02:08 Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United
02:13 States are granted immunity from deportation.
02:18 Biden who used the word illegal during his State of the Union address to refer to Riley's
02:23 alleged murderer later apologized and Saturday defended his own immigration record.
02:30 I introduced a comprehensive comprehensive plan to fix our immigration system, secure
02:34 our border, provide a pathway for citizens, for dreamers and their families, farm workers,
02:40 essential workers who helped us through the pandemic and are part of the fabric of our
02:44 community.
02:45 What the weekend remarks of both presidential hopefuls had in common was the sense of urgency
02:51 for voters to show up at the polls and help them become their respective parties presidential
02:57 nominees.
02:58 And I ask you to join us on the noble quest of saving our country, saving our country.
03:09 Together we will turn the page forever on the miserable nightmare of the Biden presidency.
03:15 It's a contest between competing forces in the battle for the soul of this nation.
03:22 Between those who want to pull America backwards and those who want to move America to the
03:25 future.
03:26 Hawaii, Mississippi, Washington and Georgia will be holding primaries on Tuesday.
03:32 Earning all the delegates at stake or just a fraction of them could hand over a presidential
03:38 nomination win for either candidate.
03:43 Veronica Valderas Iglesias, VOA News, Washington.
03:46 (upbeat music)