It is unclear if President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will share a debate stage this year. But on Saturday, the two leading contenders for the presidency shadowed each other across Georgia, conveying very different visions for the country at nearly simultaneous rallies roughly 70 miles apart.
Voters in Georgia head to the polls Tuesday to vote in the 2024 presidential primaries. However, the Biden and Trump campaigns are already turning into the general election as they zero in on each other and November battleground states like Georgia.

“Here’s a guy who’s kicking off his general election campaign up the road with Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Biden told an intimate, but enthusiastic crowd at Pullman Yards in Atlanta. “It can tell you a lot about a person, who he keeps company with.”
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