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)

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