ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump will travel to Atlanta next week for a fundraising luncheon in what will be his second trip to Georgia in roughly a month.
"He's not doing a rally. He's coming here to raise money," said Brian Robinson of Robinson Republic Communications. "And what it shows is we're not just important politically because we're one of the very few swing states. We're also an important ATM for both parties' candidates. They're going to be coming to Atlanta as often to have private fundraisers as they are to have rallies or other political events."
Trump will attend a fundraising luncheon with hosts including former Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, according to a flier for the event obtained by 11Alive. It is set for next Wednesday, April 10.
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The flier indicates it will cost $6,600 to attend per couple, according to the flier, and $25,000 per couple with a photo opportunity. Host committee couples are paying $250,000, and co-chairs are paying $100,000 per couple.
Trump was last in Georgia on March 9 as he held a rally in Rome.
"We will continue to see him come back for rallies, particularly in rural Georgia. He's done them in Rome most recently. But in the last cycle he was in Dalton and in Valdosta. So those are places where he's going to have to really juice turnout, where his base voters are in some of those rural counties. He'll need to get close to 90% of the vote or more, and he will get that," Robinson said. "Of course, he's going to have to minimize the losses in metro Atlanta. But when he comes here, when he's in Atlanta, he's probably doing fundraisers."
Robinson said he doesn't think this luncheon is the last time we'll see the former President come to the Peach State. However, he said the frequency of visits for both Mr. Trump and President Joe Biden will depend on how tight Georgia's race is as the election gets closer.
"Right now, when it comes to the swing states, Trump's lead in Georgia is actually bigger than it is in some of the other states that Biden won by bigger margins in 2020. So we're not the top target right now, but that could very easily change," Robinson said. "These Georgia polls have shown President Biden losing a significant portion of the Black vote in Georgia, which is highly unusual. If those numbers begin to change, and voters come back home to their parties, the margins here could tighten. It's going to be much more of a horse race. So we could see some shifting in the polls. And if it tightens, you're going to see a lot of Joe Biden and Donald Trump in Georgia."
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