ATHENS, Ga. — Editor's note: The Trump campaign announced Saturday that the former president would attend an earlier event in Atlanta before heading to the Georgia Tech campus.
Former President Donald J. Trump will hold a rally in Atlanta on Monday at McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus.
Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks at 6 p.m., with doors opening to the public at 2 p.m.
NBC reported that Trump and running mate JD Vance have visited Georgia a total of 10 times. Trump aims to energize supporters in a state expected to play a key role in the 2024 election cycle. In fact, Vance is expected to return to the state on Saturday for a rally in Atlanta.
Trump's last visit to the Peach State was just two nights ago; He attended a town hall at a Pike County church and a rally in Duluth.
Monday's event will take place at McCamish Pavilion, at 965 Fowler St. NW in Atlanta. He's expected to focus his remarks on the economy.
Event Details:
- Date: Monday, Oct. 28, 2024
- Doors Open: 2 p.m.
- Remarks Begin: 6 p.m.
- Location: McCamish Pavilion, 965 Fowler St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
This announcement comes just a day after U.S. Vice President and 2024 Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris visited the state on Thursday.
Both candidates have spent a lot of time in Georgia as the state is being considered a battleground in 2024. Early voting is already underway in Georgia. Gabriel Sterling, COO of the Georgia Secretary of State's Office, shared on social media Friday that one out of every three active voters in Georgia have already cast their ballots. Around 2 p.m., the state's election data hub shows more than 2,467,000 people have cast a ballot; the count also includes absentee votes. Georgia has over seven million active voters in the state.
Voting early has been a message both campaigns have shared with Georgians. Harris told the crowd Thursday night to imagine who'll be sitting in the Oval Office just three months from now and think about the new president's priorities.
During Trump's appearance in Duluth Wednesday, the former president pushed supporters to vote for him -- with an early ballot or on Election Day.
“Just vote — whichever way you want to do it,” Trump told the rally crowd, which broke into cheers and chants.
The Trump campaign strategy of encouraging supporters to vote either early or on Election Day is a turn from when the former president blamed his 2020 election loss on mail ballots, and the number of people voting early has surged this year.
Material from the Associated Press was also used in this story.