LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Democratic Presidential candidate and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren made a campaign stop Saturday afternoon in metro Atlanta, appearing at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville.
Warren hopes to eventually take on President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Warren is the first in the growing list of presidential hopefuls that will make a stop in the Peach State, which has become one of the new generations of battleground states in the race for the White House.
Since officially announcing her candidacy last week in her home state of Massachusetts, Warren has already made campaign stops in New Hampshire and Iowa. Saturday's appearance is being labeled as an organizing event.
Warren was in metro Atlanta last October to help with Stacey Abrams' gubernatorial campaign.
This is a key stop for Warren, since Georgia, along with South Carolina, Nevada and California are all early primary voting states.
"This is the fight of our lives," Warren said during her announcement. "The fight to build an America where dreams are possible, an America that works for everyone."
The doors at Central Gwinnett High School for Saturday's event open at 3:45. The event is set to get underway at about 5 p.m.
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Warren's visit comes just one day following President Trump declared a national emergency at the nation's border with Mexico, freeing up billions of dollars for construction of a border wall that Congress would not grant him in his proposed budget.
That decision is not sitting well with Congressional Democrats, who said they plan to fight the declaration in court.
In his speech on Friday, Trump said he is ready for a legal showdown and plans to win.