President Joe Biden will travel to Atlanta to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.and give remarks during the Sunday service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King preached and Sen. Raphael Warnock is the pastor.
Biden was the first sitting president to speak at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Sunday would have been King’s 94th birthday. and Sen. Jon Ossoff greeted the president on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Warnock introduced Biden, who paid tribute to King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, saying the holiday was "her day as well." Biden called King "one of my only political heroes." "The president has been very clear that voting, the right to vote, the access to vote is a core component of our democracy," Bottoms said.Advisor and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said the focus of Biden's visit is on voting reform.
President Joe Biden is schedule to become the first-ever sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Church in Atlanta. Sen. Raphael Warnock, the current pastor of the church, invited Biden to speak at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sunday, King's birthday.
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