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Vice President Kamala Harris to visit metro Atlanta this week – WSB-TV Channel 2

Vice President Kamala Harris to visit metro Atlanta this week – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit metro Atlanta this week.

The White House confirmed that Harris will be in Atlanta on Friday as part of her “economic opportunity tour.” During her visit, she will participate in a panel at the annual 100 Black Men of America, Inc. conference.

No further details have been released.

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Friday’s visit will be the vice president’s fourth trip to Georgia this year.

She traveled to Atlanta for the first time in January, then to Savannah a month later, in February. Harris returned to Atlanta in April to highlight a $158 million grant the city received for “The Stitch.”

The project aims to reconnect neighborhoods separated by the construction of the downtown connector.

After his latest visit, Georgia Republican Party Chairman Josh McKoon sent a statement: “No visit to Georgia will undo the damage caused by their policies. Georgians look forward to a second Trump administration and a return to an economy that benefits everyone.”

TRENDING STORIES:

With Georgia expected to once again become a battleground state, visits from the campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are sure to resume in the coming months.

Biden and Trump agreed to meet in Atlanta on June 27 for a presidential debate at CNN studios in downtown Atlanta.

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