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Biden expected to give remarks during Ebenezer Baptist Church MLK service
Biden to be first sitting president to present sermon at Martin Luther King Jr.’s church
President Joe Biden is schedule to change into the first-ever sitting president to ship a Sunday sermon at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Church in Atlanta. Sen. Raphael Warnock, the present pastor of the church, invited Biden to talk at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sunday, King’s birthday.
ATLANTA – President Joe Biden will journey to Atlanta to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in accordance with the White Home.
Biden is about to present remarks throughout the Sunday service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the place King preached and Sen. Raphael Warnock is the pastor.
Biden would be the first sitting president to talk at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Sunday would have been King’s 94th birthday.
Former Atlanta Mayor and Biden Administration advisor Keisha Lance Bottoms mentioned Biden’s speech would “mirror on Dr. King’s life and legacy and methods we are able to go ahead collectively.”
“The president has been very clear that voting, the correct to vote, the entry to vote is a core element of our democracy,” Bottoms mentioned.
Ebenezer will host its conventional Martin Luther King Day occasion on Monday, which shall be reside on FOX 5 at 10 a.m. It’s also possible to watch on FOX5Atlanta.com, within the FOX 5 Information App, and on social media channels.
Biden final got here to Atlanta with Vice President Kamala Harris to push for federal voting reform. He supplied remarks at Morehouse Faculty.
Biden prevented battleground states throughout the 2022 midterm elections, and Warnock was hesitant to assist the sitting president whereas he campaigned in opposition to Republican Challenger Herschel Walker.
Georgia could also be a pivotal state for Biden’s 2024 marketing campaign hopes. He gained Georgia in 2020 by fewer than 12,000 votes.
On Friday, Bottoms and White Home officers described the occasion as a possibility for the president to talk to civil rights activists and push for voting rights laws.
“There’s no higher place to do this than at Ebenezer,” Bottoms mentioned.
Biden’s go to comes throughout a federal investigation into the invention of categorised paperwork found at his non-public residence and an workplace at a Washington, D.C., assume tank. Lawyer Normal Merrick Garland appointed a particular council to supervise the investigation.
The Related Press contributed to this report.