“They’re trying to take us out, and it’s not going to work,” Trump told the crowd at an arena in Rome, Georgia.
“When he says he wants to be a dictator, I believe him,” Biden said.
There may not be a more hotly contested state than Georgia in the November 5 general election, which swung to Biden in the 2020 election and was central to Trump’s fraud claims.
Trump is expected to clinch his party’s nomination on Tuesday when Georgia, along with Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington state hold nominating contests.
Biden attacks Trump in fiery State of the Union speech
Biden attacks Trump in fiery State of the Union speech
At his campaign event on Saturday, a heckler was escorted out after calling the president “Genocide Joe”.
A coalition of multi-faith and multiracial groups in Georgia have launched a campaign urging voters to leave their ballots blank instead of voting for Biden on Tuesday, in the hope of sending a message to the White House to reconsider its support of Israel.
Trump’s event was held within the congressional district of right-wing firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, who raised eyebrows when she attended Thursday’s State of the Union address clad in Trump attire, was given a hero’s welcome by Saturday’s rowdy crowd.
“Georgia is a key state, it’s a key state in this election,” she said. “We’re going to work as hard as possible to deliver it for Donald Trump.”
As he has done in recent speeches, Trump devoted much of his remarks to the situation at the southern US border. He blamed Biden for the death of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who was killed last month in Athens, Georgia.
A Venezuelan man who authorities say entered the US illegally has been charged in her death. Members of Riley’s family attended Trump’s rally and some in the crowd held aloft her picture.
Biden mentioned Riley’s murder during his State of the Union remarks. He apologised on Saturday for referring to the suspect as an “illegal”.
Chris LaCivita, Trump’s co-campaign manager, said Trump would continue to focus on immigration and the economy in the weeks ahead.
“I’m very confident about where we are today, where we’re going to be in November.” LaCivita said. “Because the issues right now aren’t changing.”
Biden edged out Trump in Georgia by just 0.23 per cent in 2020. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and the state’s top election official, Brad Raffensperger, were adamant that no widespread fraud occurred and that the vote count was legitimate despite Trump’s insistence otherwise.
Prosecutors in Georgia allege Trump and his allies engaged in a conspiracy by making false statements about the election and developing a plan to disrupt and delay the congressional certification of the electoral votes. Trump denies the charges.
Trump and his co-defendants are attempting to disqualify Willis from the case, alleging she was involved in an “improper relationship” with a special prosecutor she named to the case and that she financially benefited from the relationship. Willis has denied the allegations.
Biden, Trump woo Haley voters, 2024 US election’s new prize
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Last month, a Fulton County judge heard arguments on Trump’s request and is expected to issue a ruling within days.
“This whole witch hunt should be put out of its misery and dismissed immediately,” Trump said.
Prosecutors have pushed for starting the Trump trial in Georgia as early as August when Trump would be in the heat of the campaign. But it remains unclear whether it will go forward before the election.