“Kamala Harris will be the next President of the United States.”
-Mayor Andre Dickens
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The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee drew her largest crowd yet, according to campaign officials, with more than 19,000 RSVPs for the rally that featured high-profile Georgia politicians like Dickens, Stacey Abrams and U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
“There’s no one better prepared to lead our nation forward than our Vice President Kamala Harris,” Dickens told the boisterous crowd at the Georgia State Convocation Center.
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Dickens told the men that Atlanta was excited about supporting Harris, adding that money and support were already rolling in.
“The victories that we got for Joe Biden, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff (are) going to happen again for Kamala Harris,” Dickens said. “We are fired up. Now it is time to raise the money, get the volunteers and go forward. Let’s keep this thing going. No doubt. No fear.”
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“U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, who chairs the Democratic Party of Georgia, each said they supported Harris’ bid to seek the nomination in Biden’s place.”
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“So as we go into this convention, it’s about how Kamala Harris is going to be the next president of the United States. Her policies and her demonstrated record of leading this country and working well with cities like ours,” said Dickens.
Dickens said federal grants under the Biden-Harris administration have allowed Atlanta to extend the Beltline, make necessary improvements at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and reduce crime throughout the city.
“It’s just been a tremendous help to have that type of relationship with the White House and President Biden has been tremendous to the city of Atlanta,” Dickens said.
Mayor Dickens on election: ‘I want Atlantans to remember’
“I want Atlantans to remember,” he said on Tuesday.
“In Atlanta, we must show up to vote,” he said. “We understand that Georgia did a thing in 2020 when we — by some 11,000 votes — elected Biden, over Trump.”
“I want Georgians to have a real good memory of how we felt four years ago,” he continued. “I want Atlantans, our residents here, our small businesses to think back.”
Following Biden’s win in 2020, some residents in the Democratic stronghold toasted glasses of champagne toward the John Lewis mural downtown, while others celebrated in the streets over the city’s iconic rainbow crosswalks at 10th and Piedmont.
But with support for Biden waning after four years in office and election fatigue a concern for mobilization groups — particularly in swing states like Georgia — the city’s top leader is already urging residents to take to the polls in November.
“Four years is enough time for you to still be able to look back and say I remember the lies that we’re told, the deception, the broken promises, the hate, the vitriol,” Dickens said during a passionate response to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution question at a Biden campaign event.
“I want Atlantans to remember that and go to the polls like they’ve never gone before — that’s my message to Atlanta,” he said.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens rallies local labor leaders
”It’s in my blood to make sure that I show up for hard-working people and making sure that a fair day’s wage is paid for a full day’s work,” he said of his mother working in a union when he was growing up. “And that’s something that ‘Union Joe’ believes in as well. Our President Joe Biden is one of the most labor forward, labor committed presidents you could ever find.”
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Dickens reiterated Ossoff’s statements and was very clear about how much he believes the Biden-Harris administration has had Georgia on their minds.
“As mayor I’ve seen first hand how the infrastructure bill has helped Atlanta,” said Dickens. Less than a month ago Atlantans had to deal with a major water main break in Midtown, downtown and on the southwest side. “This type of leadership is making a difference on the ground in Atlanta.”
Andre Dickens, Raphael Warnock named to Biden-Harris campaign advisory board
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris released the names of 50 prominent Democratic Party officials Wednesday morning that will compose their national campaign advisory board.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock are included on the board, and are the only members from Georgia in a list mostly made up of officials from California and the Midwest.
OPINION: Atlanta wins with solid policy like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law…we need congress working together again
Ask any mayor and they will tell you laws like BIL and ARPA work, and they work for everyone—regardless of party affiliation. Bipartisan accomplishments in Congress like these are still possible, so I urge our federal leaders to make our union stronger by putting differences aside and get back to supporting solid policies that have a positive impact in our communities.
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“Right now we are expanding Concourse D, thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure law that you put in place,” Dickens told Biden. “And this thing here enables us to build it a mile away and then transport it in with millimeter like precision.”
The quippy video featuring Atlanta’s mayor — posted on the president’s official social media channels — gave us our first look at the role Dickens will play in Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ reelection bid.
DICKENS: President Biden is Investing in America’s Underserved Communities
Here’s the bottom line: as mayor, my job is to show up and deliver. President Biden and Vice President Harris make that job easier – they are providing the resources to create jobs, contract with women and minority-owned firms, and make real improvements in our communities. In the cradle of the civil rights movement, we’re benefitting from allies in the White House who are laser-focused on economic empowerment.
Inside City Hall: Atlanta mayor lauds Biden administration
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens recently gave a shoutout to the White House during a national media call last week.
Dickens said the Biden administration worked with Congressman Raphael Warnock to pass legislation that will cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 beginning next month. Dickens also said Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law provided $6.9 million to Georgia for pollution cleanup.
“I’ve been using those funds to incentivize developers to go into sites they would have had to spend their own capital in cleaning up before they even started doing the site development work,” Dickens said. “They would have looked past these sites, which means Black and brown communities would not have seen development that we need.”
Dickens also thanked said President Joe Biden for investing into the city’s efforts to bolster crime intervention, small businesses, and internet access.