Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to meet with Stacey Abrams after passage of American Rescue Plan: report

The top two Democrats in America will be meeting with voting rights activist Stacey Abrams on Friday.

"During his visit to Atlanta on Friday, President Joe Biden will meet with former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who has been widely credited with helping flip the former Republican stronghold blue," the Associated Press reported Thursday. "Biden in November became the first Democratic presidential candidate to take Georgia since 1992 and Democratic victories in a pair of Senate run-off races in the state handed his party control of both chambers of Congress."

"That allowed Biden to pass his $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill along party lines, the first step in an ambitious agenda to battle the twin health and economic crises caused by the pandemic. Biden's visit to Atlanta was originally meant to tout that accomplishment but it has been recast after spa shootings in the area this week left eight dead and fueled fear of a rise in violence against Asian Americans," the AP reported. "But Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will still meet with Abrams and thank her for her work, the White House confirmed on Thursday."

The meeting comes as Georgia Republicans are pushing controversial voter suppression legislation after the GOP lost both Senate seats and Biden beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election cycle.