Southern Democrats Rally for Atlanta to Host Party’s 2024 National Convention

More than 65 Southern Democrat politicians from 13 states signed a letter urging President Joe Biden to select Atlanta as the host city for the party’s 2024 convention.
South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, Alabama State Party Chair Randall Kelly, Alabama U.S. Rep. Terry Sewell as well as Georgia Senators Jon Ossoff, and Raphael Warnock, signed the Jan. 30 letter in which Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison was copied in.
“Selecting the city of Atlanta will offer our nation a vision of America at its best,” the letter states.
“Atlanta served as the cradle of America’s civil rights movement. It stands as a beacon of LGBT rights in the Deep South. As the cultural and economic hub of Black America, the city embodies the American Dream in the 21st century.”…}