Hillary Clinton will host an Atlanta fundraiser next week
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton
is headed to Atlanta next week to raise some cash and shake some hands, her first visit to Georgia this campaign season.
Two Democratic insiders say hosts are being lined up for the May 28 visit, which is likely to be a breakfast event. A Clinton aide later confirmed the report.
The trip comes a day after the former Secretary of State stops by South Carolina for her first visit since 2007, though details of that trip are still in the works.
While Hillary hasn't yet visited Georgia this campaign season, her husband Bill talked to an architect convention in Atlanta last week. He didn't mention her name during the lengthy talk, though.
The Clinton trip would cap a busy month of visits from White House hopefuls to Georgia. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz stumped at the Georgia Republican convention over the weekend, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich has a date for a May 26 GOP barbecue in east Georgia.
Still, all the attention pales in comparison to the love presidential candidates are showing neighboring South Carolina.
Update 6:07 p.m.: Republican National Committee spokeswoman Ali Pardo responded to news of the Clinton visit by attacking her for hobnobbing with donors instead of commoners:
"Hillary Clinton's campaign has been full of hypocrisy, flip-flops, and scandals, so it's no surprise she would prefer to avoid interacting with real voters. The truth is that Clinton is more comfortable schmoozing with millionaire donors than pretending to relate to average Americans."
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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.
