President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony honoring the Council of Chief State School Officers' 2023 Teachers of the Year in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, April 24, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

President Joe Biden announced his 2024 re-election campaign, but will he struggle with unenthusiastic supporters? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The panel

Andra Gillespie, @AndraGillespie, professor of political science, Emory University

Charles Bullock, professor of political science, University of Georgia

Greg Bluestein, @bluestein, political reporter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

The breakdown

1. President Joe Biden announced his re-election campaign, but will he struggle to secure support?

  • Democratic leaders around the nation have supported Biden, assuming he could beat a candidate Donald Trump again, but voters are showing they don't want a reprise of the 2020 election.
  • Georgia narrowly picked Biden in 2020. With the fallout of Trump's alleged interference in the state, Biden may focus heavily on Southern states, including Georgia, to win again.

LISTEN: Chuck Bullock on Trump's future campaigning in Georgia.

2. Marjorie Taylor Greene was punished by the Republican-led House Committee on Homeland Security.

  • During a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called him a "liar" after Mayorkas asserted he was working to end the movement of fentanyl to the U.S.
  • Committee Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) approved Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)'s move to 'take down' Greene's remarks, no longer recognizing her on the committee.
  • Earlier in the same hearing, Greene accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) of having an affair "with a Chinese spy."

LISTEN: Andra Gillespie on Greene's comments.

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