{"id":595140,"date":"2026-05-02T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=595140"},"modified":"2026-05-02T16:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:57:18","slug":"biden-makes-first-2026-midterm-endorsement-and-its-a-doozy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=595140","title":{"rendered":"Biden makes first 2026 midterm endorsement and it\u2019s a DOOZY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former President Joe Biden has finally made his first midterm cycle endorsement, and it\u2019s a head-scratcher.<\/p>\n

Biden is officially throwing his weight behind former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is currently running for governor of Georgia. Bottoms had joined the Biden administration as a special advisor after opting not to run for reelection in 2021. She posted the endorsement on X Friday evening.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING NEWS: President Joe Biden just endorsed Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor!<\/p>\n

From her time as mayor to serving in the Biden Administration, Keisha has a record of delivering for Georgians. #gapol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/apkfp5221D<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Keisha For Georgia (@KeishaForGA) May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. I\u2019ve known her for a long time, and she\u2019s something special,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAs mayor of Atlanta, Keisha faced every challenge a leader could face and then some. A global pandemic, a major cyber attack on the city systems, economic uncertainty that tested every community across Georgia, but she handled it all with steady, thoughtful leadership. That\u2019s the definition of battle-tested.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKeisha\u2019s tenure as mayor of Atlanta left $180 million in the bank without raising property taxes, gave historic pay raises to police and firefighters, created a child savings account for every kindergartener in Atlanta\u2019s public school system,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat\u2019s a record to be proud of. And then she came to the White House and served as a senior advisor. And I\u2019ll tell you, those same qualities that made her a great mayor, made her invaluable to our administration. Smart. Focused. Gets things done. Georgia, she\u2019s ready! She\u2019s been ready!\u201d Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor, now! I\u2019m proud to be in her corner, just like she was in mine. So let\u2019s get this thing done.\u201d<\/p>\n

If that name sounds familiar, it might be because Bottoms, who has faced ethics-related scrutiny in the past, made headlines again last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with Atlanta\u2019s history of corruption scandals, former Atlanta City Council leader Jennifer Ide, who served as the head of a city council ethics committee while Bottoms was mayor, said the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful\u2019s past scandals, in particular her alleged pay-to-play scheme with a contractor, should be \u2018concerning\u2019 for voters,\u201d Fox News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I think it\u2019s concerning,\u201d Ide said to Fox News Digital. \u201cI don\u2019t think that the voters want to feel like special interests impact the outcome of an election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Specifically, the concerns relate to ties between Bottoms and a contractor \u201cthat later landed lucrative city contracts after she signed an initial consulting contract with the firm while leading the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA) and just days before leaving the city council as she was preparing to become mayor, with the company\u2019s CEO later donating to and fundraising for her campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

But a Bottoms campaign spokesperson brushed off the criticism as the former mayor\u2019s Democratic primary opponents \u201cdredging up recycled stories and unfounded accusations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKeisha has a commanding lead in the polls and it is no surprise that people who endorsed her primary opponents are dredging up recycled stories and unfounded accusations from last decade in a desperate attempt to lift up their chosen candidate\u2019s lagging campaign,\u201d Keisha for Governor campaign spokesperson TaNisha Cameron, explained to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

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Former President Joe Biden has finally made his first midterm cycle endorsement, and it\u2019s a head-scratcher. Biden is officially throwing his weight behind former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is currently running for governor of Georgia. Bottoms had joined the Biden administration as a special advisor after opting not to run for reelection in… Continue reading Biden makes first 2026 midterm endorsement and it\u2019s a DOOZY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":595122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=595140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/595122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=595140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=595140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=595140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}