WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The 2024 election season is well underway.
It was a busy weekend for both candidates.
President Joe Biden gave a commencement speech at a historically black college, while former president Donald Trump talked to gun-owners at an NRA convention.
Speaking to the graduating class at Morehouse college in Georgia, President Biden touted his administration’s efforts to help Black Americans.
“We’re investing more money than ever in Black families and Black communities,” Biden said.
The president’s speech at the historically Black men’s college comes as he tries to shore up support among Black and younger voters even as some turned their back on him in protest of the war in Gaza.
“What’s happening in Gaza and Israel is heartbreaking. That’s why I’ve called for an immediate ceasefire,” Biden said.
In a separate campaign stop, the president told voters democracy is on the line this election.
“Lots at stake. It’s not about me. It’s about the alternative,” Biden said.
Meanwhile, Republican challenger, former president Trump had a different message in Texas.
“The Second Amendment is very much on the ballot,” said Trump.
He picked up the endorsement of the National Rifle Association.
“If the Biden regime gets four more years, they are coming for your guns,” said Trump.
The former president urged gun owners to get out and vote.
“You’ve got to get all your friends, all the gun owners, they have to go, and they have to vote. If they vote, there’s no one that can beat us,” said Trump.
Election Day is less than six months away.