Pence returns to Atlanta for second Friday in a row

PHOTOS: Pence visits Georgia, praises state’s pandemic response Vice President Mike Pence (left), Gov. Brian Kemp (center) and first lady Marty Kemp at the Star Cafe in Atlanta on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Photo: JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM) (JOHN SPINK / AJC)

For the second time in a week, Vice President Mike Pence is set to fly into Dobbins Air Reserve Base, meet with business leaders to talk about Georgia’s coronavirus response and honor the memory of a prominent evangelist.

Pence plans to land at Dobbins around 10 a.m. before heading to a memorial service for Ravi Zacharias, who died last week after a career traveling the globe to defend Christianity. He'll then meet with small business owners before returning to Washington.

Just last Friday, Pence trekked to Georgia to huddle with restaurant owners and meet with Gov. Brian Kemp, praising the state as "an example to the nation" by being one of the first to lift economic limits imposed during the pandemic.

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