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Raphael Warnock: We came to the Senate on the wave of a multiracial coalition, I think the future of the country. Then on January 6, we…

On the recordJune 17, 2022
We came to the Senate on the wave of a multiracial coalition, I think the future of the country. Then on January 6, we saw this violent attack on the Capitol driven by the big lie, and the not so subtle premise that certain voices and votes don`t count, you don`t get to determine the future of the country. And so we`re at this inflection point, and we`ve got to decide, are we the America of January 5, or the America of January 6?
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Raphael Warnock
Democratic · Georgia
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msnbc.com

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Warnock discusses the attack on the Capitol and the importance of voting rights in determining the future of America.

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