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Raphael Gamaliel Warnock is an American pastor and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia since January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Warnock is the first African American to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. He previously served as the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, a position that has deep historical significance in the civil rights movement. Warnock's legislative focus includes issues such as voting rights, healthcare, and economic justice.
If there`s one thing that`s clear, it`s that the Georgia election was certainly free of any consequential fraud. We counted the votes not once, not twice, but three times. So, what`s the purpose of all of this? They don`t like the outcome…
Somehow, the actions of a state legislator knocking on the door of a governor who is signing a law that impacts her constituents, by her actions, were somehow so dangerous and criminal that she got charged with two felonies.
This is what Dr. King meant when he said that there comes a time when silence is betrayal.
Dr. King used to say the arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. It’s our job to keep bending the arc.
If you think that this is something happening down in Georgia, you are misapprehending the moment that we`re living in. If you think that this is something happening to black voters, you still don`t quite clearly understand. This is a…
I believe in democracy. I believe that democracy is, as I said a couple weeks ago, is the political enactment of a spiritual idea.
If we hadn’t won this election, if Georgia hadn’t stood up, the people of Georgia, we wouldn’t have passed that $1.9 trillion bill we just passed, the American Rescue Plan.
It is about whether we are who we say we are. Either we are a democracy or we’re not.
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