He’s the first Black senator elected in Georgia… Now, he faces Herschel Walker in the state’s runoff election.
This is the story of Reverend Raphael Warnock.
This is the story of Reverend Raphael Warnock.
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00:00We say to America, witness the new South, and Georgia is the tip of the spear of a new South
00:08that is more inclusive, that is bold, that is forward-looking,
00:12and we're ready for change, and we want change now.
00:30My roots are planted deeply in Georgia soil. A child who grew up in the Caton Homes housing
00:45projects of Savannah, Georgia. Number 11 out of 12 children. A son of my late father,
00:54who was a pastor, a veteran, and a small businessman. And my mother,
01:00who as a teenager growing up in Waycross, Georgia, used to pick somebody else's cotton.
01:24We stand this afternoon to say as faith leaders that we still believe in Dr. King's dream.
01:38We still believe that we shall overcome. Dr. King died fighting against the kind of hate-filled and
01:46xenophobic speech and sensibilities that we hear coming once again from the Oval Office.
02:17I do think that his execution, in a real sense, will only add momentum to the movement of those
02:32of us who understand that the state really cannot be trusted with the ultimate punishment.
02:46Bless these United States of America. Transform the jangling discords of our nation
03:00into a beautiful symphony of the human family.
03:16The soul of our nation is in peril. And standing up in front of a church,
03:41holding a Bible upside down, is not going to answer this fundamental issue about the character
03:50of our country and the soul of our nation. I would urge everyone to channel their deep concerns
03:56for our country into voting.
04:15What I'm trying to help you to see is that you have power.
04:18And it would be a shame if, come January 5th, you did not exercise that power.
04:23Are you ready to stand up one more time?
04:42We were told that we couldn't win this election.
04:44But tonight, we prove that with hope, hard work, and the people by our side, anything is possible.
04:58May my story be an inspiration to some young person
05:02who is trying to grasp and grab hold of the American dream.
05:15Are we going to give in to the forces that seek to divide us by gerrymandering us,
05:22suppressing us, and subverting the voices of some of us in pursuit of power at any cost?