#warnock — Public Fediverse posts

This week, at the Democratic National Convention, the speeches of #Michelle #Obama and the Second Gentleman #Doug #Emhoff (and maybe #Lil #Jon’s, if you want to call that a speech) stood out.

But there was one speech, in particular, that struck me: 🔥The sermon-like words of Sen. #Raphael #Warnock (D-Ga.).

Warnock has served as senior pastor at Atlanta’s historic #Ebenezer #Baptist #Church for nearly 20 years.
His election on January 5, 2021 was one of two pivotal, and highly covered, Senate races in Georgia.

That made him a national figure, of sorts. But not exactly a household name. If you don’t know Warnock well, it’s worth remembering he is a pastor who invokes his Christianity as a foundation of his politics.

⭐️He clearly brings that power to the secular pulpit in his speech on the first night of the DNC, telling of the need to heal a nation that has long been broken.

#Michelle #Obama might have done a bit of call-and-response.

But it is hard to imagine anyone else pulling off calling Donald Trump a “#plague,” as Warnock does, with such heft.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/raphael-warnock-dnc-speech/

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Now that finally the time for #assisted #campagning is over for Mr Walker, I hope all #Georgians are ready to give their vote (if they haven't already done so) to #Warnock.