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Senator Reverend Warnock is presiding over the Senate this morning!!!! He must be thrilled, I am. (Original Post) George II Jan 2021 OP
They do that on a rotational basis... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #1
Big Difference from when he was there in 2017 Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #2
Wow how does that happen when he is so new? Great tho. I'm just surprised Love to see how mucifer Jan 2021 #3
It's a rotation and I'm sure some are honorary based on the events at the time. I remember.... George II Jan 2021 #4
McConnell just now had to address him as "Mr. President." CottonBear Jan 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author CottonBear Jan 2021 #6

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
1. They do that on a rotational basis...
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 11:07 AM
Jan 2021

it's probably not a job most of them want to do.

But kudos to the new Senator for Georgia.

Kid Berwyn

(14,913 posts)
2. Big Difference from when he was there in 2017
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 11:07 AM
Jan 2021


...Warnock, the Ebenezer Baptist Church pastor, was arrested on the spot when he led a prayer in the Capitol Rotunda that year. He and other religious leaders were protesting healthcare cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed budget....

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/raphael-warnock-2017-us-capitol-arrest-reexamined/85-9e6aa191-54b5-4fcd-9088-3e3e6147b5ef

mucifer

(23,554 posts)
3. Wow how does that happen when he is so new? Great tho. I'm just surprised Love to see how
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 11:07 AM
Jan 2021

pissed the repubs are about it. It's kinda like shoving it in their face.

George II

(67,782 posts)
4. It's a rotation and I'm sure some are honorary based on the events at the time. I remember....
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 11:13 AM
Jan 2021

...that Deb Haaland didn't preside over the House until months after she took office.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
5. McConnell just now had to address him as "Mr. President."
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 11:29 AM
Jan 2021

I am so proud of my new Senator!

It is great to see him today in such an important role during these hearings.

Oh. BTW, f**k McConnell.

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