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It was a bad day
"All we say to America is, 'Be true to what you said on paper.'"
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-04-04T20:01:08.398382Z
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
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He is heir to Dr. Martin Luther King in many ways.
On Father's Day 2005, Warnock was named senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr.'s former congregation.
Senator Warnock is a political activist.
From Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock
Political activism
Warnock came to prominence in Georgia politics as a leader in the campaign to expand Medicaid in the state.[49] In 2013, he wrote an editorial for the Atlanta Journal Constitution that criticized Governor Nathan Deal for not supporting an integrated prom at the Wilcox County High School.[50] In March 2014, Warnock led a sit-in at the Georgia State Capitol to press state legislators to accept the expansion of Medicaid offered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[51][52] He and other leaders were arrested during the protest.[51][53] Warnock also actively campaigned for Georgia Democrats to increase outreach to low-income communities.[54] In 2015, Warnock considered running in the 2016 election for the United States Senate seat held by Johnny Isakson as a member of the Democratic Party.[55] He opted not to run.[56][57]
From June 2017 to January 2020, Warnock chaired the New Georgia Project, a nonpartisan organization founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and focused on increasing voter registration.[58][39] The New Georgia Project and its affiliate the New Georgia Project Action Fund secretly campaigned for Abrams in her 2018 gubernatorial campaign in Georgia and for other Democratic political campaigns in the state. It also illegally campaigned for an unsuccessful MARTA referendum in Gwinnett County. In 2025, it admitted to 16 violations of state campaign finance laws related to its illegal partisan activities and was ordered to pay $300,000 by the Georgia State Ethics Commission, the largest fine for campaign finance violations in state history. The New Georgia Project raised and spent millions of dollars in its partisan efforts and failed to disclose its activities or properly register as an independent political committee.[59][60][61]
Warnock supports expanding the Affordable Care Act and has called for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.[62][49] He also supports increasing COVID-19-relief funding.[63] A proponent of abortion rights and gay marriage, he has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood.[64][65] He opposes the concealed carry of firearms, saying that religious leaders do not want guns in places of worship.[66] Warnock has long opposed the death penalty.[67]
Warnock came to prominence in Georgia politics as a leader in the campaign to expand Medicaid in the state.[49] In 2013, he wrote an editorial for the Atlanta Journal Constitution that criticized Governor Nathan Deal for not supporting an integrated prom at the Wilcox County High School.[50] In March 2014, Warnock led a sit-in at the Georgia State Capitol to press state legislators to accept the expansion of Medicaid offered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[51][52] He and other leaders were arrested during the protest.[51][53] Warnock also actively campaigned for Georgia Democrats to increase outreach to low-income communities.[54] In 2015, Warnock considered running in the 2016 election for the United States Senate seat held by Johnny Isakson as a member of the Democratic Party.[55] He opted not to run.[56][57]
From June 2017 to January 2020, Warnock chaired the New Georgia Project, a nonpartisan organization founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and focused on increasing voter registration.[58][39] The New Georgia Project and its affiliate the New Georgia Project Action Fund secretly campaigned for Abrams in her 2018 gubernatorial campaign in Georgia and for other Democratic political campaigns in the state. It also illegally campaigned for an unsuccessful MARTA referendum in Gwinnett County. In 2025, it admitted to 16 violations of state campaign finance laws related to its illegal partisan activities and was ordered to pay $300,000 by the Georgia State Ethics Commission, the largest fine for campaign finance violations in state history. The New Georgia Project raised and spent millions of dollars in its partisan efforts and failed to disclose its activities or properly register as an independent political committee.[59][60][61]
Warnock supports expanding the Affordable Care Act and has called for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.[62][49] He also supports increasing COVID-19-relief funding.[63] A proponent of abortion rights and gay marriage, he has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood.[64][65] He opposes the concealed carry of firearms, saying that religious leaders do not want guns in places of worship.[66] Warnock has long opposed the death penalty.[67]
And, in my book, as a religious person who WALKS THE WALK, he puts the BIG LIE to "twisted Christians" who preach a gospel of hate and destruction.
I submit Raphael Warnock for President of the United States.
Can he bring down fire and brimstone? Well, that's to be determined.
