[NYPOST] The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Georgia, said in 2017 that the nation’s "pre-existing condition" is "racism," according to a report.Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta who is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a Jan. 5 runoff election, made the comments in June 2017 at a New Baptist Covenant event, Breitbart News reported Monday.
"We are in a special moment. We are in an evil moment. We are in a tragic moment, and I suggest to you that our politics is symptomatic of our sickness," Warnock said, according to a newly revealed clip of his speech. "We’ve got a lot of problems, but I would not be a prophet if I did not tell you that racism is America’s pre-existing condition."
"Like the insurance companies, nobody wants to go there. Nobody wants to cover it because we wonder what it would cost. We, the land of the free, and the incarceration capital of the world," he added.
Warnock and Loeffler are locked in a crucial race in Georgia that could determine which party has a majority in the Senate.
Democrats need Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who’s challenging GOP Sen. David Perdue in the Peach State, to win their races in January to give them a 50-50 tie in the Senate.
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would be able to break any tie votes.
"We are in a special moment. We are in an evil moment. We are in a tragic moment, and I suggest to you that our politics is symptomatic of our sickness," Warnock said, according to a newly revealed clip of his speech. "We’ve got a lot of problems, but I would not be a prophet if I did not tell you that racism is America’s pre-existing condition."
"Like the insurance companies, nobody wants to go there. Nobody wants to cover it because we wonder what it would cost. We, the land of the free, and the incarceration capital of the world," he added.
Warnock and Loeffler are locked in a crucial race in Georgia that could determine which party has a majority in the Senate.
Democrats need Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who’s challenging GOP Sen. David Perdue in the Peach State, to win their races in January to give them a 50-50 tie in the Senate.
Vice President-elect Kámala Harris
Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, now a senatrix from California former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful, and Joe Biden's wing nut...would be able to break any tie votes.
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