Raphael Warnock
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And it has consequences, tragic consequences, sometimes deadly consequences.
He is tearing
at the fabric of our nation.
And why is he doing this?
Because as he keeps us distracted, as he keeps people looking at their neighbor and remaining suspicious of them because they're perceived to be other in some way, he is moving wealth from the bottom to the top.
He is enriching his family.
and people like himself, while keeping Americans at each other's throat.
But the American people are smart.
They are savvy.
And the polling shows us that they see what Donald Trump is up to, and come November, they're gonna call him to account, and those who are enabling him in Congress.
Well, let me just tell you that as a young kid growing up in public housing down in Savannah, Georgia, Jesse Jackson captured my imagination.
I witnessed him call America to live up to its ideals.
Watching him do that in real time inspired me.
When he said, I am somebody, I believed him.
Oh, wow.
Yeah, I think just as a kid growing up, he actually came to Savannah, Georgia, and I heard him speak in the gymnasium in one of the local high schools where they had literally bussed
hundreds of students from various schools so we could hear Reverend Jackson.
His voice rang with such power and eloquence, and it is part of what has shaped my view of how you make your faith come alive in public service.
Well, that's the hallmark of the civil rights movement.
It is literally about putting your body in the struggle.