Sen. Raphael Warnock gives resounding speech at DNC, takes aim at Trump and uplifts Kamala Harris

Sen. Raphael Warnock made opening night of the Democratic National Convention feel like Sunday morning at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. The pastor and U.S. Senator served as one of the headlining speakers at the United Center in Chicago.& Warnock began his speech by telling his story, the son of sharecroppers who toiled the land in South Georgia to him making history by becoming a U.S. Senator.& “This is America, the 82 year old hands that used to pick somebody else’s cotton and somebody else’s tobacco picked her youngest son to be a United States Senator,” Warnock said.& He spoke about his historic victory that occurred on Jan. 5, 2021 and the violence that followed on Jan. 6, calling out Donald Trump for inspiring the deadly chaos.& “The day after my January 5 election, he [Donald Trump] instigated an insurrection, a violent assault on our nation’s capital and the peaceful transfer of power, all driven by the big lie,” Warnock said. “But behind the big lie was an even bigger lie. It is the lie that this increasingly diverse American electorate does not get to determine the future of the country.” Warnock took aim at Trump and his MAGA supporters...