Sen. Raphael Warnock Denounces 'Dangerous' Voter Suppression, Filibuster Hypocrisy

"What we do or fail to do will have long-lasting and far-reaching implications for the health, viability, and vitality of the world’s greatest democracy,...

In an impassioned speech delivered on the Senate floor Tuesday, Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defended voting rights, denounced Republicans’ widespread voter suppression efforts and criticized fellow senators who have cited procedural norms as their reason for being complicit.  During his remarks, Warnock warned of states “where partisan actors and power-hungry politicians have acted along partisan lines to make it harder ― not easier ― for eligible voters to cast a ballot and guarantee that that ballot will actually count.” Warnock, a first-term legislator and pastor of Georgia’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, called the right to vote “formative and foundational” during his Tuesday morning speech where he addressed GOP-led efforts to curb ballot access following the party’s election losses in 2020. Across the country, more than 300 bills that would make it harder to vote have been introduced by Republican legislators in nearly every state since last November.