Pro-Israel Group Torches Warnock in New Ad Sen. Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.) / Getty Images
December 23, 2020 5:45 PM
The political arm of the largest pro-Israel membership group in the United States launched an ad campaign Wednesday targeting Rev. Raphael Warnock, the Democratic candidate for Senate in the Georgia runoff.
The 30-second spot from Christians United for Israel Action Fund takes aim at both Warnock s record of statements critical of Israel and his recent attack on evangelical Christians, traditionally a staunchly pro-Israel denomination.
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The ad calls him Radical Raphael Warnock and says he is preaching a gospel of hate. The voiceover says Warnock demonized Christians who stand with Israel, a reference to his sermon after the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem in 2018 in which he accused mealy-mouthed evangelical preachers of being responsible for the mess that we found ourselves in … misquoting and misinterpr