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Obama said that late US Representative John Lewis is surely smiling down on his beloved Georgia this morning.
Lewis died in July, and had endorsed Warnock s Senate run before his death.
Obama said in his statement that Democrats around the country should feel good today, and encouraged people to remain engaged in civic life.
Former President Barack Obama memorialized late US Representative John Lewis in a statement congratulating Reverend Raphael Warnock on his Georgia Special Senate Runoff Election win against Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday night. My friend John Lewis is surely smiling down on his beloved Georgia this morning, as people across the state carried forward the baton that he and so many others passed down to them, Obama wrote in a statement published on his social media. I want to congratulate Reverend Raphael Warnock on his election as Georgia s next US Senator and wh
(Article by Richard Moorhead republished from BigLeaguePolitics.com)
BREAKING: The wife of Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock accuses him of running over her foot with a car in new police bodycam footage, calls him an “actor” in police interview pic.twitter.com/CgwKZwi2zW
Warnock is accused of running over his wife’s foot with a car in the footage. Oulèye Ndoye, who has been estranged from Warnock, tearfully accuses Warnock of abusive behavior, explaining that she’s been “very quiet” about the way he acts on account of Warnock’s Senate campaign.
Ndoye accused Warnock of speeding over her foot as he left her residence with the couple’s children. Warnock denied the allegation. Ndoye recieved treatment at a Georgia hospital, and no charges were filed against Warnock, who was already running for Senate at the time police responded to the call in March.