Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect 'Jim Crow era' BILL BARROW, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, accompanied by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a news conference, before the vote on the Democrat's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington.Alex Brandon/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., arrives as the Senate holds votes on nominees for the Biden administration, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2021.J. Scott Applewhite/APShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose election as Georgia’s first Black senator gave control of the chamber to Democrats, used his first floor speech on Capitol Hill to blast a wave of Republican-backed measures that would make it harder to cast ballots in states around the country.