Will Raphael Warnock Hear the Call?
5/10/20261 hr 9 min
Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock stops by the studio to talk to Jon about the Supreme Court's dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, his visit to an ICE detention facility, and whether the Democratic Party is doing enough to fight back against Trump. Then Jon and the senator, who serves as senior pastor at the congregation Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once led, discuss JD Vance lecturing Pope Leo on theology, increasing political violence in America, and what lessons from Dr. King can help us build a sustained political movement at this moment.
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[upbeat music] Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Favreau. This Sunday, Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock. Senator Warnock stopped by the studio earlier this week. We talked about the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act, his trip to an ICE detention center in Georgia, the Democratic Party, all the topics you'd expect in a conversation with a Democratic senator. But we also had a surprisingly candid and really enjoyable conversation about faith: religious faith, faith in our political system, and faith in America. We also talked about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. As many of you know, Reverend Warnock serves as the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, which is the same congregation that Dr. King once led. The senator spoke openly about JD Vance lecturing Pope Leo on theology, increasing political violence in America, the discipline required to build and sustain a political movement as successful as the civil rights movement, and we even talked about what it would take for a reverend like him to discern a call to run for president. And I will say, he did not close the door to a run. We'll get to that conversation in a moment, but before we do, uh, the Crooked Con pre-sale begins next week, starting Tuesday, May 12th. Friends of the Pod subscribers can purchase tickets