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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Un-American : Kemp, top Georgia Republicans condemn Trump riots in D.C. Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at Bridgestone Golf in Covington on Nov. 12, 2020.
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp readied the Georgia National Guard Wednesday in response to riots at the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters protesting the Electoral College vote.
Kemp, who faced intense pressure from Trump and his allies to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia, called Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol “un-American” and “a disgrace.”
Democrats win Senate control with sweep of Georgia runoffs
January 5, 2021
Democrat Jon Ossoff was projected as the winner in one of two Georgia Senate runoff races on Wednesday, CBS News and NBC News report. He declared victory earlier Wednesday after taking the lead in the close race against Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.). Democrat Raphael Warnock also defeated Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) in the other runoff, giving Democrats control of both houses of Congress starting Jan. 20. Warnock, the pastor at Atlanta s Ebenezer Baptist Church, will be Georgia s first Black senator and the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate in the South. Ossoff will be Georgia s first Jewish senator and the youngest U.S. senator to take office since President-elect Joe Biden. Biden narrowly won Georgia, the first time a Democrat has carried the state in 28 years.
Warnock to keep preaching as senator so he doesn t accidentally become a politician Print this article
ATLANTA Georgia Democratic Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock will still preach from Martin Luther King Jr. s pulpit after he s sworn in as his state s first black senator. The last thing I want to do is become disconnected from the community and just spend all of my time talking to the politicians. I might accidentally become one, Warnock told CNN on Wednesday.
Warnock isn t the first preacher to keep his day job after being elected to the Senate. Missouri Republican Sen. John Danforth, who was in the chamber from 1977 to 1995, is an ordained Episcopal priest.