Sen. Raphael Warnock Says He Will Be An ‘Impartial Juror’ In Trump Impeachment Trial
The freshman senator will help decide what happens to the former president as one of his initial duties in Congress.
Published January 26th
Georgia
Sen. Raphael Warnock, who was sworn in last week, is already busy with his first duties as a legislator. One of them will be his involvement with the second impeachment trial of former President Trump.
Warnock told Atlanta station WSB-TV last week that he will be an “impartial juror” in the trial. Trump has been charged with inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol which resulted in the deaths of five people.
In the nearly 232-year history of the US Senate there have only been 11 Black senators
Congress set a new diversity record this year with its highest-ever number of women and racial minorities, including 60 Black lawmakers.
People of color have historically had a tougher time getting elected to the Senate. Newly elected Raphael Warnock is only the 11th Black US senator since the Senate convened for the first time in 1789. Only two of those have been women. And with the departure of Kamala Harris, the number of Black female US senators is now at zero.
Voters in urban congressional districts tend to be more diverse and politically progressive, driving the higher number of minorities in the House. But that has had little effect on the number of Black senators.