FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020
RAPHAEL WARNOCK TRIVIALIZED THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC WITH RACIALLY CHARGED, ANTI-CAPITALIST RHETORIC
ATLANTA – Newly uncovered footage reveals that Raphael Warnock insulted the victims of the opioid epidemic, stating that the only reason this devastating crisis is considered a "public health emergency" is because "the faces of the human tragedy are white and suburban." Warnock then claimed that the epidemic exists because people are "self-medicating" to overcome the "spiritual sickness" of "religion garbed in the garments of capitalism."
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"Instead of taking a unifying stand to tackle one of the biggest crises plaguing our country, Raphael Warnock has again chosen to divide the people Georgia and trivialize the suffering of so many by attacking capitalism and using racially charged language," said Deputy Campaign Manager Stephen Lawson. "While Warnock blames the victims of the opioid epidemic and uses their tragedy to trash capitalism, Kelly Loeffler has taken action in the Senate to crack down on opioid trafficking. Unlike her opponent, she will continue taking this crisis seriously and fighting for additional resources to help combat this epidemic."
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BACKGROUND:
At His 2019 “Ending Mass Incarceration” Conference, Warnock Complained that the Opioid Crisis Is Being Treated as a “Public Health Emergency” Because “the Faces of the Human Tragedy Are White and Suburban” (Ebenezer Baptist Church, “Ending Mass Incarceration: Let My People Go,” Vimeo, 6/17/2019, Min. 59:50) – VIDEO CLIP
At This 2019 Conference, Warnock Blamed the Opioid Epidemic on Americans “Self-Medicating” Due to “a Spiritual Sickness Affecting All of America” – Warnock Blamed “an Aching Void that Cannot Be Filled with Consumeristic Preoccupations” and “Religion Garbed in the Garments of Capitalism” (Ebenezer Baptist Church, “Ending Mass Incarceration: Let My People Go,” Vimeo, 6/17/2019, Min. 1:01:20) – VIDEO CLIP
In February 2020, Kelly Loeffler joined Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) to Introduce the Zero Tolerance for Deceptive Fentanyl Trafficking Act. This legislation increases penalties for dealers intentionally misrepresenting their product as non-fentanyl. It also allows prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for dealers who include fentanyl in their product for the deliberate purpose of causing death. It also makes permanent the DEA's scheduling of synthetic fentanyl drugs as controlled substances. (John Binder, "Cotton, Loeffler, Blackburn Seek Life Sentences, Death Penalty for Fentanyl Traffickers," Breitbart, 2/27/2020)
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Stephen Lawson
Communications Director
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Paid for by Georgians for Kelly Loeffler
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