Today, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a giant of the civil
rights movement and a man of great moral clarity. He put his life on the
line in pursuit of justice and equality for all, spoke uncomfortable
truths, and led marches for progress with other champions of democracy
like John Lewis.

As the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of Dr.
King, I'm committed to carrying on these heroes' legacies of action --
both in my community and in Washington. But right now, shamefully, there
are too many folks who aren't -- including my Republican colleagues in the
Senate.

The simple fact is this: You cannot honor Dr. King with empty words and
dismember his legacy at the same time -- but that's exactly what the GOP
is trying to do. Nationwide, Republican lawmakers introduced more than 440
bills with voter suppression provisions in 2021 alone and eagerly signed
some of the most restrictive of these bills into law. At the same time,
Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have repeatedly blocked the
legislation we need to protect voting rights and ensure equal access to
the ballot box.

What we're seeing today is not the democracy Dr. King fought for. It is
the deliberate engineering of democracy in reverse -- where politicians
are cherrypicking their voters, instead of the other way around.

With our very democracy at stake, it's up to all of us to fight back and
defend the sacred right to vote. But we won't be able to keep up this
critical fight for justice unless we hold onto our Democratic Senate
majority – and with the chamber split 50-50, we can't afford to lose a
single seat.

Voting rights -- and everything that civil rights heroes like Dr. King and
John Lewis fought for -- are on the ballot this November. I'll never stop
fighting for our rights, but I can't do it alone. Experts at POLITICO say
that protecting our Senate majority hinges on winning in Georgia, and the
GOP is coming after me as its top target for defeat.

[ [link removed] ]That's why, John, I'm personally asking you to join me in
this fight: If you believe in our people-powered mission, will you give $5
or more now to help stop the GOP's attacks on our democracy, keep Georgia
blue, and win a country that works for all our people?

Thank you. If we take this road together, I know we can win.

-- Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock

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