>>> BEHIND THE BIG LIE WAS AN
EVEN BIGGER LIE, IT IS A LIE
THAT THIS INCREASINGLY DIVERSE
AMERICAN ELECTORATE DOES NOT GET
TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE
COUNTRY.
THE LIE AND THE LOGIC OF JANUARY
6th IS A SICKNESS.
IT IS A KIND OF CANCER THAT THEN
METASTASIZED INTO DOZENS OF
VOTER SUPPRESSION LAWS ALL
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
AND WE MUST BE VIGILANT TONIGHT
BECAUSE THESE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC
FORCES ARE AT WORK RIGHT NOW IN
GEORGIA AND ALL ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY.
YES, I SAW HIM.
I SAW HIM HOLDING THE BIBLE AND
ENDORSING A BIBLE AS IF IT NEEDED HIS ENDORSEMENT.
HE SHOULD TRY READING IT.
IT SAYS, DO JUSTICE, LOVE
KINDNESS AND WALK HUMBLY WITH
YOUR GOD.
HE SHOULD TRY READING IT.
IT SAYS LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF.
IT SAYS IN AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE
DONE IT UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE,
YOU HAVE DONE IT ALSO UNTO ME.
I CHOOSE THE AMERICAN COVENANT.
OUT OF MANY, ONE.
I CHOOSE JANUARY 5th, I CHOOSE A
NATION THAT PROVIDES A PATH FOR
ORDINARY PEOPLE AND GIVES EVERY
CHILD A CHANCE.
AND THAT’S JOE BIDEN’S AMERICA.
AND HE’S BEEN FIGHTING FOR IT
FOR MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN, AMERICA, IS SO
MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU.
A TRUE PATRIOT WHO HAS ALWAYS
PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST. THANK YOU, JOE.
I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE,
NOT ONLY IS THAT JOE BIDEN’S
AMERICA, THAT’S KAMALA HARRIS’
AMERICA.
>> SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK OF
GEORGIA SPEAKING LAST NIGHT AT
THE DNC.
SO GOOD.
>> THE THING IS, WILLIE, IT’S
ALL ABOUT LIKE WHO YOU FOLLOW
AND WHO FOLLOWS YOU, RIGHT.
>> STOP.
>> SO IF YOU’RE HERMAN’S HER
MITT, YOU DON’T WANT TO FOLLOW
THE BEATLES, RIGHT?
YOU DON’T WANT TO DO IT.
IF YOU’RE CHRIS COONS YOU DON’T
WANT TO FOLLOW --
>> I LOVE CHRIS COONS --
>> THE PASTOR.
CHRIS HAD TO FOLLOW, HAD TO
FOLLOW, MINISTER WARNOCK.
>> LISS SPOT IN THE BATTING
ORDER, SENATOR COONS, AFTER
SENATOR WARNOCK, REVEREND WAR
KNOCK, FROM EBENEZER BAPTIST
CHURCH LAST NIGHT FOR A FEW
MINUTES.
>> THE REVEREND JOINS US NOW
FROM CHICAGO.
REVEREND, PREACH, BABY, PREACH.
>> THAT’S REALLY GREAT.
>> WONDERFUL MESSAGE LAST NIGHT.
>> LOVELY.
>> WE’VE BEEN TALKING AND YOU
TOUCHED ON THIS LAST NIGHT, BUT
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW
STRANGE IT IS THAT REPUBLICANS
HAVE TURNED ON AMERICA, THAT
DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT WE’RE A
LOUSY NATION, A FAILING NATION,
A NATION MUCH LOSERS, WE’RE A
STUPID NATION, AND YOU ACTUALLY
HAVE THE DEMOCRATS STEPPING IN
THE GAP, HOLDING UP USA SIGNS,
TELLING THEIR OTHER STORIES LIKE
YOU TOLD YOUR OWN STORY ABOUT
THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA AND
WEIRDLY, ENOUGH, THAT’S A STORY
THAT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE JUST
DOESN’T GET BECAUSE HE TRASHES
AMERICA EVERY DAY.
>> THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, JOE.
IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU
AND MIKA, GREAT TO BE WITH
JONATHAN.
LISTEN, I LOVE THIS COUNTRY, AND
HERE’S WHY WE ARE FIGHTING SO
HARD THIS CYCLE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT AMERICA IS
WE ALWAYS HAVE A PATH TO MAKE IT
BETTER, AND WHATEVER IT IS WE
NEED TO CORRECT, AT LEAST WE
HAVE THE INSTRUMENTATION, WE
HAVE THE TRADITION, A DEMOCRATIC
TRADITION, AND I’M A PRODUCT OF
THAT.
BORN LITERALLY A YEAR AFTER
DR. KING’S DEATH.
MY LIFE IS SO INCREDIBLY
DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE
SACRIFICE OF HIM AND SO MANY
OTHERS, AND HERE I AM A KID WHO
GREW UP IN PUBLIC HOUSING FROM A
VERY LARGE FAMILY, FIRST COLLEGE
GRADUATE IN MY FAMILY.
I’M A UNITED STATES SENATOR.
EVERY MORNING FOR ALL THE
CHALLENGES IN WASHINGTON, EVERY
NOW AND THEN I HAVE TO PINCH
MYSELF.
I CAN’T BELIEVE I GET TO STAND
UP ON BEHALF OF POOR CHILDREN
ALL ACROSS AMERICA FROM ATLANTA
TO APPALACHIA AND THAT’S THE
MESSAGE THAT I TRIED TO BRING
LAST NIGHT.
WE HAVE TO HEAL THE HAPPENED.
>> SENATOR, GOOD MORNING.
IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
FOR THOSE OF OUR VIEWERS WHO MAY
NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE
YOUR SPEECH YET FROM LAST NIGHT,
YOU SPOKE ABOUT A JANUARY 5th
AMERICA VERSUS A JANUARY 6th
AMERICA.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEANT
BY THAT?
>> WELL, I WAS ELECTED TO THE
SENATE ALONGSIDE MY BROTHER AND
DEAR FRIEND JON OSSOFF.
HERE YOU HAVE AN AFRICAN
AMERICAN MAN WHO GREW UP IN
PUBLIC HOUSING, THE PASTOR OF
EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE
MARTIN LUTHER KING SERVED,
ALONGSIDE A JEWISH MAN, THE SON
OF AN IMMIGRANT, ELECTED FROM A
STATE THAT WAS IN THE OLD
CONFEDERACY IN ONE FAIL SWOOP ON
JANUARY 5th.
THERE I WAS CELEBRATING.
THE NEXT MORNING I WAS ON THIS
SHOW AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT
GREAT VICTORY, BUT IT WAS SHORT
LIVED, THE CELEBRATION.
LATER THAT DAY, WE SAW THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE COMPLICATED AMERICAN
STORY, AND THIS IS WHAT I TRY TO
BE HONEST ABOUT IN MY WORK.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD SAY,
JANUARY 6th, THAT’S NOT WHO WE
ARE AS A COUNTRY.
THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH THAT’S
WHO WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT’S NOT ALL
THAT WE ARE.
THE COMPLICATED AMERICAN STORY
IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO TALK
ABOUT.
THIS JANUARY 5th, JANUARY 6th, A
SHORT 24 HOUR U-HOUR PERIOD,
SPEAKING A TRUTH ABOUT OUR
COUNTRY AND BEFORE US IN THIS
VERY ELECTION, WE GET TO CHOOSE
AS EVERY GENERATION OF
AMERICANS, WHICH DIRECTION WE’LL
GO.
>> SENATOR, I WANT TO GO BACK TO
I KNOW WAS A MEANINGFUL MOMENT
FOR YOU LAST NIGHT WE PLAYED IT
THERE TALKING ABOUT THE BIBLE
AND YOU REFERRED TO DONALD TRUMP
NOT ONLY HOLDING IT FOR A PHOTO
ON AFTER HE USED LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO CLEAR A PARK FROM PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS, BUT NOW TRYING TO
SELL IT AND AUTOGRAPH IT, AND
YOU DIDN’T USE THE WORD "WEIRD"
WHICH IS A WORD BEING OVER USED
IN DEMOCRATIC TALKING POINTS,
BUT STRUCK ME SHOWING HOW OUT OF
STEP, OUT OF TOUCH HE IS FOR THE
VALUES SO MANY AMERICANS HAVE
AND THAT SHOULD BE A BIG PART OF
THIS CAMPAIGN GOING FORWARD,
REINFORCING THAT IDEA, HEY, HE’S
IN IT FOR HIMSELF, NOT LIKE US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS A PASTOR, AS A
PERSON OF FAITH, I TAKE GREAT
OFFENSE WITH THE WAY IN WHICH HE
IS WEAPONIZING THE SYMBOLS OF
OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND ALSO THE
SYMBOLS OF THE FAITH TOWARDS
THIS KIND OF HATE.
WE’VE SEEN THIS KIND OF THING
HISTORICALLY.
AND LISTEN, WE’RE THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
I THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH DECENT
PEOPLE.
WE WILL PUSH PAST THIS AWFUL
CHAPTER OF HATE AND DIVISION AND
TRUMPISM.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS GOING TO
HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE
FACT THAT THERE IS NO FULL
ACCOUNTING FOR THIS PHENOMENA OF
TRUMPISM WITHOUT REFERENCE TO
THE CHURCH.
AND WE GOT TO COME TO TERMS WITH
THAT.
MY FAITH IS NOT A WEAPON.
IT’S A BRIDGE.
AND THAT’S THE WAY DR. KING USED
HIS FAITH.
THAT’S THE WAY RABBI IBRAHIM
USED HIS FAITH WHEN HE MARCHED
ALONGSIDE DR. KING HE FELT LIKE
HIS LEGS WERE PRAYING.
I WAS TRYING TO CALL US BACK TO
THAT MORAL TRADITION AND ALL THE
GREAT FAITH TRADITIONS.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT’S -- THAT’S
HOW SO MANY PASTORS, MINISTERS,
REVERENDS, USE THE FAITH, AS A
BRIDGE.
AND SENATOR, I REMEMBER WHEN
BILLY GRAHAM DECIDED TO GO TO
THE SOVIET UNION, AND HE CAUGHT
SO MUCH FLACK FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE, A LOT OF CONSERVATIVES,
A LOT OF HIS FOLLOWERS, WHY
WOULD YOU GO TO THE SOVIET
UNION?
AND HE SAID, BECAUSE I NEED TO
SPREAD GOD’S MESSAGE THERE AS
WELL, AND BILLY GRAHAM ALWAYS
SAW HIS FAITH, AS YOU SAID, AS A
BRIDGE.
NOT A WEAPON.
AND YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT
RECKONING.
WHEN DOES THAT GYP?
>> WELL, IT’S WORK THAT I THINK
IS HAPPENING NOW.
EVEN AS I TALK TO SOME YOUNG
EVANGELICALS IN GEORGIA, FOLKS
WHO GREW UP IN THE CHURCH,
THEY’RE BECOMING DEEPLY
DISAFFECTED BY THE WAYS IN
WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH OR
CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR CHURCHES
HAVE ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BE
USED IN THIS WAY.
WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY FOR
THOSE MUCH US IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, TO BE FULL-THROATED IN
THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR FAITH
INFORMS OUR VALUES.
WE’VE GOT TO BE FULL-THROATED IN
RESISTING THIS IDEA OF CHRISTIAN
NATIONALISM AND WE’VE GOT TO
EMBRACE I THINK THE KIND OF
FAITH THAT CALLS MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. AND SO MANY OTHERS,
STAND FOR THE BEST IN OUR
TRADITION.
FOR ME DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRACY IS
THE POLITICAL ENACTMENT OF A
SPIRITUAL IDEA, THE NOTION THAT
EACH OF US HAS WITHIN US, A
SPARK OF THE DIVINE, THAT WE
WERE CREATED IN WHAT THE
THEOLOGIANS CALLED THE IMAGE OF
GOD.
I OUGHT TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND MY
DESTINY WITHIN IT AND I OUGHT TO
RESPECT THE HUMANITY OF ALL OF
GOD’S PEOPLE, THOSE OF OTHER
FAITH TRADITIONS, THOSE WHO
CLAIM NO FAITH AT ALL, THAT IS
THIS GRAND AMERICAN EXPERIMENT
AND WE GET TO WRITE THE NEXT
CHAPTER.
>> DEMOCRATIC SENATOR RAPHAEL
WARNOCK OF GEORGIA, THANK YOU