CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) visited Bronzeville’s Apostolic Faith Church with a message to the congregation.
Warnock, who’s been a pastor for decades, gave a sermon focused largely on what he described as a “precious exercise” in self-governance.
He emphasized the impact people of color, specifically, can have in the outcome of the upcoming presidential election.
“Isn't it a marvelous moment of poetic and prophetic power that we, who have been on the underside of this experiment in freedom, might be poised to save the democracy one more time?” he said.
Warnock also referenced former President Donald Trump's rhetoric multiple times.
“I'm still trying to figure out what a Black job is,” he said. “Well, as I listen to his rhetoric, maybe my Black job is to make sure he never makes it back to the Oval Office ever again. That's my Black job.”
On several occasions, Trump has said immigrants are stealing “Black jobs.” In a July appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago, Trump was asked to define what those jobs are.
“A Black job is anybody that has a job,” Trump said. “That’s what it is.”
Warnock ended his sermon by calling on those in attendance to vote.
"If ever we needed to vote, it's right now,” he said. “Show up like your life and freedom depend on it because it does. You better show up."
With 79 days left until the presidential election, Trump and Harris, as well as their allies, have been campaigning hard. At a recent rally in Pennsylvania, Trump repeatedly swerved from messages on the economy and inflation to personal attacks against Harris — including declaring three times that he was better looking than the vice president.
Harris’ campaign, meanwhile, launched a $90 million advertising effort that will take place the next three weeks. It was her campaign’s largest investment yet in attempts to reach voters.
Many analysts believe the race between Harris and Trump is extremely close.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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