Will Raphael Warnock Hear the Call?
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🗓️ 10 May 2026
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Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock stops by the studio to talk to Jon about the Supreme Court's dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, his visit to an ICE detention facility, and whether the Democratic Party is doing enough to fight back against Trump. Then Jon and the senator, who serves as senior pastor at the congregation Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once led, discuss JD Vance lecturing Pope Leo on theology, increasing political violence in America, and what lessons from Dr. King can help us build a sustained political movement at this moment.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Potsave America. I'm John Favro. This Sunday, Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock. |
| 0:26.2 | Senator Warnock stopped by the studio earlier this week. We talked about the Supreme Court's |
| 0:30.0 | gutting of the Voting Rights Act, his trip to an iced detention center in Georgia, the Democratic |
| 0:34.6 | Party, all the topics you'd expect in a conversation with the Democratic |
| 0:38.2 | Senator. But we also had a surprisingly candid and really enjoyable conversation about faith, |
| 0:44.4 | religious faith, faith in our political system, and faith in America. We also talked about the |
| 0:49.7 | legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, as many of you know, Reverend Warnock serves at the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, |
| 0:56.4 | which is the same congregation that Dr. King once led. The senator spoke openly about J.D. Vance |
| 1:01.8 | lecturing Pope Leo on theology, increasing political violence in America, the discipline required |
| 1:07.6 | to build and sustain a political movement as successful as the civil |
| 1:11.1 | rights movement. And we even talked about what it would take for a Reverend like him to discern |
| 1:16.2 | a call to run for president. And I will say, he did not close the door to a run. We'll get to |
| 1:22.8 | that conversation in a moment. But before we do, the CricketCon pre-sail begins next week, starting |
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| 1:45.6 | All right. Here's Senator Raphael Warnock. |
| 1:51.2 | Senator Warnock, welcome back to the show. Great to be back with you. So you've written a book |
| 1:57.0 | coming out next month that's a sermon on Isaiah for America's 250th birthday. |
| 2:03.5 | So before I ask anything about the news, I wanted to ask you about Isaiah and why this prophet, |
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