TO
TO PEOPLE, AND HE ACTUALLY QUOTED AND SAID THAT WAS A
WEAKNESS.
WEAKNESS.
WEAKNESS. I THINK HE MIGHT BE GETTING
READY TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
>> MY ROOTS ARE PLANTED DEEPLY
IN GEORGIA SOIL.
A CHILD WHO GREW UP IN THE
HOUSING PROJECTS OF SAVANNAH,
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. NUMBER 11 OUT OF 12 CHILDREN.
A PROUD GRADUATE OF MOREHOUSE
COLLEGE, AND THE PATH TO
EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, THE
SPIRITUAL HOME OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. AND CONGRESSMAN JOHN
LEWIS.
LEWIS.
LEWIS. A
LEWIS. A FATHER WHO WAS A PASTOR, A
VETERAN, AND A SMALL BUSINESSMAN
, AND MY MOTHER WHO AS A
TEENAGER GROWING UP IN WAYCROSS
GEORGIA, USED TO PAY SOMEBODY
ELSE'S CAB.
ELSE'S CAB. BUT THE OTHER DAY, BECAUSE THIS
IS AMERICA, THE 82-YEAR-OLD
HAND THAT USED TO PAY PICK
SOMEBODY ELSE'S COTTON WENT TO
THE POLLS AND PICKED HER
YOUNGEST SON TO BE A UNITED
STATES SENATOR, SO I COME
BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS A MAN WHO
KNOWS THAT THE IMPROBABLE
JOURNEY THAT LED ME TO THIS
PLACE, IN THIS HISTORIC PLACE
IN AMERICA COULD ONLY HAPPEN
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WE
HERE. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULD NOT
WIN THIS ELECTION, BUT TONIGHT
WE PROVED THAT WITH HARD WORK
AND THE PEOPLE BY OUR SIDE
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
MAY MY STORY BE AN INSPIRATION
TO SOME YOUNG PERSON WHO'S
TRYING TO GRASP AND GRAB HOLD
OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. TELL
GEORGIA I AM HONORED BY THE
FAITH YOU HAVE SHOWN IN ME, AND
I PROMISE YOU TONIGHT, I AM
GOING TO THE SENATE TO WORK FOR
ALL OF GEORGIA.
NO MATTER WHO YOU CAST YOUR
VOTE FOR IN THIS MOMENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, WASHINGTON
HAS A CHOICE TO MAKE.
IN FACT, ALL OF US HAVE A
CHOICE TO MAKE. WILL BE GOOD TO
DO TO DISTRACT AND DISHONOR
EACH OTHER, OR WILL WE LOVE OUR
NEIGHBORS AS WE LOVE OURSELVES?
WILL WE PLAY POLITICAL GAMES
WHILE REAL PEOPLE SUFFER?
OR WILL WE WIN RIGHTEOUS FIGHTS
TOGETHER, STANDING SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER TO BUILD OUR COUNTRY?
WILL WE DESTROY EACH OTHER AS
ENEMIES OR HE'D A CALL TOWARD
THE COMMON GOOD, BUILDING
TOGETHER, WHAT DR. KING CALLED
THE DULL THE BELOVED COMMUNITY.
HERE'S WHAT I KNOW.
I KNOW THAT WE CAN BEAT THIS
PANDEMIC WITH SCIENCE AND GOOD
OLD-FASHIONED COMMON SENSE. I
KNOW WE CAN REBUILD THE ECONOMY
BY RESPECTING THE DIGNITY OF
WORKERS AND THE WORKERS WHO DO
IT.
IT.
IT. THE
IT. THE ECONOMY WE ALL CALL
ESSENTIAL WORKERS BY PAYING
THEM AN ESSENTIAL WAGE AND
PROVIDING FOR THEM ESSENTIAL
BENEFITS. TO EVERYONE OUT THERE
STRUGGLING TODAY, WHETHER YOU
VOTED FOR ME OR NOT, KNOW THIS.
I HEAR YOU, I SEE YOU, AND
EVERY DAY, I'M IN THE UNITED
STATES SENATE, I WILL FIGHT FOR
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. I
YOU. I WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY.
TO OUR SUPPORTERS, OUR
INCREDIBLE CAMPAIGN TEAM, AND
TO MY FAMILY, THANK YOU FROM
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, AND
EVERY GEORGIAN WHO WALKS WITH
US, ORGANIZED WITH US, PRAYED
FOR US, FOUGHT FOR US, BELIEVED
IN US, OR SHARED THEIR STORY IN
THEIR PAIN WITH US, THANK YOU
FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. IN THE WORDS OF DR. KING WHO
GREW UP JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM
WHERE I AM SITTING RIGHT NOW,
WE ARE TIED INTO SINGLE GARMENT
OF DESTINY.
OF DESTINY. WE ARE CAUGHT UP IN AN
INESCAPABLE NETWORK OF
MUTUALITY.
MUTUALITY. WHAT AFFECTS ONE DIRECTLY
AFFECTS ALL INDIRECTLY.
I REMEMBER MY DAD IN THIS MOMENT
. HE'S TO WAKE ME UP EVERY
MORNING AT DAWN.
IT WAS MORNING, BUT IT WAS
STILL DARK.
STILL DARK. IT IS DARK RIGHT NOW, BUT
MORNING COMES.
MORNING COMES. LET US RISE UP, GREET THE
MORNING, AND MEET THE
CHALLENGES OF THIS MOMENT.
TOGETHER, WE CAN DO THE
NECESSARY WORK AND WIN THE
FUTURE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU,
GEORGIA, AND GOD BLESS THESE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, GUYS.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VICTORY
SPEECH TO ME BASED UPON ALL THE
THINGS THAT HE IS SAYING AND
BASED UPON WHAT WE HEARD FROM
MIKE HASSINGER, THAT IT APPEARS
TO BE, APPEARS TO BE, AND
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NOTHING
THAT'S VITAL RIGHT NOW, BUT
THAT LEAD IS INSURMOUNTABLE,
BUT HE IS CLAIMING VICTORY.
WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING IS
KELLY LOEFFLER SAID THERE IS
STILL A PATH FOR HER TO VICTORY.
>> BUT HEARING REVEREND
WARNOCK, A VERY COMPELLING
SPEECH ABOUT HIS ROOTS AT ABOUT
HOW FAR HE'S COME IN HIS LIFE'S
JOURNEY.
JOURNEY.
JOURNEY. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO BE MOVED
BY THAT, AND I MUST TELL YOU AS
I SIT HERE, I WAS THINKING OF
30 YEARS AGO IN ATLANTA WHEN
ANDREW YOUNG WAS RUNNING FOR
THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
HE WANTED TO BE THE NEXT
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, AND GUYS,
ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES ABOUT
HIM RUNNING WAS THAT AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN MAN COULD NOT WIN
STATEWIDE IN THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, AND THAT WAS 31 YEARS
AGO IN 1990, AND YOU SEE THINGS
DO INDEED CHANGE, THEY HAVE
CHANGED TONIGHT IF THE NUMBERS
STAY CONSISTENT AS TO WHERE
THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, AND MANY
ARE PROJECTING THAT THE REVEREND
RAPHAEL WARNOCK WILL BE THE
NEXT U.S. SENATOR FROM THE
STATE OF GEORGIA.
>> AND IF HE IS, HE WILL BECOME
THE FIRST BLACK SENATOR ELECTED
FROM GEORGIA, WHICH IS HISTORIC
IN OF ITSELF, AND JEFF, YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM
MENTIONING HIS ROOTS.
HE TALKED ABOUT HIS MOTHER WHO
GREW UP PICKING COTTON IN