Raphael Warnock criticizes Donald Trump for 'weaponizing symbols of the faith' during powerful DNC speech

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Raphael Warnock has led a scathing attack on Donald Trump during his DNC speech.

The senator from Georgia said that the former president is “weaponizing” symbols of faith and increasing division in the country.

“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,” he said, reports MSNBC.

Raphael Warnock slams Donald Trump's agenda

Earlier, Raphael Warnock said he believes people will “push past this awful chapter of hate and division” from Donald Trump.

“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 phenomenon of Trumpism without reference to the church, and we got to come to terms with that,” he said.

Warnock was referring to Georgia state, which was previously under Republicans.

Trump’s recent campaign team started selling “God Bless USA” Bibles, and said that religion and Christianity are “the biggest things missing from this country.”

To which, Warnock reacted and said he believes it’s important for Democrats who are religious to be “full throated” in their beliefs and in resisting the idea of Christian nationalism.

“For me, democracy … is the political enactment of a spiritual idea, this notion that each of us has within us a spark of the divine, if we were created in what the theologians call the Imago Dei, the image of God, and if I have a spark of the divine, I ought to have a voice in the direction of the country and my destiny within it,” he said on Tuesday, August 20.

“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,” Warnock added.

Raphael Warnock's DNC speech was praised by  supporters

Raphael Warnock got every one on the toes with his DNC address. Every Democratic leader in the house gave him standing ovation as she concluded his speech in Chicago.

One user wrote about his DNC speech, "This man gave a whole sermon. I stood up in my living room. RaphaelWarnock."

"Georgia voters did THAT! And, we’re ready to do it again in 2024! LFG! 🔥" a supporter shared an image from Warnock's campaign trail.

Another enthusiastic person commented, "We needed the organ strikes behind this!!!"

"His message was spot on! THIS is a representation of a real Christian message! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️" one chimed.

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