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Raphael Warnock: “We cannot afford to give in to those who are trying to…”

Featuring: Raphael Warnock, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Sen. Raphael Warnock on Trump, Redistricting Chaos, and the Midterms

Published | Video Starts at 24:46

But I refuse to be. I get tired. And that's true. It's both physical and it weighs on your spirit and your emotions. But here's what we can't afford to do. We cannot afford to give in to those who are trying to weaponize despair, because that's part of what this administration is up to. We can talk about all the policies, and as we learned tragically last week, we'll win some, we'll lose some, we'll win some elections, we'll lose some, we'll win some policy fights, we'll lose some. (24:46–24:56)

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Asserts that the current administration is attempting to weaponize despair.

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