Georgia pastors blew up the senator. Kelly Loeffler
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More than 100 religious leaders criticized Loeffler and his campaign in an open letter Saturday for his framing against Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where he used to preach Martin Luther King Jr., as a “radical.” “socialist.” ”
We ask you to stop and give up your false characterizations of the Rev. Warnock as ‘radical’ or ‘socialist’ when there is nothing in the background, writings or sermons suggesting that these characterizations are true, especially when taken in full context, “the letter said.” We see your attacks on Warnock as a broader attack on the Black Church and the traditions of faith we stand for. “
The New York Times reported for the first time the letter signed primarily by the leaders of the black church in Georgia.
“We call on you, Kelly Loeffler, to stop your false attacks on the theological and religious traditions of the social justice of the Rev. Warnock,” the letter also said, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Loeffler’s campaign has drawn attention to Warnock’s previous criticisms of police officers and a 2011 sermon in which he said “no one can serve God and the military,” a belief he has said is rooted in biblical passages. .
Warnock released the Times report on Sunday, adding the statement: “My faith is the foundation on which I have built my life.”
“Guide my service to my community and my country,” he said. “@KLoeffler’s attacks on our faith are not only disappointing: they are detrimental to Georgia’s black churches.”
Loeffler responded to the Democratic contender in a tweet saying, “No one attacked the black church.”
“We just set out your record in your own words,” he added. “Instead of playing the victim, start answering simple questions about what you said and who you partnered with. If you can’t, you shouldn’t run for the United States Senate. “
No one attacked the black church. We simply expose your record in your own words.
Instead of playing victim, start answering simple questions about what you said and who you partnered with.
If you can’t, you shouldn’t run in the U.S. Senate. https://t.co/j06y2mwlCm
– Kelly Loeffler (@KLoeffler) December 20, 2020
Warnock also received reactions from a separate group of more than two dozen black ministers who criticized him for his views on abortion rights, saying his “open defense of abortion is a scandal for to the faith and to the black community “.
The race between Loeffler and Warnock is one of two Senate races in Georgia scheduled for Jan. 5. David Perdue
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