Former President Barack Obama, campaigning in Atlanta on Thursday for Sen. Raphael Warnock, told the crowd they had to go out and do it “one more time.”
He paid homage to those who struggled in previous generations, like the late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, and that struggle needed to continue even when victories seemed to be won, even when the spotlight was off.
“If they didn’t get tired, you can’t be tired,” he told a crowd of several thousand people assembled at Pullman Yards, a one-time rail facility now an art and music venue.
He underscored why—despite widespread messaging that Democrats with 50 seats have “won” the Senate—it was still essential to elect Warnock: to give them the 51st seat and an actual majority….