Senator Raphael Warnock: “Georgians Are Gonna Get It Right”

many people anticipated. And what's been surprising is seeing how little of the news is actually about what you're doing wrong. It's just about what the other candidate is saying, which seems crazy, and and yet it seems closer than it should be. So I'd love to start with that. Why do you think Georgia or Georgian votes is or the polls are showing that Georgian voters are so close when it seems like most people would say the two of you are so far parts well, I agree with the

last part of what you just said. Oh wow. Uh. The differences between the options that Georgians have right now are wide and deep. And um look, the reality is, we always knew this would be a close race, and I think that speaks to where the country is and where people are. Um But I think when you look close, and you don't have to look that close, um uh, you can see that Georgians have a clear choice. I think about who's ready and who's fit to serve, uh,

to represent them in the United States Senate. And I believe that at the end of the day, Jordan's isn't gonna get it right. Let's talk about Let's talk about what many what many Georgians may feel is going wrong. There are many who are saying we need change. And as we've seen multiple times in American politics, it's it's all about what people's pockets feel like. It's all about what their gas tank looks like, that the terms a

lot of how they vote. There are many Georgians have said, I love you, Senator, I love what you're doing and what you represent. But I feel like in this moment, the Republicans are promising something that is better or different. How would you how would you respond to the people who say that to you? Well, in my case, my opponent hasn't promised the thing I mean, I think about it. I mean, man, and I'm not being flipped, and I want you to think, what what has he actually promised

to do? So, look, there's no question that these are tough times and people are feeling the pain and the pinch. We've been through over two years of a pandemic, and now that the economy has opened up, we're seeing these rising costs, supply chain issues related to the pandemic. We're seeing rising prices by the way, globally driven by the

war in Ukraine. And on top of that, you've got bad actors in the corporate space who are literally exploiting a pandemic while we while so while while we are paying record prices at the pump, at the pharmaceutical counter, at the grocery store, they are literally experiencing record profits and so so, so the question is who's gonna do something about it? Who who cares about ordinary people? And I take this job very seriously. You know, it's a real for your neighbors to say, we want you to

represent us in a high office. And so that's the reason why I kept the cost of insulin to know more than thirty five dollars all of tactic that's that's that's the reason I kept the costs of prescription drugs so uh, women and men like my four year old mother wouldn't have to choose between buying the medicine they need and the groceries they need. That's why I I

remained focused on the people. And when I talked the other night about capping the cost of insulin and the fact that corporations are gouging insulin, a one year old drug, my opponents said, people just need to eat right. So those were his words. And you know, as a pastor, I have encouraged healthy living, but that doesn't explain why the corporations are engaged in price gauging. And you can eat right and still have diabetes right right. So so

here here's my recommendation. I think herschel Walker should be the dietitian and I'll serve in the United States Center. Let's let's talk a little bit as well about how you work as well. I I have found it particularly interesting that even in your campaign ads in Georgia, you've gone out of your way to talk about Republicans who you have worked with, which too many people would seem like suicide. You know, you say I've worked with Ted Cruz, I worked with Marco Ruby or now most people don't

even admit that that they know Ted Cruise. And yet here you are, here, you are saying, no, I worked with Ted Cruise, I worked with Marco Ruby. You've made an effort of talking about reaching across the aisle and working with other loanmakers to get things done. It seems like that is dwindling in American politics. As you said, people are retreating to their corners and saying this is where I stand. I work with no one else. Do you don't worry about alienating some who say, oh, how

can you reach across the aisle? Or why is it that you choose to particularly include that in your own campaign? And I mean, it's your add Why include Ted Cruise's name, Why put it Marco Rubio's name in it? Yeah, I'm I'm the eighteenth most bipartisan senator in the Senate based uh um uh, according to the Luger Center, I'm the eighteenth and that's that's a little bit of an achievement

because out of one hundred senators, I'm one hundred. I'm the most junior senator in the Senate, and I've been able to convince people to work with me, to pull people together. And so, yeah, I will be honest. Ted Cruise and I are both on the Commerce Committee. Most of the time when he's talking, I'm sitting there thinking to myself, really like you put on a suit in the tie to come here to do that. So that's

usually when I'm a can. But but when it came time to name our fourteen a priority corridor in Georgia, an interstate that would run through Texas and also through Georgia, would connect our military basis, would revitalize a lot of our rural areas that have been suffering all throughout Georgia. I didn't mind working with Ted crews to do that. If we can build out the highway, nobody cares if

you're a Democrat or Republican. You get to use the highway. Um. So, so what I've endeavored to do is not to be a senator who used to be a pastor, but a pastor in the Senate, which is which is why I returned to my pulpit. I preach here every Sunday, and

you continue to do the important work. So I hope the people of Georgia will give me six more years to keep doing this work because a rich flush of night howcome, thank you so much for Johnny wants Me for happening with Watch Everybody The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Ears Edition. Subscribe to The Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content, and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast