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Dem Georgia Senate Candidate's Shocking Connection to Commie Dictator Could Sink Campaign

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Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock has deep past ties to a church that hosted late Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro.

Warnock was a youth pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church when they hosted an event for Castro in 1995, Fox News reported Monday.

Castro was visiting New York City to address the United Nations General Assembly.

The Warnock campaign said that he was not a decision-maker at the church at the time, according to Fox.

Warnock’s opponent, incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, responded to the news.

“@ReverendWarnock celebrated Fidel Castro & welcomed him to his church. It’s another example of what we’ve been saying all along: He’s the most dangerous and radical candidate in America,” Loeffler tweeted.

Warnock and Loeffler are going full steam ahead toward a competitive runoff election Jan. 5.

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There is also a second runoff Senate race in Georgia between Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff. If the Democrats win both races, they will hold 50 seats in the Senate, with a Vice President Kamala Harris the tie-breaking vote.

Even if Warnock did not have decision-making power in the church, the campaign’s response is rather concerning.

Instead of brushing the accusations off, the Warnock campaign could have used this moment as an opportunity to condemn political extremism and possibly win over swing voters in Georgia.

Warnock is not the only liberal politician who has gotten backlash over Castro.

“When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing?” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said during a February “60 Minutes” interview during the 2020 presidential primaries.

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Sanders doubled down on his stance again during a CNN town hall later that month.

Thousands of people died as a result of the Cuban Revolution and Castro regime, but sure, Bernie, lets talk about the literacy program.

The trend of praising communist leaders, or at least not explicitly opposing them — like Warnock’s campaign has done — is going to hurt Democrats and progressives in the long term.

If Democrats want to perform better in red states like Georgia, they should not be running candidates with a relaxed relationship with communist leaders.

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Cameron Arcand is a former writer for The Western Journal.
Cameron Arcand is a political commentator based in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2017 as a school project, he founded YoungNotStupid.com, which has grown exponentially since its founding. He has interviewed several notable conservative figures, including Dave Rubin, Peggy Grande and Madison Cawthorn.

In September 2020, Cameron joined The Western Journal as a Commentary Writer, where he has written articles on topics ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, the "Recall Gavin Newsom" effort and the 2020 election aftermath. The "Young Not Stupid" column launched at The Western Journal in January 2021, making Cameron one of the youngest columnists for a national news outlet in the United States. He has appeared on One America News and Fox 5 DC. He has been a Young America's Foundation member since 2019.
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