Warnock on Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'I pray for her every day'
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said he prays for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) daily after the Republican falsely claimed people controlled the weather after Hurricane Helene hit the region.
“Now, Marjorie Taylor Greene, I know, is also from Georgia. She… did you apologize on behalf of Democrats for sending the hurricane to your own state?” late night host Jimmy Kimmel asked Warnock on his show Tuesday. “Because it seems like a very self-destructive thing for you and the Democratic Party to do.”
“I pray for her every day,” Warnock responded.
Warnock’s comments follow posts by Greene on social media in the wake of devastation from Hurricane Helene and ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall earlier this month. In one post on Oct. 3, she shared an image of Helene superimposed over a map of 2020 election results.
"This is a map of hurricane affected areas with an overlay of electoral map by political party shows how hurricane devastation could affect the election," she wrote.
Some have suggested the Georgia Republican was insinuating that the storm was targeted at Republican-leaning counties.
“Yes, they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done,” Greene said in another post on the social platform X the same day.
While some of the most notable impacts of Helene were focused on western North Carolina, Georgia faced devastation as well, with Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) saying that at least 25 people had died in the storm or its aftermath.
“Do you really pray for her specifically—” Kimmel asked Warnock of Greene.
“I do,” Warnock responded.
Warnock added later that Greene is “a congressperson from our state, and representing people is no small thing.”
“I consider it the honor of my life,” he continued.
The Hill has reached out to Greene’s office.
Updated at 5:53 p.m. EDT
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