WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Reverend Warnock issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement on the passing of civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
"America has lost one of its great moral voices. Reverend Jesse Jackson spent his life working to ensure our nation lives up to its highest ideals. From his early days as a young staffer with Dr. King onto the national stage, he fought for freedom, racial justice, equality, and for the human dignity of the marginalized and the poor. As a kid growing up in public housing while watching him run for President, Rev. Jesse Jackson gave me a glimpse of what is possib...