By — Bill Barrow, Associated Press Bill Barrow, Associated Press By — Jeff Amy, Associated Press Jeff Amy, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-senate-majority-leader-schumer-gives-remarks-following-warnock-win-in-georgia Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Senate Majority Leader Schumer gives remarks following Warnock win in Georgia Politics Updated on Dec 7, 2022 12:21 PM EDT — Published on Dec 7, 2022 9:38 AM EDT Senate Majority Leader Schumer gave remarks Wednesday following Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff win in Georgia. Watch Schumer’s remarks in the player above. Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s current term and capping an underwhelming midterm cycle for the GOP in the last major vote of the year. READ MORE: Warnock wins Senate reelection, giving Dems another seat With Warnock’s second runoff victory in as many years, Democrats will have a 51-49 Senate majority, gaining a seat from the current 50-50 split with John Fetterman’s victory in Pennsylvania. There will be divided government, however, with Republicans having narrowly flipped House control. “After a hard-fought campaign — or, should I say, campaigns — it is my honor to utter the four most powerful words ever spoken in a democracy: The people have spoken,” Warnock, 53, told jubilant supporters who packed a downtown Atlanta hotel ballroom. By — Bill Barrow, Associated Press Bill Barrow, Associated Press By — Jeff Amy, Associated Press Jeff Amy, Associated Press
Senate Majority Leader Schumer gave remarks Wednesday following Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff win in Georgia. Watch Schumer’s remarks in the player above. Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s current term and capping an underwhelming midterm cycle for the GOP in the last major vote of the year. READ MORE: Warnock wins Senate reelection, giving Dems another seat With Warnock’s second runoff victory in as many years, Democrats will have a 51-49 Senate majority, gaining a seat from the current 50-50 split with John Fetterman’s victory in Pennsylvania. There will be divided government, however, with Republicans having narrowly flipped House control. “After a hard-fought campaign — or, should I say, campaigns — it is my honor to utter the four most powerful words ever spoken in a democracy: The people have spoken,” Warnock, 53, told jubilant supporters who packed a downtown Atlanta hotel ballroom.