Rev. Jamal Bryant is the pastor at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and his most recent sermon has gone viral, having been viewed over 6.2 million times online.
What was the topic of Rev. Bryant’s sermon? The candidacy of Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker, who it was just revealed paid for a second woman to abort a child he fathered.
That led Bryant to tell his congregation:
“Y’all ain’t ready for me today.”
But ready or not, Bryant continued:
“Ladies and gentlemen, when the Republican Party of Georgia moved Herschel Walker from Texas to Georgia so that he could run for Senate, it’s because change was taken too fast in the post-Antebellum South.
“They thought we was so slow, that we was so stupid, that we would elect the lowest caricature of a stereotypical, broken black man.”
Bryant was just getting warmed up, adding:
“Since Herschel Walker was 16 years old, white men been telling him what to do, telling him what school to go to, where to live… where topay for abortions, where to buy a gun, and you think they not gon’ tell him how to vote? In 2022, we don’t need a Walker, we need a runner. We need somebody to run and tell the truth about Jan. 6…. Georgia, I need you to know, the slave Negro y’all are used to don’t live here no more. We can think for ourselves, function for ourselves, and vote for ourselves!”
Polls are showing in Georgia Herschel Walker has a slight lead over Raphael Warnock. The reaction from some in the Black community in Georgia and across the country is notable. @jamalhbryant is just one of the notable reactions. pic.twitter.com/DoETokbxlH
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) October 31, 2022
Bryant’s sermon drew plenty of supportive “amens” on Twitter, too:
Folks… this is the best video I’ve seen all week. Such a powerful endorsement of Raphael Warnock! If you know anyone in Georgia, make sure they see this!
— Thomas Limoncelli 7k (@yesthattom) November 1, 2022
White person here. So blessed to hear this sermon. I’ve been telling all my white people that Hershel represents an old white man’s stereotype of a ‘safe’ black man. I know you already know it,but everybody needs to hear this. #VoteRevWarnock
— (JoyousWarrior) (@joyouswarrior) October 31, 2022
Amazing! I am filled with hope and spirit and that keen edge of rage that always accompanies monumental, hard-fought change. What a bracing infusion of truth from @jamalhbryant. Thank you for sharing this @AprilDRyan—time to donate to Rev Warnock again!
— sea4sky (@sea4sky) October 31, 2022
Wow!!! @jamaIhbryant … Absolutely powerful!!! Amen & Amen
— Rose Chabot (@RoseChabot) October 31, 2022
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