Black Lives Matter raising half a million for Democrats in Georgia Senate runoffs

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'We know how important this election is going to be in determining what decisions will be made in the Senate for the next few years,' Black Lives Matter PAC said.

Black Lives Matter plans to raise $500,000 to help the campaigns of Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff as they look to overturn the Republican Senate majority in Georgia's runoff elections in January., the Black Lives Matter PAC said the outcome of Georgia's Senate races would have a direct impact on efforts to reform the criminal justice system, electoral processes and access to health care.

It was also reported by Fox News that the email said Georgia's Senate runoff races could also affect the future of progressive policy proposals, such as the BREATHE Act—which looks to divest funds from policing and redirect federal money to other agencies and initiatives. "We know how important this election is going to be in determining what decisions will be made in the Senate for the next few years," the Black Lives Matter email, seen by Fox News, reportedly read.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia taps elbows during a rally for supporters on November 15, 2020 in Marietta, Georgia."Decisions that will impact us directly, like access to quality and affordable health care, reforming the criminal justice system, all the way to major electoral reform like passing the BREATHE Act."has contacted Black Lives Matter for further details and comment. This article will be updated with any response.

Fox News reported on the group's plans to back Ossoff and Warnock in the Georgia Senate runoff elections as millions of dollars flooded into the races—putting them in the running to be two of the most expensive Senate contests in U.S. history.

 

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