News Rev. Raphael Warnock’s allies warn of backlash in Georgia Senate runoff race over sermon attacks December 3, 2020 Phillip M. Bailey and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Comments Off on Rev. Raphael Warnock’s allies warn of backlash in Georgia Senate runoff race over sermon attacks The GOP is hoping to undercut Rev. Warnock with Georgia voters by playing up comments from his sermons but his allies say the attacks could backfire.