{"id":1731639,"date":"2022-11-09T06:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731639"},"modified":"2022-11-09T09:17:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:17:57","slug":"big-surprise-lebron-james-makes-endorsement-in-georgia-senate-race-for-warnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-surprise-lebron-james-makes-endorsement-in-georgia-senate-race-for-warnock\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Surprise: Lebron James Makes Endorsement in Georgia Senate Race for Warnock"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbig-surprise-lebron-james-makes-endorsement-in-georgia-senate-race-for-warnock%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/lebron-james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> endorsed incumbent Democrat Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock in the race to maintain his seat against Republican challenger Hershel Walker on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Los Angeles Lakers star, who lives in California, had yet to make any endorsement for any candidate in the race until the hours <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/warnock-walker-georgia-voters-sound-tight-midterm-election-closes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prior to Election Day<\/a>. James directed his message to Georgia voters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, tomorrow is Election Day, and there\u2019s only one choice when voting for senator and that\u2019s Raphael Warnock,&#8221; James said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/2022-midterm-elections-voting-results-predictions-candidates-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS: LIVE UPDATES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Georgia-Senator-Warnock-campaigns-for-re-election.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) meets with community members to encourage them to come out and vote on the first day of early voting on Oct. 17, 2022 in Duluth, Georgia.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) meets with community members to encourage them to come out and vote on the first day of early voting on Oct. 17, 2022 in Duluth, Georgia.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Megan Varner\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Friday, James was asked about the importance of voting and urged his fellow Americans to get out to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think from the Black community \u2014 and obviously our league is predominately Black athletes, Black players, Black men \u2014 our community, we talk and speak about change a lot,&#8221; he said Friday night. &#8220;So, in order to have change we have to get out and actually put our mouths and put our hands and put our pens and pencils to the polls. Starting in your community, then it starts in the city, then out to state, and then all the way out the country, we have an opportunity to be able to say that you\u2019ve done your due diligence to try to help create change in your community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/magic-johnson-backs-gretchen-whitmer-michigan-gubernatorial-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MAGIC JOHNSON BACKS GRETCHEN WHITMER IN MICHIGAN GUBERNATORIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Lebron-James7.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, #6, walks back to the defensive side of the court during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, #6, walks back to the defensive side of the court during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve been oppressed for so long. Obviously, I had the More Than A Vote initiative when we was in the bubble. I was very active with that. So many musicians and athletes and leaders was able to come on board with us. But we\u2019ve been oppressed for so long. They told us we couldn\u2019t vote. They told our women \u2014 our Black women \u2014 they weren\u2019t allowed to vote for so many years. But they continue to reprimand us or do things to us in our community to harm us and harm our family. And we sit here and wonder why and what\u2019s going on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1244566698.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a campaign event on Nov. 6, 2022 in Hiram, Georgia. Recent polls have shown a tightening race against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, with control of the U.S. Senate in the balance.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a campaign event on Nov. 6, 2022 in Hiram, Georgia. Recent polls have shown a tightening race against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, with control of the U.S. Senate in the balance.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Elijah Nouvelage\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;So, I think it\u2019s very important that you get educated about what\u2019s going on. Who your local people are that\u2019s gonna be making decisions in your community, making decisions that could affect you, could affect your family, could affect your school districts and things of that nature. Cause it\u2019s important. I know as Black people sometimes, we don\u2019t believe that our vote counts, we don\u2019t believe that our vote matters \u2014 and I just say Black people cause I just know my people, I can\u2019t speak for everybody, I just know how we are \u2014 but it does. It does matter. We saw change when we wanted to get someone out of office. So, I hope people take it serious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James missed Monday\u2019s game against the Utah Jazz. The NBA will not play any games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Election Day.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James endorsed incumbent Democrat Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock in the race to maintain his seat against Republican challenger Hershel Walker on Monday.The Los Angeles Lakers star, who lives in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1731642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1731639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1731639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1731639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1731639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1731639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}