Sen. Raphael Warnock lives rent-free in a tax-exempt $1 million home, the Free Beacon reported Monday. The article raises ethical questions about Warnock, as a senator, receiving numerous benefits from an outside organization.
Warnock, D-Ga., who serves as pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church—where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served in the 1960s—has often backed left-wing causes from the pulpit.
The home is “equipped with a plethora of luxury accommodations,” such as “a 100-bottle wine fridge, a Bluetooth-enabled stainless steel cooking range, custom crown molding, and a walk-in closet,” according to the Free Beacon report.
The home, given to him to use free of charge by the church, is exempt from almost all property taxes.
This lavish arrangement has caused some conflict within Warnock’s community.
The Rev. Albert Paul Brinson, an acquaintance of King who was ordained at Ebenezer, said in an interview that King “would have never endorsed that in any way,” when asked about the $1 million housing arrangement.
The Free Beacon has long criticized Warnock for his financial arrangements. A previous report slammed Warnock’s church for owning an apartment building from which they evict tenants “for $28.55 in past-due rent,” while Warnock enjoys substantial benefits from his position as pastor.
Warnock is up for reelection in 2028.
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