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 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…
