Jan. 16, 2012 . Alicia Powe

 Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett gave a politically-charged speech attacking Republicans from the pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia on the Sunday before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

“Teachers, and firefighters, and policemen, whose jobs are now in jeopardy because Congress — well let me be specific — because the Republicans in Congress,” Jarret said as she elicited  laughter  and applause from the crowd.

Jarret then  discussed Osama bin Laden and the end to the Iraq war saying, “We all sleep a little better at night knowing Osama Bin Laden and his lieutenants are not plotting a terrorist attack against the United States.”

Additionally, Raphael Warnock, the church’s pastor,  denounced Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich during his sermon, taking  issue with comments that the presidential contender made about food stamps and the African American community.

At the end of Sunday's sermon the church held a voter registration drive.

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