“This Is Not A Prop. This Is Real”: GOP Senate Candidate Herschel Walker Fumbles on Georgia Debate Stage

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At the fiery Georgia Senate debate on Friday night, former NFL running back Herschel Walker pulled out a fake police badge, backpedaled on his views about abortion, and admitted President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said that he has supported police officers by holding them accountable, but “I’ve never pretended to be a police officer.”

That’s when Walker whipped out a gold star-shaped badge (the audience broke into laughter and applause). The moderator quickly intervened, saying: “Mr. Walker, you are very well aware of the rules tonight. And you have a prop that is not allowed. Sir, I asked you to put that prop away.”

Walker replied: “This is not a prop. This is real.”

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In 2017, Walker claimed to have worked with the Cobb County Police Department, and two years later, he claimed to have worked for the FBI; the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that neither are true.

Although his assertions of serving in law enforcement have largely stayed out of his campaign until this week, a staple of Walker’s campaign has been his harsh anti-abortion stance. On the debate stage, Walker walked back his position supporting a total abortion ban, now saying he supports Georgia’s “hearbeat” law, which allows for the exceptions for rape, incest and medical emergencies.

Walker inquired about Warnock’s pro-abortion stance as a pastor: “Instead of aborting those babies, why aren’t you baptizing those babies?”

Warnock retorted, “God gave us a choice and I respect the right of women to make a decision,” adding that Walker “wants to arrogate more power to politicians than God has.”

The former football star previously likened abortions to “a woman killling her baby”—despite the evidence that he paid for a woman to get the procedure in 2009. The hypocritical news exploded for a second time when it was revealed that he actually urged the same woman to get the procedure again in 2011; but the woman refused. Christian Walker, Herschel Walker’s son with his wife, who previously advocated for Walker’s Senate run, took to Twitter with some “fatherly” advice: “Wear a condom, damn.”

In a reversal by Walker, he acknowledged that Biden won the 2020 election; although he didn’t distance himself entirely from the former president, referring to Donald Trump as “my friend” and offering support for his 2024 election run. Shortly after the 2020 election, in December 2020, Walker doubled down on Trump’s election fraud lies, saying on Fox News: “I can guarantee you, Joe Biden didn’t get 50 million people to vote for him, but yet, people think that he’s won this election.” However, in May 2022, Walker contended that Trump never said the 2020 election was stolen.

According to a recent Quinnipiac poll, Warnock is leading 52% to Walker’s 42%. The general election is on Tuesday, November 8.

AngusScrimm--------- on October 15th, 2022 at 22:42 UTC »

Well, not just the badge, actually, Herschel Walker is himself a prop.

"No," said Hershel, "I am real."

Nano_Burger on October 15th, 2022 at 22:33 UTC »

“Mr. Walker, you are very well aware of the rules tonight. And you have a prop that is not allowed. Sir, I asked you to put that prop away.”

Walker replied: “This is not a prop. This is real.”

I'm pretty sure that Walker is not aware of much.

KevinAnniPadda on October 15th, 2022 at 22:30 UTC »

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