Herschel Walker

2022 - 7 - 12

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Opinion | When Republicans Backed Herschel Walker, They ... (The New York Times)

You're reading the John McWhorter newsletter, for Times subscribers only. A Columbia University linguist explores how race and language shape our politics and ...

Walker as a candidate for the United States Senate is water from the same well. Asked, on the day of the Uvalde massacre, about his position on new gun laws, Walker seemed unclear that candidates are expected to at least fake a basic familiarity with the issues, responding, “What I like to do is see it and everything and stuff.” It presents a double standard that manifests as a brutal lack of respect for all voters, Black voters in particular. He isn’t someone underqualified and swivel-tongued, like the former governor and current congressional candidate Sarah Palin, who still gives the impression of someone who could have learned on the job. Think about it.” Or even while, as he did two years ago, offering the take that there existed a “dry mist” that “will kill any Covid on your body” that “they don’t want to talk about.” As I wrote in this newsletter in March, the phrase “the soft bigotry of low expectations,” coined by George W. Bush when he was a presidential candidate, pithily captures a wisdom that’s difficult to discount, regardless of one’s political stripe.

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Herschel Walker ripped by Washington Post column claiming ... (Fox News)

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson criticized Trump-backed Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker for a "myriad of lies" and "stunning hypocrisy."

Despite the choice between crazed and competent, polls show Walker and Warnock in a statistical tie," wrote author Eugene Robinson. The criticism wraps up in accusing Walker of "believ[ing] he knows everything about everything," tying in that the republic will somehow survive despite the presence of deceivers (including Walker in the event of a November victory) in Washington D.C., and criticizing Walker for "Looney Tunes" babble on key issues, including climate change, mental health and the Uvalde, Texas, shooting. "While Walker wanders along the campaign trail, Walker’s Democratic rival, incumbent Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, has concentrated on emphasizing what he has accomplished for Georgians in his brief time in office.

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Herschel Walker's latest fumble creates awkward questions for GOP (MSNBC)

Brian Ballard, a prominent Republican lobbyist in Washington, D.C., recently agreed to hold an event for Senate hopeful Herschel Walker and came away with a ...

It similarly doesn’t matter to the GOP that Walker lies with such frequency, even to his own aides, that those around him have questioned his mental stability. And with the former athlete slightly favored to get elected, despite his strained relationship with reality, Republicans facing awkward questions about Walker’s competence have a simple answer: They don’t care. In a post-policy Republican Party, it doesn’t matter that Walker has no idea what he’s talking about. “Walker isn’t so much running for U.S. Senate as he is running from it.” But since we don’t control the air, our good air decide to float over to China’s bad air. When Walker tried to talk about voting rights, his comments were even less coherent.

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Herschel Walker lied about secret children to his campaign team (The Black Wall Street Times)

Herschel Walker's failure to acknowledge his son resulted in him receiving backlash due to his own past criticism of absentee fathers.

By not only deceiving the American people, but also his campaign team, Walker makes many people believe he has a credibility problem, as voters might be hesitant to elect him as their trusted senator. In the past, Walker had only publicly acknowledged his adult son, Christian Walker. Walker lied to his campaign team, the people who protected him against the initial allegations.

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As Herschel Walker's controversies mount, some Republicans start ... (WABE 90.1 FM)

Herschel Walker's campaign wants to talk about inflation. But when Walker generates headlines, it's usually a new revelation about the Republican Senate nominee ...

“So that was an instance where I couldn’t even get a phone number of her campaign manager,” he says. “It’s typical for campaigns to build out at this point in the cycle — especially for a high profile race like ours,” Walker’s communications director, Mallory Blount, told WABE in a statement. In 2012, for example, Republican Senate nominees Todd Aiken of Missouri and Richard Mourdock of Indiana both made head-scratching comments about rape that drew widespread condemnation. “A lot of people look at the national dynamics and think that matters most. “But since we don’t control the air, our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air,” Walker said. “So when China gets our good air, their bad air gotta move.

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The Jolt: Herschel Walker campaign doubles down on 'China's bad ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Most political candidates wouldn't want to prolong a negative story. But Herschel Walker's camp thinks it sees opportunity in the aftermath of his mys.

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Ga. Senate Candidate Herschel Walker Invents His Own Science to ... (PEOPLE.com)

The far-right candidate once again proved a liability to Republicans after saying that the 'good air' in the U.S. decided to switched places with the 'bad ...

The aides, however, said that they already had proof. Walker's bizarre pollution theory was presented as an explanation for why Green New Deal investments would be a waste of money. So it moves over to our good air space. In 2021, IQAir found air pollution in the United States exceeded World Health Organization guidelines by 2 to 3 times, CNN reported. So when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move. Walker went on his speech to say, "since we don't control the air, our good air decide to float over to China's bad air.

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Checks & Imbalances: The Billionaires Backing Herschel Walker (Forbes)

Today we take a deep look at the billionaires trying to influence Georgia's senate race.

“We need to make sure that Warnock remains in the Senate.” “I watched Senator Warnock address the Senate about the importance of American democracy,” he added. Musk argued the social media company had provided him with “incomplete or unusable information.” It also comes two weeks after DWAC shares plummeted amid news a federal grand jury had subpoenaed the company’s board members. - “Senegal’s President Sall launches global lobbying push” (The Africa Report) - “Michael Flynn cited for unauthorized foreign payments” (The Washington Post) - “Uber hired oligarch-linked Russian lobbyist despite bribery fears” (The Guardian) - “Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS” (ProPublica) - “Lobbying heats up to protect evidence in potential abortion cases” (Politico) - “The RNC is promoting Trump and his business, raising fresh concerns about its neutrality” (Politico) - “Trump Is Selling Signed Copies of His Picture Book for $999” (New York) Please support this work, if you can, by subscribing to Forbes. Any tips or suggestions? To make sure you don’t miss an issue, subscribe.

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Herschel Walker on bravery: "Unless you can put this gun to your ... (Boing Boing)

Herschel Walker, the GQPs favorite motivational speaker, tells an audience in 2019, “People used to think I was crazy. I would take a gun, put it to my head ...

I would take a gun, put it to my head, snap it. Wouldn't even think about it." Unless you can put this gun to your tread, you ain't fearless like me.

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Herschel Walker Said Something Crazy, Again (The Root)

Apparently, we're all breathing dirty Chinese air?

To his credit, if Herschel Walker ever fretted over what anybody else thought about the things he says in public, he got over it before his lunchroom days ended. If I’m getting this right, those thoughts amount to, ‘there’s no point in cleaning up the atmosphere because dirty air from China will just float over here anyways.’ We all remember that one kid from high school who was allowed to sit with the most popular clique, but only so long as they stayed quiet and laughed when everybody did.

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Herschel Walker just proved (again) what a massive risk he is for ... (The Atlanta Voice)

(CNN) — Herschel Walker is a walking gaffe machine. Here's what the Georgia Republican Senate candidate said about climate change during a recent campaign ...

The bet was this: Sure, Walker is something of a wild card and, as a first-time candidate, might be rough around the edges. And it certainly doesn’t all move in a direct line from China to the United States where we, uh, clean it back up. And his answer on gun control in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, mass school shooting.

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Herschel Walker's head-scratching answer on Green New Deal ... (FOX 5 Atlanta)

'When China gets our good air, their bad air got to move." Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker became a trending topic on Twitter for his ...

It was a lot dirtier before the Clean Air Act." Has the GOP really descended to this?" "How do they think the air got so clean? "So, what we are going to do is put, from the Green New Deal, millions, billions of dollars cleaning our good air up. "Since we don't control the air, our good air decides to float over to China's bad air," Walker continued. So, all of the sudden China and India, they put nothing to clean that situation up."

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Herschel Walker just proved (again) what a massive risk he is for ... (CNN)

(CNN) Herschel Walker is a walking gaffe machine. Here's what the Georgia Republican Senate candidate said about climate change during a recent campaign ...

The bet was this: Sure, Walker is something of a wild card and, as a first-time candidate, might be rough around the edges. issued by IQAir, a company that tracks global air quality, earlier this year showed that only 222 cities of the 6,475 analyzed met the World Health Organization's standards for air quality in 2021. And it certainly doesn't all move in a direct line from China to the United States where we, uh, clean it back up.

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GOP Tap Dance Artist Herschel Walker Delivered Goofy China ... (Hip-Hop Wired)

Herschel Walker made yet another public speaking gaffe on the campaign trail, floating a silly theory of China's "bad air" versus "good air."

"Since we don't control the air our good air decided to float over to China's bad air so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move. So it moves over to our good air space. “Since we don’t control the air our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move.

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'The View' knocks Herschel Walker over climate change response ... (Fox News)

Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker was criticized by "The View" hosts for comments he made on the campaign trail against Democrats' Green New Deal.

There's a difference between ignorance and lies and hypocrisy," she slammed. "There's a difference between ignorance and gaffes, right? She proposed that the former NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner had been hit too many times in his previous career. "Since we don't control the air, our good air decides to float over to China's bad air," Walker said in the clip. "So, when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move. So, it moves over to our good air space.

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Herschel Walker's 'bad air' comments the latest in series of policy ... (GPB)

Republican Senate challenger Herschel Walker speaks to media in the state Capitol. Credit: Riley Bunch, GPB News. Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel ...

"Gas and energy prices are skyrocketing as a result of bad Democratic energy policy decisions," it reads. Walker's dubious claims about air pollution and China were not one-off remarks, but rather a regular feature of his stump speech. "Since we don't control the air, our good air decided to float over to China's bad air, so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move," Walker said. Since the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970, the United States' particulate pollution has dropped more than 60%. "So it moves over to our good air space. But that's not how air pollution works.

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Herschel Walker's 'bad air' comments the latest in series of policy ... (Reporter Newspapers)

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker's viral comments about polluted “bad air” floating to China is the latest misstep for a campaign seeking to ...

“Gas and energy prices are skyrocketing as a result of bad Democratic energy policy decisions,” it reads. Walker’s dubious claims about air pollution and China were not one-off remarks, but rather a regular feature of his stump speech. Since the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970, the United States’ particulate pollution has dropped more than 60%. “So it moves over to our good air space. “Since we don’t control the air, our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air, so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move,” Walker said. But that’s not how air pollution works.

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Herschel Walker's 'bad air' comments at Hall County event spark ... (Now Habersham)

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker's speech before a GOP crowd in Hall County has gone viral despite the party banning reporters from the event.

“Gas and energy prices are skyrocketing as a result of bad Democratic energy policy decisions,” it reads. Walker’s dubious claims about air pollution and China were not one-off remarks, but rather a regular feature of his stump speech. Since the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970, the United States’ particulate pollution has dropped more than 60%. “So it moves over to our good air space. “Since we don’t control the air, our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air, so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move,” Walker said. But that’s not how air pollution works.

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