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Herschel Walker: LIAR, DOMESTIC ABUSER, PRO-"LIFE" FANATIC, IDIOT, UNFIT FOR OFFICE [1]

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Date: 2022-10-02

The Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate are horrendously bad this year, even worse than normal (although I realize that doesn’t sound possible). Picking out the worst of the worst is tough. I’ve already looked at one nominee for worst candidate of the year, the wretched Mehmet Oz. But an even stronger contender for title of Worst Republican candidate is the ASTONISHINGLY unqualified Herschel Walker. There has seldom been a less qualified candidate for any office. So let’s lay out the particulars.

WALKER: ONE DAMN BULLSHIT LIE AFTER ANOTHER

The Georgia Democratic Party has done an admirable job of assembling a full list of Walker’s non-stop lies about his education. A generous sample:

For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He’s told the story, according to a review of his speeches by CNN’s KFile, during motivational speeches over the years and as recently as 2017. The only problem: it’s not true.

Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He’s told the story, according to a review of his speeches by CNN’s KFile, during motivational speeches over the years and as recently as 2017. The only problem: it’s not true. Walker, who is a candidate in the Republican primary race for US Senate in Georgia, acknowledged in December that he did not graduate from Georgia after the Atlanta-Journal Constitution first reported that the false claim was listed on his campaign website… “I also was in the top 1% of my graduating class of college,” Walker told Sirius XM radio.

told Sirius XM radio. Walker did not graduate from Georgia, where he was a star running back after entering as a prized high school recruit. A profile of Walker from 1982 in the Christian-Science Monitor and an article in The New York Times said he maintained a B average at the school. Walker himself told The Chicago Tribune in 1985 he maintained a 3.0 before his grades dropped. He left to play professional football before graduating and, though having repeatedly said he was returning to obtain his degree, he never received a diploma.

HE EVEN LIED ABOUT LYING ABOUT IT:

..when Walker was challenged about his graduation deception in an interview last week [in May] with FOX 5 Atlanta anchor Russ Spencer, Walker declared he had never once said he graduated from the University of Georgia. Spencer told Walker that he has a “phenomenal life story,” but that “in some instances you’ve exaggerated that story. You said that you graduated from UGA…” Walker interjected: “I never said that. They say that. And I said – that’s what you gotta remember. I never, I never have said that statement. Not one time. I’ve said that I studied criminal justice at UGA.” Facts First: Walker’s claim that he “never” and “not one time” said he graduated from the University of Georgia is flat out false. Walker said on camera at least twice that he graduated from the school. Walker’s promotional materials have also featured the false claim that he graduated.

In fact, Ol’ Herschel seems to lie about EVERYTHING.

Walker and his children:

When the Daily Beast learned about the existence of that 10-year-old child in June and went to the campaign for comment, campaign manager Scott Paradise prepared a statement. But first, he went to Walker with a question: Be honest—are there any other kids? No, Walker said. [My emphasis.] Paradise then put out a statement insisting that Walker—who at that point had only publicly acknowledged one child, his adult son, Christian—was “proud of his children.” “To suggest that Herschel is ‘hiding’ the child because he hasn’t used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd,” Paradise said in a statement. The very next day, The Daily Beast reached out again, asking about yet another undisclosed child, a 13-year-old. The campaign approached Walker and asked again. This time, he acknowledged the teen was his. The campaign verified that the 13-year-old was Walker’s son, and that he had yet another child—a daughter from his college days about 40 years ago.

Walker's own campaign aides say he's a 'Pathological Liar'

Walker and Law Enforcement:

In one speech, Walker told a U.S. Army audience about a 2001 incident. “I worked in law enforcement, so I had a gun,” he claimed. In 2017, he specifically said, “I work with the Cobb County Police Department.” told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution it has no record of Walker working with the department. The Republican’s campaign said he was “an honorary deputy” — a point the Cobb sheriff’s office could not confirm — though a former DeKalb County district attorney said the title was meaningless, even if true. There’s reason to believe otherwise. The Cobb County Police Departmentthe Atlanta Journal-Constitution it has no record of Walker working with the department. The Republican’s campaign said he was “an honorary deputy” — a point the Cobb sheriff’s office could not confirm — though a former DeKalb County district attorney said the title was meaningless, even if true. Being an “honorary deputy,” a local prosecutor said, is like having “a junior ranger badge.”

From Newsweek:

Georgia Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been widely panned following a report that he falsely claimed to be a police officer and an FBI agent. Walker claimed in 2017 that he was with the Cobb County Police Department in Georgia, but the department has now told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution it has no record of him working there His campaign said he was an "honorary deputy," but the police department could not confirm this. Walker also falsely claimed to have been an FBI agent in 2019 despite not being an agent, though he participated in a week's training at the FBI's school in Quantico, Virginia.

Walker and His Business “Success”:

“Whenever Georgia needed somebody to speak up for their businesses, they called Herschel Walker,” he told supporters at a recent rally in Dahlonega. But an Atlanta Journal-Constitution review of court records and other public documents contradicts statements Walker has made about the number of people his companies employ, their size and the assets they own. The review also revealed a string of defaults, settlements and lawsuits alleging that Walker and his businesses owed millions of dollars in unpaid loans. And while Walker attributes his wealth to his business acumen, much of it seems to be derived from his celebrity status as a football legend through speaking engagements and brand ambassadorships, according to campaign financial disclosures.

Walker and Veterans:

In interviews and campaign appearances, the former Dallas Cowboy and Heisman Trophy winner takes credit for founding, co-founding and sometimes operating a program called Patriot Support. The program, he says, has taken him to military bases all over the world. “About 15 years ago, I started a program called Patriot Support,” Walker said in an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt last October. “People need to know I started a military program, a military program that treats (thousands) of soldiers a year,” he told Savannah TV station WTGS in February. But corporate documents, court records and Senate disclosures reviewed by The Associated Press tell a more complicated story. Together they present a portrait of a celebrity spokesman who overstated his role in a for-profit program that is alleged to have preyed upon veterans and service members while defrauding the government.

And more detail here:



Walker has frequently presented himself as having worked to help members of the armed services and assist them with mental health challenges. He has touted his work with a program called Patriot Support, which he claimed to have created to provide treatment for thousands of soldiers annually. But an AP investigation in May found that Patriot Support, which was founded 11 years before Walker was hired to be its spokesperson, is actually a for-profit program created and offered by the hospital chain Universal Health Services. The program has been accused of fraud and of exploiting veterans and service members. The company paid Walker $331,000 in 2021 alone.

WALKER: VIOLENT DOMESTIC ABUSER

From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A Texas woman told police in 2012 that when she tried to end what she said was a long romantic relationship with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker he threatened to “blow her head off” and then kill himself. The woman, Myka Dean, detailed the alleged threats made by Walker to authorities in the Texas city of Irving in a January 2012 police report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. No charges were filed against Walker. His campaign spokeswoman said Friday that he “emphatically denies these false claims” and that he only recently learned about them. Dean is the second woman who was involved romantically with Walker to accuse him of making violent threats. His ex-wife, Cindy Grossman, has also said he threatened her life, and a recent Associated Press report unearthed documents that show a judge granted Grossman a protective order in 2005 after outlining his alleged threats to shoot her in the head x x YouTube Video WALKER: COMMITTED TO STRIPPING WOMEN OF THEIR RIGHTS From Common Dreams: GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker on Wednesday reaffirmed his support for a national abortion ban, saying that he would vote for the policy if elected in November and if Republicans regain control of the upper chamber... Responding to Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) introduction Tuesday of a national 15-week abortion ban, Walker said that "I believe the issue should be decided at the state level, but I would support this policy." It wasn't the first time Walker—who does not back exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or even to save the pregnant person's life—voiced support for a national abortion ban. In July, he told reporters that "there's not a national ban on abortion right now and I think that's a problem." From The New York Times: Herschel Walker, the former football star leading the race for the Republican nomination for a Georgia Senate seat, said that a ban on abortion should have no exceptions — presumably even for rape, incest or the health of the mother. Asked Wednesday if he wanted a more total ban on abortion than the six-week prohibition passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature, Mr. Walker was unequivocal. “There’s no exception in my mind,” he told reporters after a campaign speech in Macon, Ga., at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. “Like I say, I believe in life. I believe in life.” He did not single out exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother specifically, but he said repeatedly that he wanted no exceptions. WALKER: IDIOT Herschel Walker has had enough of all these trees. At a campaign event in Sandy Springs, Georgia, on Sunday, the Republican Senate candidate and former football star railed against the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act—a sweeping law aimed at reducing health care costs, addressing the climate crisis, and easing inflation—characterizing the legislation as a big waste of money. In particular, Walker singled out spending on trees. “They continue to try to fool you that they are helping you out,” Walker told voters, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “But they’re not. Because a lot of money, it’s going to trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?” From Charles Pierce: Sen. Raphael Warnock is a brilliant, eloquent advocate for the issues that he supports on behalf of his constituents. His opponent in the upcoming senatorial election in Georgia is…incredibly none of those things. Last week, for example, the opponent said this: “Warnock, I remember hearing him say, ‘America need to apologize for it whiteness.’ That’s not in a Bible I ever read. Our Founding Fathers already apologized for its whiteness. Because if you read the Constitution, it talks about every man being treated fair.” First, Warnock never said this, and his opponent never heard him say it. Second, one does not have to have read the Bible to know it doesn’t contain that particular sentiment, and I don’t believe his opponent ever read the Bible, anyway. And, finally, the Constitution says nothing of the sort, and Warnock’s opponent hasn’t read the Constitution either. (The original Constitution, in fact, said quite the opposite, Three-Fifths Of All Other People etc.) Please, Georgia. Fun is fun and all, but do not elect Herschel Walker to the United States Senate. x x YouTube Video OUR JUDGMENT: UNFIT FOR OFFICE. We have a CLEAR CHOICE” RAPHAEL WARNOCK REVEREND WARNOCK FOR U.S. SENATE GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY

x The difference between me and my opponent couldn't be clearer. pic.twitter.com/1btAXfnCw5 — Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) September 13, 2022

GET INVOLVED! GET OUT THE VOTE! AND RE-ELECT SEN. WARNOCK!

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