Herschel flashes debate audience
TMZ lays down the backstory:
Herschel Walker showed up to his Georgia Senate debate Friday, expecting barbs from his opponent, incumbent Raphael Warnock … but ended up getting a scolding from the debate’s moderator for intentionally breaking the rules with a seemingly bogus badge.
The two shared the stage in Savannah to mix it up before the election next month, and when someone asked a question about policing, Warnock pivoted into an accusation aimed at the former Georgia Bulldog star running back.
“One thing I have not done … I’ve never pretended to be a police officer,” the Senator said, “And I never threatened a shoot-out with the police.”
Warnock’s accusations were met by applause and cheers from the crowd, so a flustered Walker tried to cut in.
“You know what’s so funny?” and the 1982 Heisman winner flashed what appeared to be a fake police badge … “I am with many police officers, and at the same time…”
The debate moderator cut him off, sternly and sharply called him out … “You have a prop. That’s not allowed Sir! … You’re very aware of the rules, aren’t you?”
Warnock was referring to Walker’s claims of being a cop when in reality he’s an “honorary deputy” in Cobb County, a distinction former DeKalb County district attorney J. Tom Morgan told WaPo was nothing more than a “political token” that holds no power.
“When I served on the Torrance City Council, I was provided a cool badge. But that doesn’t make me a police officer any more than a stethoscope makes you a doctor,” tweeted Rep. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat.
The QAnon Shaman (a.k.a. Jacob Chansley) drew a 41-month prison sentence for tresspassing in the Senate chambers on Jan. 6 and occupying the seat of the President of the Senate.
Peach State Republicans hope to send a Georgia Bulldog with a memento deputy badge in Chansley’s place.
There is no bottom.
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