Herschel Walker Responds to Fake Police Badge Backlash By Ordering 1,000 Duplicates for Upcoming Fundraiser
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Herschel Walker has ordered 1,000 imitation police badges for an upcoming fundraiser, which he plans to distribute in a show of support for law enforcement.
According to NBC News, the plastic badges say “I’m with Herschel,” for the Republican Senate candidate’s campaign for the Georgia seat. The campaign hopes to distribute them at Thursday’s Macon, Georgia, crime-themed fundraiser.
Walker displayed his own mock law enforcement badge at Friday’s Senate debate, refusing to put it away after the moderator repeatedly asked him to put it away since props are not allowed. The prompt to pull out the badge came from Walker’s Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock’s calling out Herschel’s lie that he has “worked in law enforcement.”
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“We will see time and time again tonight, as we’ve already seen, that my opponent has a problem with the truth,” referring to Walker’s ongoing abortion scandal.
Walker’s false badge came from Georgia’s Cobb County Police Department, with one law enforcement official comparing it to “a junior ranger” badge, according to Mother Jones. A CNN fact check also debunked Herschel’s lie that he worked for the FBI.
NBC News reported that he has at least two fake badges, another given to him via Johnson County Sherrif Greg Rowland, with whom Walker appeared in a social media video, displaying the honorary medallion.
I stand with Johnson County Sheriff Rowland and every other officer in this state and country. I will never back down on my support for them. pic.twitter.com/ISKFr3dwBx
— Herschel Walker (@HerschelWalker) October 18, 2022
“Herschel Walker has been a friend to law enforcement and has a record of honoring police,” Gail Gitcho told NBC.
Gitcho, the Walker campaign strategist who ordered the batch of badges Saturday, tied Warnock’s calling out of Walker’s lie to the new campaign move.
“If Sen. Warnock wants to highlight this, then bring it on,” Gitcho added. “It just gives us a chance to talk about Herschel’s support of law enforcement and law enforcement’s support for him. It’s a great issue for us.”
The former NFL running back and Georgia Bulldogs Heisman Trophy winner has received an endorsement from former president Donald Trump.
Reactions to Herschel’s latest campaign strategy range from mocking to critical. Read some more of what Twitter had to say below.
In fairness to Herschel Walker, I sometimes pull out my Star Fleet badge to get past security at Star Trek conferences.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 15, 2022
Herschel Walker, you said you were valedictorian of your class. You weren’t. You said your company had 800 employees. It had eight. You claimed to own a company that didn’t exist. You said you were in law enforcement — despite your badge — you weren’t.
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) October 16, 2022
Me walking into Costco @HerschelWalker pic.twitter.com/emrTMGQ0Ia
— Olivia Julianna
(@0liviajulianna) October 15, 2022
The Kroger toy bin paid off big for Herschel Walker. pic.twitter.com/xiwXn1WYAD
— Richard N. Ojeda, II (@Ojeda4America) October 19, 2022
If there is an “upside” to this controversy, @Trevornoah said finally, it’s that Georgia voters don’t need to actually elect Walker to the U.S. Senate. “They can just give him a certificate that says ‘honorary senator.’ He won’t know the difference!”https://t.co/NEUWXNnxNC
— Matt Wilstein (@mattwilstein) October 18, 2022
