Herschel Walker Flashes “Prop” Badge When His False Claims He “Labored In Regulation Enforcement” Come Up – Deadline

The Georgia Senate race between incumbent Raphael Warnock and soccer nice Herschel Walker has been a wild journey, and the primary debate between the 2, at moments, verged on parody.

At one level Walker, who’s backed by former president Donald Trump, claimed Senator Warnock has “empowered criminals to assume they’re extra highly effective than the police.”

Warnock fired again, “We’ll see time and time once more tonight, as we’ve already seen, that my opponent has an issue with the reality.”

As the gang cheered, Warnock continued, “One factor I’ve not completed, I’ve by no means pretended to be a police officer.” It was a reference to Walker’s repeated — and false — claims that he “labored in legislation enforcement” or had educated with the FBI.

Then, in a made-for-‘SNL’ second, Walker responded by pulling out what the talk moderator referred to as a “prop” badge and claimed, “I’m work with many cops.”

The ensuing laughter from the viewers made the scene all of the extra like an SNL skit.

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He was scolded by the moderator for bringing a “prop” to the talk.

“It’s not a prop,” Walker claimed. “That is actual.”

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Walker has repeatedly mentioned he labored in legislation enforcement. In line with the Atlanta Journal-Structure, he did so no less than 3 times earlier than coming into politics.

Walker advised an viewers of U.S. servicemen and girls, “I labored in legislation enforcement, so I had a gun.” In 2017, he claimed, “I work with the Cobb County Police Division.” In 2019, Walker additionally advised listeners, “I hung out at Quantico on the FBI coaching faculty. Y’all didn’t know I used to be an agent?”

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The Journal-Structure referred to as the Cobb County Police Division, which mentioned it had no document of Walker being employed there. Walker’s marketing campaign then advised the paper he was “an honorary deputy,” which Cobb legislation enforcement officers additionally couldn’t affirm.

Earlier this yr, Walker did tweet a photograph of what he mentioned was his honorary sheriff’s card from Cobb County. However that’s removed from “working in legislation enforcement.” Being an honorary deputy, an area prosecutor advised the AJC, is like having “a junior ranger badge.” Simply don’t inform Elvis that.