GOP alarms sound on Herschel Walker in Georgia

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The next seven days could be the most consequential stretch of the primary season -- particularly for Republicans, who have a series of Senate races coming up where President Donald Trump's endorsements are prompting worries about the types of candidates the party will put forward this year.

On Tuesday, voters in Pennsylvania will sort through a wild Senate GOP race. Trump's choice of Dr. Mehmet Oz for Senate has opened an unlikely lane for Kathy Barnette, a Black veteran with an inspiring personal history but a long history of controversial statements and actions -- including the revelation Monday that she marched with protestors toward the Capitol last Jan. 6.

Even before that race plays out, Republican concerns are extending to next Tuesday's primary in Georgia. Trump's backing of Herschel Walker for Senate leaves him in a commanding position in a campaign where he has avoided debates with GOP rivals entirely -- while largely refusing to discuss allegations of domestic violence, physical threats against women and stalking.

"There's a pattern of deflect, defer, run, hide, twist," Gary Black, the Georgia agriculture commissioner and Walker's highest-polling Republican challenger, told ABC News' Bob Woodruff for a story that will air Tuesday on "Nightline." "It's unacceptable for service in the United States Senate. In my opinion, I think most Georgians are going to agree."

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/gop-alarms-sound-herschel-walker-100119913.html

You idiots insisted on getting in bed with the dotard.

[stopdiggin]

1. the time when this might have been considered surprising

is long past. Intellect, behavior, qualifications -- the horse has clearly left the barn on all of that. Hershel Walker will probably be a reliable embarrassment for the state of GA, into the foreseeable future. Make em' Dawgs proud!

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. "I think most Georgians are going to agree"

Yes, but this is the Republican Primary, where "deflect, defer, run, hide, twist" and "allegations of domestic violence, physical threats against women" are seen as virtues.

[dchill]

3. You are correct. There is no Republican logic or virtue.

Georgians who vote against Raphael Warnock vote against themselves. But that's how they roll.

[uponit7771]

4. +1,

[Mopar151]

5. The codependent vote?

Herschel is "one of their own". " F'd up as a can of worms! "

[Demovictory9]

6. will have be able to avoid debates in the general?

[keithbvadu2]

7. HW managed to become a carpetbagger in his own home state.

HW managed to become a carpetbagger in his own home state.

[gratuitous]

8. This is another fine mess the Democrats have landed you in, isn't it Gary?

It may be that most Georgians will find one of your party's candidates unacceptable, but a plurality of Georgia Republicans might find him to be just what the doctor ordered. But you're alarmed and paying attention now, aren't you? So dastardly of the Democrats to warn you about these extremists your party has been harboring and nurturing. You thought it so totally pwned the Democrats to see their discomfiture. How's the roost looking for all those chickens?

[IronLionZion]

9. Republicans wanted to "shake things up" with a bloviating buffoon