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Ohio Joe

(21,898 posts)
Tue May 31, 2022, 01:28 PM May 2022

Herschel Walker Says Trump is Lying About Asking Him to Run For Senate: 'I'm Mad' He's 'Taking Credi

Herschel Walker Says Trump is Lying About Asking Him to Run For Senate: ‘I’m Mad’ He’s ‘Taking Credit’

Herschel Walker, Georgia’s Republican nominee for Senate, accused former President Donald Trump of lying about asking him to run.

Walker, the former NFL running back who has been endorsed by Trump, told rapper Killer Mike in a wide-ranging interview on Revolt TV that he did not run for office because Trump asked him to.

“One thing that people don’t know is President Trump never asked me. I need to tell him that he never asked. I heard it all on television that he’s going to ask Herschel, saying Hershel is going to run,” Walker said. “President Trump never came out and said ‘Herschel, will you run for that Senate seat?'”

“So, I’m mad at him, because he never asked, but he’s taking credit that he asked,” Walker said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/herschel-walker-says-trump-is-lying-about-asking-him-to-run-for-senate-i-m-mad-he-s-taking-credit/ar-AAXVKCy?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8293aeb8961a423f8a952c721c936e01

Heh, too funny

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Herschel Walker Says Trump is Lying About Asking Him to Run For Senate: 'I'm Mad' He's 'Taking Credi (Original Post) Ohio Joe May 2022 OP
pass the popcorn Novara May 2022 #1
Alllllllllll theatre. NCDem47 May 2022 #7
Head injury Herschel says, "I need to tell him that he never asked." Botany May 2022 #2
Fight! Fight! nolabear May 2022 #3
republican taliban has alway's been a cluster f@#k ! towerbum May 2022 #23
Politically speaking, for someone in his shoes ... that was an unwise complaint to make publicly Hugh_Lebowski May 2022 #4
It's Georgia. kentuck May 2022 #5
Yup! Across the nation, people polled did not want to hear Hortensis May 2022 #13
Now you've done it... GOOD! hlthe2b May 2022 #6
Meh....Political maneuvering... Lulu Latech May 2022 #8
He did just man up to it . .... Lovie777 May 2022 #9
Never known for being the sharpest knife in the drawer... brush May 2022 #10
He's going to hate the Senate so much In It to Win It May 2022 #11
let's hope he never gets there please ZonkerHarris May 2022 #16
Heretic! keithbvadu2 May 2022 #12
BLASPHEMER! Norbert May 2022 #14
Breaking news, Walker discovers Trump is a liar. fightforfreedom May 2022 #15
Well, Herschel ain't the most honest guy on the planet, either. GoCubsGo May 2022 #18
That's one thing they have in common KS Toronado May 2022 #25
They speak like 5 year olds. Boomerproud May 2022 #26
It's true, he never asked ... dweller May 2022 #17
Somebody on his team saw the primary results and figures Trump is a dead weight loser in GA greenjar_01 May 2022 #19
My opinion is he is trying to reduce the anti Trump effect by saying this cstanleytech May 2022 #20
yeah that's really something anyone would want to take credit for bucolic_frolic May 2022 #21
It cannot be true nowforever May 2022 #22
Dear Lord wryter2000 May 2022 #24
ie is such a loser. a 4th grader is smarter than he is. Trueblue1968 May 2022 #27
This is great for Democrats. Kingofalldems May 2022 #28

Botany

(77,323 posts)
2. Head injury Herschel says, "I need to tell him that he never asked."
Tue May 31, 2022, 01:31 PM
May 2022

Go Georgia GOP you got a winner in Walker.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. Politically speaking, for someone in his shoes ... that was an unwise complaint to make publicly
Tue May 31, 2022, 01:32 PM
May 2022

But the dude's obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed, and this likely only helps Stacey Abrams, so ... you go head on Herschel!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
13. Yup! Across the nation, people polled did not want to hear
Tue May 31, 2022, 02:05 PM
May 2022

that tRump lost the election, etc. Second least popular candidate position, beat only by "defund the police."

I was really glad to see how it worked out in GA. Now, if only tRump will kindly unendorse him too.

Lulu Latech

(29,106 posts)
8. Meh....Political maneuvering...
Tue May 31, 2022, 01:34 PM
May 2022

His handlers who are much more politically minded are trying to position him away from being a Trump lackey. They have read the writing on the wall and realize that those Trump ties are not that helpful in getting him elected in Georgia.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
10. Never known for being the sharpest knife in the drawer...
Tue May 31, 2022, 01:53 PM
May 2022

Walker lessened his chances to win a Senate seat even more by alienating trump.

Running for the Senate is not the endgame, Hershel.

GoCubsGo

(34,914 posts)
18. Well, Herschel ain't the most honest guy on the planet, either.
Tue May 31, 2022, 02:34 PM
May 2022

We're talking about a college drop-out who claims he graduated at the top of his college class, after all. And, that's just the tip of the lying liar ice berg. He might be telling the truth here. He might be lying again. Either way, who cares? Hopefully, this is just the opening salvo of those two going after each other's throats. Here's to their mutual destruction.

KS Toronado

(23,727 posts)
25. That's one thing they have in common
Tue May 31, 2022, 04:32 PM
May 2022

both claim they graduated at the top of their college class, hope they go after each other,
so voters see them acting like 4th graders instead of adults.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
19. Somebody on his team saw the primary results and figures Trump is a dead weight loser in GA
Tue May 31, 2022, 02:36 PM
May 2022

Oooopsie.

How bout dem albatrosses?

cstanleytech

(28,471 posts)
20. My opinion is he is trying to reduce the anti Trump effect by saying this
Tue May 31, 2022, 04:16 PM
May 2022

with the hopes of luring some of the same gullible morons that voted for Trump in 2016 that later voted against him.

 

nowforever

(586 posts)
22. It cannot be true
Tue May 31, 2022, 04:25 PM
May 2022

Donald Trump does not lie and if Herschel is saying that then it is a LIE...The Big Orange hot air empty headed moron does not and never has LIED. I hope that clears it up.

wryter2000

(47,940 posts)
24. Dear Lord
Tue May 31, 2022, 04:32 PM
May 2022

Please tell me this man will never be in the Senate. In Your wisdom, You cannot mean to replace Raphael Warnock with this man. Amen.

(BTW, this was a joke, not a real prayer. And I'm making calls to GA and will continue to do so until they make me choose another state. Just thought I'd clear all that up.)

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