All Herschel Walker had to do was not show that damn badge...

[Beautiful Disaster]

He wasn't vomiting all over himself on stage, so, by default that was going to be considered a win for him. He was set. That would have been the narrative coming out of the debate.

Then the dumb SOB had to go show a badge on stage. He just lost the narrative. That was a fucking gift to the Warnock team lmao

That's all anyone will talk about coming out of this debate.

Good job, dumb ass.

[misanthrope]

1. Not just showing it but in the context he did

Warnock: I've never pretended to be a cop.

Walker: You mean like I'm doing right here?

[Cha]

4. TY.. did Sen Warnock have anything

to reply to that?

[CatWoman]

7. ....

[Cha]

15. Mahalo, Cat! Dumbshit doesn't know

Sen Warnock IS ON GOV HEALCARE!! :

GD Shut UP Hershel!

[Genki Hikari]

36. Why would Warnock need to say anything?

That idiot proved the point Warnock had made.

Sometimes you don't need to say QED to have a QED moment.

[Drum]

2. This title: winner-winner-chicken-dinner 😃

[kelly1mm]

3. I think this MAY be a trap. If some county sheriff somewhere validates the badge and says

Walker was/is a member of his/her law enforcement agency this could blow up in our faces. Given the amount of $$$ the GOP has put into this race I am sure they have a plan ....

[CatWoman]

5. ....

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/herschel-walker-posts-honorary-deputy-181157071.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKMiuTfRZUdqxl6TWuiGhyox-HA0AsawANGSAD-KtKeNShssbF8h58cd5FknDYl_oxZF-Z5nCw6snjNId2Jo68BDXOIqnYnbLSplv5hnd2UtbuKxUDynqapshWUi2q7esER8BlaYMrwlGB0yBp9faQfjc3yZFjgBJV-z6flX34NS

[kelly1mm]

10. That is a link to some ID card which was not what Walker showed at the debate. Do you have any

evidence that the badge showed at the debate was fraudulent? I am NOT saying what Walker flashed was legit, just waiting for evidence that it was not.

[rsdsharp]

9. You don't just get to be declared a cop. You have to graduate from The Academy

(read trade school) and be certified by the state. He hasn’t done that. Some agency may have given him a junior g man badge, but he has no credentials, and is not a cop.

[kelly1mm]

12. Not in every jurisdiction in the US. There are may jurisdictions that allow (generally sheriffs)

to deputize people with law enforcement powers without graduating any academy.

[rsdsharp]

16. Name one. What state allows people to have the power of arrest without certification?

[kelly1mm]

22. South Carolina for one - took all of a 30 second google search ..... see below

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c013.php

[rsdsharp]

50. They seem to have rectified that

SECTION 23-23-40. Certification requirement.

(A) No law enforcement officer employed or appointed on or after July 1, 2022, by any public law enforcement agency in this State is authorized to enforce the laws or ordinances of this State or any political subdivision thereof unless he has been certified as qualified by the council, except that any public law enforcement agency in this State may appoint or employ as a law enforcement officer, a person who is not certified if, within one year after the date of employment or appointment, the person secures certification from the council; provided, that if any public law enforcement agency employs or appoints as a law enforcement officer a person who is not certified, the person shall not perform any of the duties of a law enforcement officer involving the control or direction of members of the public or exercising the power of arrest until he has successfully completed a firearms qualification program approved by the council; and provided, further, that within three working days of employment, the academy must be notified by a public law enforcement agency that a person has been employed by that agency as a law enforcement officer, and within three working days of the notice the firearms qualification program as approved by the director must be provided to the newly hired personnel; and shall only perform his duties as a law enforcement officer while accompanied by a certified law enforcement officer. If the firearms qualification program approved by the director is not available within three working days after receipt of the notice, then the public law enforcement agency making the request for the firearms qualification program may employ the person to perform any of the duties of a law enforcement officer, including those involving the control and direction of members of the public and exercising the power of arrest. Should any such person fail to secure certification within one year from his date of employment, he may not perform any of the duties of a law enforcement officer involving control or direction of members of the public or exercising the power of arrest until he has been certified. He is not eligible for employment or appointment by any other agency in South Carolina as a law enforcement officer, nor is he eligible for any compensation by any law enforcement agency for services performed as an officer. Exceptions to the one-year rule may be granted by the director in these cases:

(1) military leave or injury occurring during that first year which would preclude the receiving of training within the usual period of time; or

(2) in the event of the timely filing of application for training, which application, under circumstances of time and physical limitations, cannot be honored by the training academy within the prescribed period; or

(3) upon presentation of documentary evidence that the officer-candidate has successfully completed equivalent training in one of the other states which by law regulate and supervise the quality of police training and which require a minimum basic or recruit course of duration and content at least equivalent to that provided in this chapter or by standards set by the council; or

(4) if it is determined by documentary evidence that the training will result in undue hardship to the requesting agency, the requesting agency must propose an alternate training schedule for approval.

(B) Notwithstanding another provision of law, in the case of a candidate for certification who begins one or more periods of state or federal military service within one year after his date of employment or appointment, the period of time within which he must obtain the certification required to become a law enforcement officer is automatically extended for an additional period equal to the aggregate period of time the candidate performed active duty or active duty for training as a member of the National Guard, the State Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, plus ninety days. The director must take all necessary and proper action to ensure that a candidate for certification as a law enforcement officer who performs military service within one year of his employment or appointment is not prejudiced in obtaining certification as a result of having performed state or federal military service.

HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, Section 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014; 2022 Act No. 218 (H.3050), Section 1, eff May 23, 2022.

Effect of Amendment

2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, in the first paragraph, substituted "qualified by the council" for "qualified by the Law Enforcement Training Council", and substituted ", the academy must be notified" for "the department must be notified"; and in paragraph (3), substituted "standards set by the council" for "standards set by the Law Enforcement Training Council".

2022 Act No. 218, Section 1, inserted the (A) and (B) paragraph designators; in (A), in the first sentence, substituted "July 1, 2022" for "July 1, 1989" and inserted "; and shall only perform his duties as a law enforcement officer while accompanied by a certified law enforcement officer" at the end, and in the second sentence, substituted "power of arrest" for "powers of arrest".

[obamanut2012]

40. Lol every Sheriff's office

[kcr]

44. Do they deputize in the same way that Trump thinks he's classified documents?

Or does it involve something more than handing over a toy badge?

Look, it may not be your intention, but every time Dems fight or push back against something, there are "concerned citizens." It's merely a way to sap the energy out of the fight.

[Brother Buzz]

11. The ID card issued with the badge validate the nimrod as an 'Honorary' Deputy Sheriff

Herschel Walker claimed he worked in law enforcement, yet he's NEVER been a sworn LEO.

[kelly1mm]

14. Are you POSITIVE that this is the ID associated with the badge shown? I am not saying it is not but

I can smell a trap brewing .....

[CatWoman]

19. you're overthinking this

https://newsone.com/4399811/herschel-walker-cobb-county-police-controversy/

[kelly1mm]

24. perhaps I am but I can't help but think the big $$$ the R's are sinking into this race couldn't

buy them a legit deputy appointment somewhere (not even necessarily in GA)

[Genki Hikari]

39. It is easy to learn the requirements to become an LEO

In any state. GOOGLE IT.

You didn't do that. Instead, you just cruised past, "hey, I wonder if..." and made up something that has no basis in reality.

Do the basics first before losing it. It will save you and everyone else a great deal of frustration.

[Scrivener7]

49. Lol. Random church-lady style finger wagging is always so compelling.

[Brother Buzz]

21. He posted the ID card from Cobb County two months ago

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/herschel-walker-honorary-deputy-badge_n_630e3b79e4b088f74237e5d9

[Genki Hikari]

38. STOP

Please stop.

Georgia (and Texas where Walker lived until recently) require all LEOs to be licensed.

ALWAYS.

That means they can't be designated authority by any LEO agency to carry out LEO duties. They must qualify to get the license, and it is not a "here ya go, buddy!" process. It involves an entrance exam, which this nitwit would fail.

STOP TRYING TO FIND A PROBLEM WHERE NONE EXISTS.

[Grins]

33. Obviously it is too easy to be a deputy sheriff in Cobb County...

And a lot of other jurisdictions.

[Genki Hikari]

37. You cannot be serious.

A toy badge (and that's all an 'honorary' badge ever is) confers zero law enforcement authority. Every state has strict requirements for who can become an LEO and how they can become one, including the minimum training required for it. You are authorized by the state to become an LEO, and it does not happen by some random sheriff thanking you for a donation. Here are the requirements in Georgia:

https://www.gpstc.org/careers-in-public-safety/become-a-police-officer/become-a-police-officer-step-by-step/

Walker couldn't pass the entrance exam, no matter how many times he took it.

Also, every state has laws on the books against impersonating legitimate LEOs. They have these laws and regulations to avoid circumstances exactly like this, of idiots trying to impersonate themselves as officers for their own personal benefit. It's not only dangerous to the public when people impersonate LEOs, it also diminishes and even discredits the authority of legal officials. No one will believe anyone is a cop if every nitwit can flash a fake badge.

I can't believe anyone could even wonder if an LEO would grant this blatant moron any kind of legitimate authority. Good grief, it's called a PROFESSION for a reason. Profession always involves licensing, and licensing means people can't just walk in off the street to do that job. Or get handed it to them for 'aw shucks, pere!' reasons.

[kcr]

43. Of all the pretzels on DU that I've seen

This is one of the twistiest.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. It was inevitable that he would fuck it up.

His answers weren't any better either. He parroted nothing but Right wing talk podcast shit.

[Cha]

20. And, he said basically that

people should get off Gov Healthcare and get the kind that Sen Warnock has.. that's just stupid.

Saw and heard it in the Vid that Cat posted up thread.

[The_Casual_Observer]

25. "get an able bodied job and have the healthcare they provide"

Like I said all rightwing tough love I got mine bullshit.

[Cha]

26. Yeah, not all jobs provide Healthcare.

get Private Healthcare or in some case Die!

[The_Casual_Observer]

29. With private healthcare you might as well be dead after

You get the hospital bill with a lot of these plans.

[Dirty Socialist]

8. Maybe he's trying to lose

But his rubes err… “supporters” don’t get the joke

[keithbvadu2]

13. It would be nice to see a closeup of that badge.

[Blue Owl]

30. Bet it was plastic

[no_hypocrisy]

17. You mean a cop the way Elvis was a cop?

Presley, a collector of police badges, wanted a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and to be named a “Federal Agent at Large.”

The badge, aides later wrote, was an “honorary” one, but Elvis thought it was the real thing.


https://time.com/4894301/elvis-president-nixon-photo/

[Corgigal]

23. Ha..

Just thinking about Elvis working for the D.E.A. So he could bust up drug rings.

[ShazzieB]

28. Okay, I just HAVE to post this now.

You have literally left me no choice.

[UTUSN]

18. Hah!

[Lunabell]

27. 😆 🤣 😂 😹

[AZSkiffyGeek]

34. That perfect shot

That’s Dukakis on the tank level.

[Lunabell]

46. Like he is so proud of his toy badge!

It's really kind of sad. And pretty pathetic that he's the orange turd's handpicked candidate. And thank goodness, another candidate may have a really good shot at this seat. It's like tfg sabotaged Georgia deliberately because they wouldn't go along with his election steal.

[rockfordfile]

31. No he was losing. He's way out there even for GA.

Moderators were terrible.

[Tanuki]

32. Earlier this week he claimed he just found out he was "40 per cent Indian."

At this rate he'll be a one-man Village People before it's over.

[Hortensis]

35. Lol, how I miss that?! Even avoiding paying too much attention

for my own good?

He just can't help lying. Apparently he's been telling this one all year (!) and having trouble keeping versions straight. At one point he claimed a grandmother was 100% Cherokee, then later claimed his mother (her daughter) was 40%.

His mother's denied it but has said some past connection to the Cherokee was a family rumor when she was a child. This could be tested for now, of course.

[Buns_of_Fire]

41. I keep hearing Cleavon Little saying "Excuse me while I whip this out."

(Blazing Saddles reference, for those not familiar.)

[GreenWave]

42. Maybe he can arrest somebody for child abandonment.

You know, haul his own ass in for questioning.

Seriously I would like to see the Dems strike back with a stop making our state a laughing stock, Wisconsin, Pa. are you listening too?

[malaise]

45. Good job indeed

Here we’d say ‘him lick him head’- mentally ill😀😀

[Vinca]

47. The gift to Warnock was every time Herschel opened his mouth.

[Vinca]

48. I think my little brother got one of those under the Christmas tree.

What an absolute fool this guy is.