Eugene Robinson: Herschel Walker Would Be A New Low In The Senate
>>> THEY TALK ABOUT THE GREEN >>> THEY TALK ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL. YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE. I’M GOING TO HELP Y’ALL WITH THAT REAL QUICKLY, AND I’M GOING TO DO IT IN THE WRIGHTSVILLE WAY, SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I’M SAYING. WE, IN AMERICA, HAVE SOME OF THE CLEANEST AIR AND CLEANEST WATER OF ANYBODY IN THE WORLD. WHAT WE DO, WE’RE GOING TO PUT, FROM THE GREEN NEW DEAL, MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CLEAN OUR GOOD AIR UP. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, CHINA AND INDIA AIN’T PUTTING NOTHING IN CLEANING THEIR SITUATION UP.
THEIR BAD AIR. BUT SINCE WE DON’T CONTROL THE AIR, OUR GOOD AIR DECIDED TO FLOAT OVER TO CHINA, BAD AIR. SO WHEN CHINA GETS OUR GOOD AIR, THEIR BAD AIR GOT TO MOVE. SO IT MOVES OVER TO OUR GOOD AIR SPACE. NOW, WE GT TO CLEAN THATOT TO CL UP. >> THAT’S YOUR REPUBLICAN SENATE NOMINEE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, HERSCHEL WALK E, LAST MONTH WITH HIS TAKE ON HOW AIR POLLUTION WORKS. NOW, WALKER IS CRITICIZING THE DEMOCRATS’ NEW LAW THAT COMMITS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CLIMATE SPENDING, ARGUING, TOO MUCH MONEY IS, QUOTE, GOING TO
TREES. THE FORMER FOOTBALL STAR SAID, QUOTE, THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO FOOL YOU THAT THEY ARE HELPING OUT, BUT THEY’RE NOT. A LOT OF MONEY, IT’S GOING
ABOUT THE SENATE CANDIDATES. BLAKE MASTERS, DR. OZ, HERSCHEL WALKER ALONG THEM. ON THE ONE HAND, IT IS COMICAL TO LISTEN TO HERSCHEL WALKER SPEAK AT SOME OF THESE EVENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE SHOULD BE SOME STANDARDS, SHOULD THERE NOT? CALL ME OLD FASHION, TO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. >> YOU ARE SO OLD FASHIONED. >> SORRY. >> IF YOU — >> IT’S A LOST CAUSE. >> — LOOK AT THE RECENT ROSTER OF THE SENATE, THAT SHIP HAS SAILED, I’M AFRAID. HERSCHEL WALKER WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE A NEW LOW. I GUESS TO TAKE A POSITION
OF ANTI-TREE IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING NEW IN POLITICS. IN OUR POLITICS AT LEAST. IT’S INSANE. HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA ABOUT HOW, LIKE, AIR WORKS AND HOW TREES WORK AND TO SAY NOTHING OF CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT THERE HE IS, HE COULD BE THE NEXT SENATOR FROM GEORGIA. NOW, HE IS TRAILING REVEREND WARNOCK RIGHT NOW BY A FEW POINTS, ACCORDING TO POLLS. AGAIN, IT’S A PRETTY CLOSE RACE. HE’S ACTUALLY DOING BETTER IN HIS RACE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT DONALD TRUMP IMPOISEIM IMPOSED ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, LIKE DR. OZ, LIKE JD VANCE AND POTENTIALLY BLAKE
MASTERS OUT IN ARIZONA. >> YEAH. SO, MIKE BARNICLE, GENE MAKES THE IMPORTANT POINT, THAT YOU MAY LAUGH BUT HERSCHEL WALK SER RIGHT WALKER IS RIGHT THERE IN A DEAD HEAT WITH SENATOR WARNOCK, NECK AND NECK. HERSCHEL WALKER, A FOOTBALL ICON WITH NAME RECOGNITION, UNLIKE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. PLAYED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY, CELEBRATED FIGURE THERE. YOU HEARD IT AS THE RALLY, TALKING ABOUT GOOD AIR AND BAD AIR, GETTING ROUSING APPLAUSE FOR THAT EXPLANATION. HE VERY WELL COULD BE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. >> WILLIE, THERE IS NO
MORE HISTORY. HISTORY IS WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW AT THE SNAP OF A SFINGFINGER HERSCHEL WALKER, RUSHED OVER 5,000 YARDS AS A GEORGIA BULLDOG, SEEM TO BE THE BEST CREDENTIAL HE HAS IN TERMS OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE. THAT MAN, AS YOU POINTED OUT, WON THE HEISMAN AS A JUNIOR AT GEORGIA. THOSE ARE CREDENTIALS THAT CLEARLY STAND OUT IN HIS RACE AGAINST RAPHAEL WARNOCK. IT IS ACCURATE TO SAY HE COULD INDEED BECOME A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. AS GENE POINTED OUT, LOOK AT THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE TODAY. COMPARE IT TO THE COMPOSITION
OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE 10, 20 YEARS AGO. YOU REALLY CAN’T IN TERMS OF CREDENTIALS, PEOPLE ELECTED TO OFFICE WHO THINK OF THE NATION FIRST, NATIONAL INTEREST, RATHER THAN THEIR SELFISH, POLITICAL INTERESTS. THAT’S WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THAT’S A REALITY CHECK. THE ULTIMATE REALITY CHECK IS HERSCHEL WALKER COULD INDEED BECOME A UNITED STATES SENATOR. GOD HELP US. >> ICON IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND ALSO HAS TO BE SAID, HAND-PICKED BY DONALD TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP DRAFTED HERSCHEL WALKER OUT OF GEORGIA TO PLAY FOR THE TEAM HE OWNED IN THE
