Sitting in the “Morning Joe” studio on Monday, Rev. Al Sharpton railed against Georgia Senate candidate Herschelle Walker not only as incompetent and unfit for the job, but as a “disgrace” to the black community that made him do so. helped to gain the platform. in the first place.
Speaking with journalist and “Uphill” writer Jemele Hill, Sharpton took a dig at Walker, saying that his presence on the ballot was “an insult to all of us who fought and fought to open doors for blacks. Instead of being ashamed of opening up, it should be celebrating two black people running against each other with political views.”
Georgia is two weeks away from its highly contested midterm elections, in which Republican nominee Walker will take on Democratic nominee Rev. Rafael will stand against Warnock. Sharpton said Monday that former President Donald Trump, who helped boost Walker’s visibility as a senator candidate for the first time, likely chose Walker first to run against Warnock because they are both black politicians.
“I don’t think they investigated or cared about: ‘Put a black man, there’s a black man, here’s my man.’ And as soon as he starts to be exposed… it doesn’t matter: ‘We’re throwing a black man in the ring with a black man.’ That’s what Trump thinks. The humiliation started with Trump,” Sharpton said.
“What’s scary is that people are buying it,” he continued. “Clarence Thomas, I disagree with everything he said, but Clarence Thomas has a background and understanding of the law. I don’t think Herschel knows the difference between the House of Representatives and the US Senate, and the fact that he has them there.” It’s an insult to all of us who fought and kept fighting to open doors for blacks. We should celebrate two black people running against each other with political views instead of being embarrassed every time they open their mouths. We say, ‘Oh my god, what’s he going to say now?’
Hill echoed Sharpton that she could disagree with “anything” the late Herman Cain had to say politically, “but I thought he was capable,” she said. “I felt like he understood what the government was. Many black conservatives have fit into that mold. Like, well, I can’t agree with him, but I think he deserves the position.”
On Walker, Hill insisted: “He doesn’t deserve that. And despite the growth that he has, I think if you isolate a lot of these people who are supporting him and say are, ‘Do you honestly think this is the most qualified person to be a senator for a state like Georgia. Where you have millions of lives in your hands? You think this is the best option?’ They would be lying if they said it was the best option in Georgia.
Walker’s senatorial campaign has been riddled with controversy in which the ex-NFL star and fledgling politician has been caught lying and uninformed at various points of the race.
Watch the “Morning Joe” segment with Sharpton and Hill above.
