Herschel Walker’s saga continues—and chances are, it won’t give up until voting begins for the November midterm elections.
While there have been updates all week about his alleged payment to an ex-girlfriend to cover costs for an abortion in 2009—and even a “get well soon” card in his handwriting—further evidence. As provided – the “Morning Joe” crew knows that his fate will ultimately come down to the Republican voter base of the Georgia Senate candidate. And co-host Joe Scarborough thinks Walker may be turning Republican voters down more than ever.
Scarborough said on Thursday’s episode, “It’s almost like a perfect lab experiment to see how little the Republican Party can go with the people it’s willing to put in the United States Senate—the most elite club in the world.” was called.” -Hosts Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist.
He dismissed the allegations of domestic violence against the former football player.
“Willie goes back to exactly what’s so disturbing: that his ex-wife said he put a gun to her head and said he was going to kill her. They never denied it,” Scarborough said. to continue. “And you have one terrible story after another terrible story about his lies, his behavior, his son.”
As Scarborough observes, the past few months, and especially the past week, have raised questions about Walker’s fitness to serve in the US Senate.
“I mean, again, it’s all up to you whether or not he’s actually fit to serve. And as I’ve said, and I won’t be the first, many people have worried for years that they have a mental, Emotional stability may not be required — I’m humble here — to be in the United States Senate,” he said. “And it all comes down to the fact that Republicans understand that he doesn’t deserve to be a senator. He doesn’t know the issues. He can’t talk about any issue in a way that’s concrete, Which makes sense. People in his own hometown, who grew up, whose children play at Herschel Walker Stadium in rural Georgia, say, ‘Herschl?’ He laughs and says. ‘He can’t even be the mayor of our small town, let alone a United States senator.’
Scarborough concluded, emphasizing again: “It’s almost like the perfect experiment, the lab experiment on how few Republican voters are ‘willing to go for their own errands’.”
Watch Thursday’s full “Morning Joe” clip in the video above.