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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 09:19 AM Dec 2022

Memo to Georgia Republicans ready to "hold their nose" and vote for Walker:

Last edited Thu Dec 1, 2022, 01:15 PM - Edit history (1)

Georgia's Senator must be a Georgia resident.

Herschel is NOT a Georgia resident. He has admitted this.

Herschel CANNOT serve as Georgia's Senator even if enough of you dirty yourselves to help him win the run-off.

Can you stand in front of your mirror---or your children---and say that Walker should sit in the US Senate as your---their---Georgia Senator?

If you can't bring yourself to vote for Rev. Warnock, just stay home on election day. You won't feel like you need a shower when the polls close.

ADDENDUM: Mea culpa! As Mucifer pointed out below, Walker IS running legally. This is because although he has claimed a Texas tax benefit only available to Texas residents and the "Georgia residence" he listed turns out to be a rental property solely owned by his wife, the Constitution only requires residency of the state when one "serves" as Senator, not "runs" for Senator.

So, while Walker is apparently a liar and a tax cheat, as long as he is a "resident" of Georgia before he is sworn in if elected, the MAGAvolk say it's all hunky-dory.

Thanks to Mucifer for the correction.

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Walleye

(43,846 posts)
1. Walker voters, do you enjoy people laughing at you for being stupid, or would you like it to stop?
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 09:32 AM
Dec 2022

leftieNanner

(16,115 posts)
2. I'm guessing that you are directing this remark
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 09:36 AM
Dec 2022

At the potential Walker voters in Georgia.

And not the poster?

Otherwise, it's rude.

mucifer

(25,531 posts)
3. from what I have read his running is legal. he was in Georgia most of his life BTW
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 09:38 AM
Dec 2022

it's the psychopath stuff that makes him unqualified not where he lives

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. +100. We'd have taken it to court and hit it in ads if he weren't a legal candidate.
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 12:31 PM
Dec 2022

For that matter, astonishing as some of the Republican senate candidates have been, that party wouldn't have supported someone who couldn't take office. The GA senate seat is hugely serious business.

PufPuf23

(9,709 posts)
6. Who are the financial backers, staff, and policy folks for Hershel Walker?
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 10:54 AM
Dec 2022

Who are his political allies and who got Walker into politics?

Sady obvious Hershel Walker is an intellectual and moral midget.

Irish_Dem

(79,915 posts)
7. I have the same questions.
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 11:20 AM
Dec 2022

Who selected Walker as a candidate?

Who are his backers?

Who manages him?

Who funds him?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. Well, for one tRump, who urged Walker to run.
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 12:43 PM
Dec 2022

They've been acquainted for decades, and Walker stumped for him in 2020 and was generally sucking up to him. In other words, Walker himself as #1.

It's a mistake to assume that a poor fund of knowledge equates to too stupid to butter one's own bread -- very different things.

Otoh, I suspect "moral midget" might require further growth, but nice to be generous.

lees1975

(6,908 posts)
12. My advice to Georgia Republicans
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 01:46 PM
Dec 2022

just stay home. Don't vote. No need your party already lost the Senate. Save your state's reputation.

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