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imanamerican63

(13,802 posts)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 08:58 AM Dec 2022

Was Walker that crazy or was he fooled by Trump?

One wonders if a candidate like Walker would actually be able to act as a political pawn, but Trump used him in a ploy to get more votes in Georgia and if Walker actually won, then he, Trump could say “see I know it was rigged”. I think Walker is not that great in public, but yet he’s not the only one who acts foolish in many way. You only have look to Alaska, Arizona & other states with goofy Trumpster running for office. In the end, Trump was a LOSER in so many different ways! Just hope the House GOBers don’t vote him in as the Speaker of the House!

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Was Walker that crazy or was he fooled by Trump? (Original Post) imanamerican63 Dec 2022 OP
mentally hes a pretty sad case. bullimiami Dec 2022 #1
He's VP material for Kanye. And he can go back home to TX for now. dutch777 Dec 2022 #2
Walker rokar Dec 2022 #8
Walker was pathetic as a candidate overall Johnny2X2X Dec 2022 #3
Thanks. Since Im not a sports person, I am completely oblivious to to that world. 70sEraVet Dec 2022 #6
The fact that other members of the GOP fell in line supporting Walker cannot be overlooked. Freethinker65 Dec 2022 #4
Sad! Blue Owl Dec 2022 #5
He is definitely that crazy Meowmee Dec 2022 #7

Johnny2X2X

(19,067 posts)
3. Walker was pathetic as a candidate overall
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 09:28 AM
Dec 2022

But we only see one side of things here. Walker is also an iconic figure in Georgia sports history, he's a total folk hero, a legendary figure who won the Heisman and led the Georgia Bulldogs to a national title. There's no way to describe how big a deal Walker is in the Georgia college sports world to people who aren't big college football fans. He was basically unchallenged as the GOP's candidate, and that was more than just Trump endorsing him.

So yeah, he was a gaffe machine, and generally an idiot who lacked any qualifications to be a US Senator, but it was still never going to be easy to beat him. Warnock ran a good campaign and he's a good Senator. A 3 point win in divided state is nothing to sneeze at. And I don't think people realize how effective the Republican negative ads were about Warnock, they painted him as a BLM extremist who hates all white people.

So I get why everyone here is scratching their heads and wondering how in the hell Walker got over 48% of the vote, well, they shouldn't be, Walker was the best the GOP could do in Georgia, Warnock was just better.

Freethinker65

(10,024 posts)
4. The fact that other members of the GOP fell in line supporting Walker cannot be overlooked.
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 09:35 AM
Dec 2022

Never forget who actively supported Walker.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
7. He is definitely that crazy
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 09:41 AM
Dec 2022

And came he close to winning. Thank goodness he did not. I could care less about his sports past etc. It’s laughable to try to excuse what he has done he is a fraud and more.

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