Bad Policies — Worse Explanations: Top Reasons Why Herschel Walker Refuses to Debate Reverend Warnock

GOP Senate candidate’s lies, scandals, and bizarre statements have been put on full display

It’s been more than two months since Reverend Warnock committed to three general election debates against GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker — and more than two months of Walker refusing to commit to debates despite previouscomments that he would debate Reverend Warnock “any day of the week.”

But it’s no wonder why: since entering the race, Walker’s lies, scandals, and bizarre statements have been put on full display across the state — “bar[ring] press,” “pushing away voters,” and showing Georgians he isn’t ready to represent the people. And despite lobbing attack after attack, Walker has failed to offer a single proposal to address any of the issues that Reverend Warnock is diligently working on. 

One of the many reasons why Walker refuses to debate? 

BAD POLICIES — WORSE EXPLANATIONS

Walker can’t defend his policy positions that are wrong for Georgia, refuses to take positions on key issues or offer solutions, and “knows effectively nothing about public affairs.”

1. Herschel Walker supports a national ban on abortion, saying  it’s “a problem” one isn’t already in place. He supports making abortion illegal, even in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.  

2. Herschel Walker refuses to say how he would have voted on legislation to protect marriage equality.

3. Asked about solutions to gun violence, Herschel Walker proposed “a department that can look at young men that’s looking at women that’s looking at social media.”

4. Herschel Walker says it’s “totally unfair” to ask him if he supports the bipartisan infrastructure bill that the Senate passed last year: “I have to see all the facts”

5. Herschel Walker tried to claim that the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named in honor of Lewis’ life’s work to secure voting rights, “just doesn’t fit what John Lewis stood for.”

6. Herschel Walker refuses to say how he would have voted on legislation to protect women’s access to contraception. 

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