GA-SEN 2022 Megathread: Werewolves and Vampires

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Am I the only one who doesn't see a problem with Walker having these other children? They weren't "secret", they just weren't publicized during the campaign, which is completely fine to do.

The problem isn’t Walker having other children, it’s hiding them from the public, not being a part of their lives, and then lecturing the black community about absent fatherhood and how it’s the root of all social ills.

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“Walker lies ‘like he’s breathing’” is not a quote you’d want to see in an attack ad if you work for his campaign.

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He apparently sent the woman a "get well" card with the check.

That's amazing.

The picture of the actual card in the article is hilarious. “Pray you are feeling better” — like she had the flu or something.

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I know we often like to dismiss the impact these kinds of stories can have on elections, especially in this age of polarization, but in a race that is going to be as close as this one, this type of story could seriously harm Walker's chances.

Particularly given the upcoming debate. There’s no way this doesn’t get brought up.

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Life pro-tip: don’t read the replies to that tweet. Some truly heinous stuff in there.

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https://twitter.com/HerschelWalker/status/1577115984452030464?s=20&t=Y0Cn4_I...

There’s something terribly sad about this playing out on Twitter.

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Walker has backed out of the October 14 debate:

https://www.bet.com/article/xp352e/raphael-warnock-herschel-walker-debate-canceled

RIP to the Walker campaign. Not agreeing to debate is one thing; backing out after you already have is another.

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Cyrusman, Republicans couldn’t pass a national abortion ban in 2017 because the Supreme Court would have declared it unconstitutional. There are no such barriers now.

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The thing is, he probably could have gotten away with that line of reasoning. But to simply say “I don’t know anything about this” means you drain repentance of all meaning.

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So which is it, Herschel? Did the abortion not happen at all, or have you been "saved by grace"? This makes my blood boil so much.

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https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1577827464889393152?s=20&t=g3HBWz8ObJTy...

My jaw actually dropped. This train is well and truly off the tracks.

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*evil laugh*

https://twitter.com/SollenbergerRC/status/1578092483665616896?s=20&t=UXqQSWo...

Christmas in October.

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https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1578420124373389312

If they wanted to solve their issues, they should have fired the candidate.

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Please polls please I am salivating for them

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Lmao @ “this isn’t a prop — it’s real!”

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I'm sorry - what is Herschel Walker's "record on fighting crime"? He certainly has a record WITH crime, that's for sure.

Clearly not only are pundits brains fried but so are Walker's teams

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1581400398275153920

To be fair, “make up little badges and hand them out” is basically how Walker got his in the first place.

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I suspect he’s referring (obliquely) to the old Christian song lyric “red yellow, black, or white; they are precious in His sight.” But it’s still not…great.

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I don't usually think of myself as a vindictive person, but Walker's continued bald-faced lies make me really want to see him go down.

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Pollster is a literal pollster.

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If you were the Walker campaign or the GA GOP how would you play your cards for the runoff? It's pretty clear Walker isn't favored at this point, but there still has to be some path to victory for him. I would do a few things.
1) Keep Trump out of the race at all costs, he will drive up Dem turnout and many Rs are starting to get sick of him. This applies to people like Loeffler or Perdue as well, although I doubt they even care that much. The only people who should be leading rallies in Georgia are Kemp, DeSantis, Youngkin, and maybe Zeldin. They are probably the most popular figures in the GOP at this point. Bonus points if you can get Raffensperger's support.
2) Still frame it as if the senate matters. Say an R vote will lead to conservative agenda being able to pass and holding Biden accountable. If its possible, even straight up say Senate control is still at stake even though that is a lie. You gotta push that the election matters.
3)Shut tf up, just be a blank slate for conservatism. Walker has a habit of saying weird things he needs to play as safely as possible. Let Kemp and DeSantis do the talking.
4) Push for early vote. Despite what many stopthestealers and Trump may say, you need to get your voters out and locked in as quickly as possible. Hedging everything on ED turnout is not a smart move... Support VBM if that's what it takes.
5) Tie Warnock to Abrams - its worth a shot. She is not popular and you need to try to connect that to Warnock. If they are going to try to tie Walker to Trump he needs to fire back somehow.

I still think Warnock is favored in the runoff rn, but Walker's campaign needs to thing long and hard about this if they are still in it to win it.

This is all pretty good strategy, which is why the Walker campaign is already failing at more than one part of it.

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People behind me were blatantly violating the no political talk rule by talking about how Warnock was going to expand the SCOTUS to 13.

That's the first I've heard of a rule about standing in line (or "on line" if you're in the New York area) banning political talk from people actually waiting. I would think that may violate 1st amendment provisions since it's the voters themselves talking, not a campaign (electioneering).

In Louisiana "electioneering" is broadly defined as "any person" attempting "to solicit in any manner or by any means whatsoever any other person to vote for or against any candidate or proposition being voted on in such election." Wearing campaign merch or even talking about candidates (favorably or otherwise) is a no-go within 600 feet of a polling place. It may be the same in Georgia.

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https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1597767177402486784

Republicans should be deeply embarrassed to vote for this man

Always fun to watch someone lose control of a metaphor in real time.

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Another Southern state breaks the Needle - an election night tradition.

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If Walker loses (which seems increasingly more likely), I wonder if he's going to come up with some really funny excuse for why he lost, or just go literally silent like Oz. I keep checking and Oz has literally posted nothing on his Insta since Nov 8.

Probably a good chance he just completely forgets about the whole thing by tomorrow.

Or he perpetually lives in a 50 First Dates scenario where he thinks he's still running for Senate and no one has the heart to tell him.

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The Approvals are Stella on all our Incumbents

Woof!