kmiller wrote:
> On 11/30/2022 10:23 PM, bfh wrote:
>>
film...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 8:16:07 PM UTC-8, bfh wrote:
>>>> kmiller wrote:
>>>>> In a campaign speech earlier this year, Herschel Walker, the
>>>>> Republican candidate for US Senate in Georgia, said:
>>>>> “I
>>>>> live in Texas.â€
>>>>>
>>>>> Related: Record early voting in runoff for Georgia Senate seat
>>>>>
>>>>> The US constitution says senators must be 30 years old, a
>>>>> citizen for nine years, and “shall …
>>>>> when elected,
>>>>> be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be
>>>>> chosen†.
>>>>>
>>>>> Republicans have been burned by a similar issue already this
>>>>> year, in another close Senate race. In Pennsylvania, the
>>>>> Democratic candidate, John Fetterman, focused on questions
>>>>> about whether his opponent, the TV doctor Mehmet Oz, actually
>>>>> lived in New Jersey. Fetterman ultimately won convincingly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Control of the Senate has already been decided but victory in
>>>>> Georgia would give Democrats outright control by 51-49.
>>>>>
>>>>> Walker will face the Democratic incumbent, Raphael Warnock, in
>>>>> a runoff next Tuesday, a contest triggered when Warnock
>>>>> received the most votes on election day but did not pass 50% of
>>>>> the vote. Polling puts the two candidates near-level, with
>>>>> early voting at record levels.
>>>>>
>>>>> Endorsed by Donald Trump, Walker has ridden controversies over
>>>>> his business record, alleged encouragement of abortions,
>>>>> family relationships, and more.
>>>>>
>>>>> A football star for the University of Georgia, he went on to
>>>>> star for the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL. Earlier this month, CNN
>>>>> reported that he was benefiting from a tax break on a Dallas
>>>>> home described as his principal residence.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, CNN returned to the well, reporting that in
>>>>> January, while discussing immigration policy in a speech to
>>>>> Republicans at the University of Georgia, Walker said:
>>>>> “I
>>>>> live in Texas … I went down to the border off and on
>>>>> sometimes.â€
>>>>>
>>>>> Walker also said: “Everyone asks me, why did I
>>>>> decide to
>>>>> run for a Senate seat? Because to be honest with you, this is
>>>>> never something I ever, ever, ever thought in my life
>>>>> I’d ever do. And that’s the
>>>>> honest truth.
>>>>>
>>>>> “As I was sitting in my home in Texas, I was
>>>>> sitting in
>>>>> my home in Texas, and I was seeing what was going on in this
>>>>> country. I was seeing what was going on in this country with
>>>>> how they were trying to divide people.â€
>>>>>
>>>>> CNN also said Walker gave at least four interviews about his
>>>>> Georgia run from his Texas home.
>>>>>
>>>>> When CNN first reported Walker’s Texas tax break,
>>>>> Anthony Michael Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State
>>>>> University, told the network: “This is more of a
>>>>> political problem than a legal one … where Walker
>>>>> can be
>>>>> painted as a carpetbagger.â€
>>>>>
>>>>> Related: Herschel Walker says in rambling speech he wants to
>>>>> be ‘werewolf, not vampire’
>>>>>
>>>>> This week, however, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported
>>>>> that a legal complaint had been filed, urging “state
>>>>> investigators … to probe whether …
>>>>> Walker violated
>>>>> the law by receiving a tax break on his Texas home meant for
>>>>> primary residents of that state even as he runs for federal
>>>>> office in Georgia†.
>>>>>
>>>>> The paper noted that Walker registered to vote in Georgia in
>>>>> August 2021, shortly before declaring his candidacy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nikema Williams, chair of the state Democratic party, told the
>>>>> AJC Walker may have “lied about being a Georgia
>>>>> resident†.
>>>>>
>>>>> “Georgians deserve answers,†the US
>>>>> congresswoman
>>>>> said, “and Walker must be held accountable for his
>>>>> pattern of lies and disturbing conduct.â€
>>>>>
>>>>> The Walker campaign did not comment.
>>>>>
>>>>>
https://news.yahoo.com/live-texas-herschel-walker-speech-131446650.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd throw some spaghetti if I knew which state he lives in!
>>>>> HawHawHaw!
>>
>>>> You've obviously got more than enough to throw some in both
>>>> states, and then feed some homeless people.
>>>>
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>>>
>>> I almost hope Senator in-waiting Walker, pulls off a victory, just
>>> to later follow his adventures in Washington D.C.... I'm betting
>>> the temptations he'd be offered as a big shot Retrumplican would be
>>> quite overwhelming for him, bless his simple minded heart....
>>> HawHawHaw!
>>>
>>> Alas, I doubt he'll be the winner....
>>
>> So do I, but hope reigns internal(ly), and 50-50 is better than 51-49.
>>
>
> Hell, yeah! And, given his record so far, you know you'll be able to
> trust him. HawHawHaw!
I've never trusted a politician of any feather.