As Georgia Voting Begins, MSNBC Touts Warnock, Hurls Insults at Herschel Walker

As early voting started Saturday within the run-off election in Georgia for the ultimate U.S. Senate seat up for grabs in 2022, MSNBC’s Velshi introduced on left-wing media character Roland Martin to speak up the significance of voting for Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock whereas hurling insults at GOP challenger Herschel Walker.

“Herschel Walker is grossly unqualified and has no enterprise being anyplace close to the USA Senate,” Martin seethed, whereas condemning Republican voters as tired of character. “It doesn’t matter what Herschel Walker has achieved with regards to paying for abortions. I imply, take a look at one of many ladies who says she has an audiotape of him as nicely; that had barely a ripple. Republicans don’t care. They don’t care.”

Martin, who bragged that he’d be in Georgia campaigning alongside Black Voters Matter by way of December 6, pitched MSNBC’s viewers on the necessity for the Democrats to win this seat, as a approach to bolster their Senate majority upfront of the 2024 cycle: “Bear in mind, whoever wins wins a six-year time period. If you’re Democrat, you’re going to need that seat as a result of 2024 goes to be a tricky street map as nicely. So that you desire a win wherever you may get a win.”

Under are excerpts from the November 26 alternate on MSNBC’s Velshi (click on develop).

Host ALI VELSHI: Roland, discuss to me about this race and what your take is on the place we’re and the way it’s going. , Herschel Walker, each couple of days one thing attention-grabbing occurs with this man.

ROLAND MARTIN: You employ the phrase “attention-grabbing” 4 completely different occasions. I’d in all probability use the completely different phrase. Look, on the finish the day, Republican merely don’t care. What they needed was somebody who may match the recognition of Senator Raphael Warnock. There was some little doubt that they have been consider to get an African American to run.

Have a look at the revelation that he simply took a tax break based mostly upon his dwelling in Texas, but he’s claiming to be Georgia. This feels like Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania actually being from New Jersey, however working in Pennsylvania as nicely.

However the backside line is right here that Herschel Walker is grossly unqualified and has no enterprise being anyplace close to the USA Senate. However keep in mind, Republicans have one of many dumbest folks in America, Tommy Tuberville as a U.S. Senator from Alabama. And so once more, they actually don’t care. It’s in regards to the challenge of energy, about being in management.

And what Democrats want to know, I’ve even heard some Democrats say, “Hey, we management the Senate, Georgia shouldn’t be that necessary.” Bear in mind, whoever wins wins a six-year time period. If you’re Democrat, you’re going to need that seat as a result of 2024 goes to be a tricky street map as nicely. So that you desire a win wherever you may get a win.

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VELSHI: Raphael Warnock is a really disciplined man. He’s a great orator, clearly, he’s a preacher. However he’s truly holding a decrease key on this marketing campaign. He’s speaking about coverage greater than the rest. In his debate with Herschel Walker — that Herschel Walker claims he cleaned the ground with Warnock [Martin snickers] — Warnock simply form of saved to himself. His technique appears to be, “let Herschel be Herschel.”

MARTIN: Nicely, however you even have advisors saying, “look, in case you go too exhausting after Herschel Walker, you make him sympathetic.” I disagree with that. I feel it’s a must to expose him as nicely. However keep in mind, he’s working because the incumbent. This isn’t 2020, the place he was working to defeat Kelly Loeffler. You had Ossoff working towards David Perdue. And so his complete deal is “I’m the USA Senator.” So he needs to have the ability to mission that in speaking about coverage.

However the actuality is, it additionally goes to come back all the way down to — for Republicans, on the finish of the day, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter what Herschel Walker has achieved with regards to paying for abortions. I imply, take a look at one of many ladies who says she has an audiotape of him as nicely; that had barely a ripple. Republicans don’t care. They don’t care.

And in order that’s not what’s going to be the distinction. That is going to be, who can get the vote out. It’s going to be a floor struggle. You possibly can run all of the adverts on tv that you just wish to, however they’ve bought to be doing huge door knocking. That’s what it’s gonna boil all the way down to, and that’s the reason the Warnock marketing campaign is being very strategic by way of actually hitting the bottom all throughout the state.