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<blockquote data-quote="728ups" data-source="post: 5427318" data-attributes="member: 33372">I laughedvery loudly when the moderator told him to put the &quot;prop&quot; away[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/walker-police-badge-debate-warnock-georgia-b2203279.html[/URL]A debate moderator admonished Republican Senate candidate <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/herschel-walker" target="_blank">Herschel Walker</a> for pulling out a “prop” badge after <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/democratic" target="_blank">Democratic</a> Senator <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank">Raphael Warnock</a> of Georgia accused him of lying about being a police officer.The exchanged happened during a question about rising crime in Georgia, when Mr Walker accused Mr Warnock of being anti-police and criticising them too much.In response, Mr Warnock mentioned how he had supported law enforcement in the United States Senate and then pointed to a story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-herschel-walker-claimed-to-be-in-law-enforcement-when-he-wasnt/R3JJJGEAEBCMFIXMVOFHYI4HJY/" target="_blank">which reported</a> that he had said he worked in law enforcement when he did not and mentioned a report that he threatened to <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/herschel-walker-threatened-shootout-with-police/85-343f833c-92bb-48f6-a498-820b4d8f649e" target="_blank">have a shootout</a> with officers in 2011.“One thing I have not done I&#039;ve never pretended to be a police officer. Yet, I&#039;ve never I&#039;ve never threatened a shootout with the police,” he said, which drew applause.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="728ups, post: 5427318, member: 33372"] I laughedvery loudly when the moderator told him to put the "prop" away [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/walker-police-badge-debate-warnock-georgia-b2203279.html[/URL] A debate moderator admonished Republican Senate candidate [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/herschel-walker']Herschel Walker[/URL] for pulling out a “prop” badge after [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/democratic']Democratic[/URL] Senator [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/raphael-warnock']Raphael Warnock[/URL] of Georgia accused him of lying about being a police officer. The exchanged happened during a question about rising crime in Georgia, when Mr Walker accused Mr Warnock of being anti-police and criticising them too much. In response, Mr Warnock mentioned how he had supported law enforcement in the United States Senate and then pointed to a story in [I]The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, [/I][URL='https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-herschel-walker-claimed-to-be-in-law-enforcement-when-he-wasnt/R3JJJGEAEBCMFIXMVOFHYI4HJY/']which reported[/URL] that he had said he worked in law enforcement when he did not and mentioned a report that he threatened to [URL='https://www.11alive.com/article/news/herschel-walker-threatened-shootout-with-police/85-343f833c-92bb-48f6-a498-820b4d8f649e']have a shootout[/URL] with officers in 2011. “One thing I have not done I've never pretended to be a police officer. Yet, I've never I've never threatened a shootout with the police,” he said, which drew applause. [/QUOTE]

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