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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 05:55 AM Jun 2022

Herschel Walker Says There Are 52 States



https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/22/herschel-walker-says-there-are-52-states/

Herschel Walker Says There Are 52 States
June 22, 2022 at 4:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard


Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R) told the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show that there were 52 states in the country while attempting to criticize Stacey Abrams (D) for saying Georgia is “the worst state in the country to live.”

Said Walker: “If you don’t believe in the country, leave and go somewhere else. If it’s the worst state, why are you here? Why don’t you leave ― go to another? There’s, what, 51 more other states that you can go to?
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Herschel Walker Says There Are 52 States (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2022 OP
DC and Puerto Rico become states this week? Emile Jun 2022 #1
If only... hlthe2b Jun 2022 #2
Then we can have enough Dem Senators to actually pass some stuff IronLionZion Jun 2022 #12
He lives in the state multigraincracker Jun 2022 #3
he lives in two states then, State of Denial and State of Total Ignorance Escurumbele Jun 2022 #19
50 + state of confusion + state of confusion part 2 LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #4
Uncle Ruckas lives in the state of insanity. AZLD4Candidate Jun 2022 #6
It's probably best to step back and remember when TexasTowelie Jun 2022 #5
Yeah, true PJMcK Jun 2022 #13
Obama knew he had made mistake. Walker is clueless. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #25
I remember back in 2008 when a physically and emotionally exhausted Barack Obama misspoke at a catbyte Jun 2022 #7
"51 more other" is a tell bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #8
I think you are being unfair genxlib Jun 2022 #9
Very possibly. I've been known to zip right by 36 and 42 when I do my morning wake-up count. jaxexpat Jun 2022 #21
And the he added... genxlib Jun 2022 #10
He said that? Maggiemayhem Jun 2022 #20
He didn't actually say that genxlib Jun 2022 #22
There will be! vercetti2021 Jun 2022 #11
Well...if you count the state of Confusion and the state of Panic... nt Lucid Dreamer Jun 2022 #14
my bag of hammers is smarter than that refuKKKchicken disgrace bringthePaine Jun 2022 #15
Huh? liberalla Jun 2022 #16
If we count Puerto Rico and DC MyMission Jun 2022 #17
could it be because more than one Herschel Walker is doing the counting? MissMillie Jun 2022 #18
It helps that the two lesser-known states have names that create a rhyming mnemonic. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2022 #23
He got mixed up with states and the amount of children he has fathered njhoneybadger Jun 2022 #24
He's talking about his 52 states kairos12 Jun 2022 #26

IronLionZion

(45,438 posts)
12. Then we can have enough Dem Senators to actually pass some stuff
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 07:41 AM
Jun 2022

like real gun control, and some price controls on oil. That will make GOP heads explode

TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
5. It's probably best to step back and remember when
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 06:09 AM
Jun 2022

President Obama said that he visited 57 states when he was on the campaign trail in 2008. There will be plenty of other opportunities to question Walker's intellect during the race.

Irish_Dem

(47,036 posts)
25. Obama knew he had made mistake. Walker is clueless.
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 06:18 PM
Jun 2022

Big difference from a cognitive assessment standpoint.

catbyte

(34,382 posts)
7. I remember back in 2008 when a physically and emotionally exhausted Barack Obama misspoke at a
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 06:36 AM
Jun 2022

rally a day or so before the election, saying there were 52 states. We never heard the end of it with the gqp calling him stupid when they knew it was a slip of the tongue. Walker, on the other hand, seems to genuinely not know there are 50 states. And I'm sure there will be crickets from the Traitor Fascist Party.

genxlib

(5,526 posts)
9. I think you are being unfair
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 07:26 AM
Jun 2022

You assume it his civics knowledge that is in question.

It may actually be his math skills.

jaxexpat

(6,822 posts)
21. Very possibly. I've been known to zip right by 36 and 42 when I do my morning wake-up count.
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 08:55 AM
Jun 2022

Never miss 27 though, never.

MyMission

(1,850 posts)
17. If we count Puerto Rico and DC
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 08:12 AM
Jun 2022

There could be 52 states.

But I strongly suspect he's referring to the states of denial and confusion that he and his party support and promote.

MissMillie

(38,556 posts)
18. could it be because more than one Herschel Walker is doing the counting?
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 08:21 AM
Jun 2022

I mean, there could be some overlap there.




(Oh... I hope that doesn't get me in trouble. I don't typically pick on people with mental illness. Walker just makes himself an easy target.)

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
23. It helps that the two lesser-known states have names that create a rhyming mnemonic.
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 09:16 AM
Jun 2022

Confusion and Delusion.

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