Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, explains why he flashed a badge during Friday’s debate with Democratic Sen. Warnock in an exclusive interview with NBCNews.
he had worked in law enforcement, prompting a moderator to repeatedly ask Walker to put the badge away, citing debate rules barring the use of props.
Herschel Walker spoke exclusively with NBC News’ Kristen Welker on why he flashed a police badge during a televised debate which aired on Oct. 14, 2022.“I have badges all over the state of Georgia,” Walker said, noting he also had an “honorary sheriff badge” from Chatham County, where Warnock is from.“If anything happened in this county, I have the right to work with the police getting things done," he said.
Asked why he flashed a badge during the debate despite the National Sheriffs' Association saying an honorary badge is “for“I had a sheriff that gave me the badge — been there for years, I’ve been there for years — came out and did a press conference with me, and said Herschel been with us for years, he’d been working with us,” Walker said.
The sheriff of Johnson County confirmed to NBC News that he had given Walker the honorary badge and said he had no issue with Walker bringing it up during his political campaign.
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