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Celerity

(43,408 posts)
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 02:27 AM Jul 2021

Footballer-Turned-GOP Hopeful Herschel Walker Threatened Ex-Wife, Inflated Wealth: Docs



https://www.thedailybeast.com/herschel-walker-threatened-ex-wife-inflated-wealth-docs-show



Former NFL star and potential Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker has made a name for himself in conservative media circles, but that hasn’t obscured a checkered past. The Associated Press dug into records tied to Walker’s business dealings and divorce, finding allegations that he threatened his ex-wife’s life, inflated his wealth, and had unpredictable behavior. Walker has long noted his diagnosis of dissociative personality disorder, with a 2008 book noting how the disorder left him with violent feelings. Despite claiming he sought professional help, ex-wife Cindy Grossman filed a protective order in late 2005, claiming he was violent toward her.

Walker has also exaggerated his business dealings, claiming to have hired hundreds of employees for his company despite filing an application for a $182,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan that listed the number as eight. Business associates also noted that, despite Walker’s claims, he does not own a chicken processing plant. Walker did not respond to the AP’s requests for comment.



https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-sports-nfl-college-football-coronavirus-pandemic-5e2875eec11e93f9a3bf1fc859137ff8
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Footballer-Turned-GOP Hopeful Herschel Walker Threatened Ex-Wife, Inflated Wealth: Docs (Original Post) Celerity Jul 2021 OP
You want to have your entire life put under a microscope anew? Because running for office is how RockRaven Jul 2021 #1
... and his son... ugh... young candace..ultra anti-black Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #2
holy fucking shit! As an openly gay black man, surely that all has to be a giant piss-take? No? Celerity Jul 2021 #3
he's all over twitter with that nonsense, for past years, so I guess it's how he really feels Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #4
madness that he is so unaware what the VAST majority of QMAGAts would do to him if given a free hand Celerity Jul 2021 #9
QMAGAS and Mike Pence ! OnDoutside Jul 2021 #11
Sad, full of self-hatred. His old man is a wreck too. Correlation there? brush Jul 2021 #5
After reading the AP story, I can see why TFG likes him. nt Buns_of_Fire Jul 2021 #6
I saw Herschel play when I was SilverDawg Jul 2021 #18
In other words, the perfect Republican candidate Bucky Jul 2021 #7
he is, smdh. The worse of a human you are, the higher on the Rethug success scale you climb Celerity Jul 2021 #10
Plus they have some bad qualities too Bucky Jul 2021 #15
Sounds about right for a Republican Thtwudbeme Jul 2021 #8
He's dumb as a rock keithsw Jul 2021 #12
With this on his resume, North Shore Chicago Jul 2021 #13
This candidate is a walking Psyop. All for divide and conquer. Nt Baked Potato Jul 2021 #14
He's their guy - he passed the background check lame54 Jul 2021 #16
Sounds a lot like The Former Guy... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #17
Dear Herschel, they were never going to like you anyways. Maru Kitteh Jul 2021 #19
TFG probably screwed Georgia out of a national championship by illegally recruiting Walker ... dawg Jul 2021 #20

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
1. You want to have your entire life put under a microscope anew? Because running for office is how
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 02:34 AM
Jul 2021

you have your entire life put under a microscope anew...

Good luck with that, jerk.

Celerity

(43,408 posts)
3. holy fucking shit! As an openly gay black man, surely that all has to be a giant piss-take? No?
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 03:09 AM
Jul 2021

ffs, he is insanely brainwashed if he actually believes what he is saying!

omg

Celerity

(43,408 posts)
9. madness that he is so unaware what the VAST majority of QMAGAts would do to him if given a free hand
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 04:16 AM
Jul 2021

He is the most depressing person I have introduced to in months.

SilverDawg

(798 posts)
18. I saw Herschel play when I was
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 03:30 PM
Jul 2021

at UGA. I think his association with TFG is influencing his decision making - both past and present.

Celerity

(43,408 posts)
10. he is, smdh. The worse of a human you are, the higher on the Rethug success scale you climb
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 04:21 AM
Jul 2021

as a general rule of thumb, at least in regardless to greed, lust, lying, megalomania, confidence gaming, hate, misogyny, wilful ignorance, sophistry, hypocrisy, etc.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
19. Dear Herschel, they were never going to like you anyways.
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 03:42 PM
Jul 2021

Never. Doesn't matter what you did, how hard you tried. You will never, ever, ever be acceptable. "Good enough to hire not good enough to marry," so to speak.

They like having you to use, Herschel, and that's it.



dawg

(10,624 posts)
20. TFG probably screwed Georgia out of a national championship by illegally recruiting Walker ...
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 04:11 PM
Jul 2021

for his stupid USFL team, costing Walker his eligiblity and leaving Georgia with a Heisman-sized hole at running back.

TFG? FTG!!!

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