Herschel Walker Responds to Fake Police Badge Backlash By Ordering 1,000 Duplicates for Upcoming Fundraiser

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NBC News, the plastic badges say “I’m with Herschel,” for the Republican Senate candidate’s campaign for the Georgia seat. The campaign hopes to distribute them at Thursday’s Macon, Georgia, crime-themed fundraiser.Walker displayed his own mock law enforcement badge at Friday’s Senate debate, refusing to put it away after the moderator repeatedly asked him to put it away since props are not allowed.

The prompt to pull out the badge came from Walker’s Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock’s calling out Herschel’s lie that he has “worked in law enforcement.”“We will see time and time again tonight, as we’ve already seen, that my opponent has a problem with the truth,” referring to Walker’s ongoing abortion scandal.Walker’s false badge came from Georgia’s Cobb County Police Department, with one law enforcement official comparing it to “a junior ranger” badge, according to Mother Jones.

A CNN fact check also debunked Herschel’s lie that he worked for the FBI.NBC News reported that he has at least two fake badges, another given to him via Johnson County Sherrif Greg Rowland, with whom Walker appeared in a social media video, displaying the honorary medallion.I stand with Johnson County Sheriff Rowland and every other officer in this state and country.

I will never back down on my support for them. pic.twitter.com/ISKFr3dwBx“Herschel Walker has been a friend to law enforcement and has a record of honoring police,” Gail Gitcho told NBC.