🗣 Jonathan Swan: Let’s talk about a candidate you have talked about: Herschel Walker, the leading GOP candidate in the vital Senate race in GA. You endorsed him. Yet his ex-wife says he pointed a pistol at her head & said “I’m going to blow your f—ing brains out” and…
Swan (cont’d): an ex-girlfriend has accused him of threatening her life. Why is he a suitable candidate?
Mitch McConnell: Herschel Walker has addressed that issue repeatedly over the last 10 years. I think he’s—
Swan: It’s a heck of an issue.
Mitch McConnell: Herschel Walker has addressed that issue repeatedly over the last 10 years. I think he’s—
Swan: It’s a heck of an issue.
McConnell: Well, he admitted he had had some troubles in his life. He’s been an exemplary citizen in recent years. He’s a hero in GA. Almost every candidate’s had troubled periods.
Swan: I mean, I don’t know that almost every candidate has pointed—
Swan: I mean, I don’t know that almost every candidate has pointed—
McConnell: Look I don’t want to argue with it. I think Walker is completely electable. He’s actually ahead at the beginning of this race. And we’re fully behind him.
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