We are just going to follow along in this article from The Guardian because direct quotes from Walker and referenced reported to CNN do not count against our three-paragraph fair use policy. You’ll never believe this, but Walker gave speeches, campaigning in Georgia, in which he said he lived in Texas. Only Herschel Walker. Even Oz never got it confused as to what he was supposed to say.

In a campaign speech earlier this year, Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Georgia, said: “I live in Texas.”

He is campaigning in Georgia, telling people he lived in Texas; “And I’ve got the tax break to prove it!” He did NOT say but should have. Earlier this month, CNN reported that he was benefiting from a tax break on a Dallas home described as his principal residence.

On Tuesday, CNN returned to the well, reporting that in January, while discussing immigration policy in a speech to Republicans at the University of Georgia, Walker said: “I live in Texas … I went down to the border off and on sometimes.”

I live in Texas, which gives me a unique perspective on Georgia. I’m the only one running who doesn’t know a thing about Georgia.

This week, however, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a legal complaint had been filed, urging “state investigators … to probe whether … Walker violated the law by receiving a tax break on his Texas home meant for primary residents of that state even as he runs for federal office in Georgia”.The paper noted that Walker registered to vote in Georgia in August 2021, shortly before declaring his candidacy.

Are we sure that Walker was the one who filled out the registration? Because he kept talking about Texas early this year. Even Oz figured out you have to say you are from the right state.

Nikema Williams, chair of the state Democratic party, told the AJC Walker may have “lied about being a Georgia resident”

Hey. Hey. Hey. Be careful using the word “lied” around Walker. This is a guy who forgot the number of kids he had, or forgot to mention it. It is not a lie if he really thought it was fine to believe he could live in Texas and run in Georgia. It is just a kick in the nuts. Again.

Good thing he was never a soccer player, or he’d have been scoring on his own goal all the time.

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