Herschel Walker gives bumbling defence for flashing ‘honourary’ police badge at debate
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Herschel Walker, the GOP candidate who is facing Senator Raphael Warnock in the November general election, defended his decision to flash a police badge during last week’s debate between the two candidates as evidence of his connections to law enforcement. The former football star responded by flashing a star-shaped badge he’d pulled from his suit jacket towards the camera and claiming he “worked with many police officers”. But in a interview with NBC News, Mr Walker defended the move and said he carries it “all the time” and noted that he was given the badge “by a police officer”. “Everyone can make fun, but this badge give me the right… If anything happened in this county, I have the right to work with the police getting things done,” he said.
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