Former Georgia Bulldogs star running back Herschel Walker has moved into politics following his football career and is engaged in a narrow race with incumbent Raphael Warnock for one of Georgia’s Senate seats. The two had their first and only debate of the election season on Friday night, and Walker certainly did not help his chances with some of his comments.
The most shocking moment of the debate came when Walker pulled out a fake police badge after Warnock took a jab at the numerous times that Walker has falsely claimed to be a police officer in the past.
But that wasn’t the only controversial comment Walker made on the debate floor on Friday night. Walker also suggested that instead of reducing the cost of insulin, people with diabetes should “eat right.”
After Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) touts his work on prescription drug pricing, Herschel Walker (R) counters that food habits are just as important:
“I believe in reducing insulin, but at the same time you gotta eat right … Unless you’re eating right, insulin is doing you no good.” pic.twitter.com/jzGPNf6bOW
— The Recount (@therecount) October 14, 2022
“I believe in reducing insulin but at the same time, you gotta eat right. I know many people that’s on insulin. Unless you’re eating right, insulin is doing you no good. So you have to get food prices down and you gotta get gas down so you can go get insulin,” Walker said.
While a healthy diet can help prevent Type 2, it cannot prevent Type 1 diabetes as people with Type 1 diabetes are physically unable to produce insulin themselves.
The comments were shocking, and the Twitter world roasted Walker for them.
My God. Herschel Walker said he wouldn’t cap insulin costs because people should just “eat right” instead.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) October 15, 2022
Herschel Walker's answer to why he wouldn't cap insulin prices is that "you gotta eat right."
Is Herschel Walker—is Herschel Walker aware of Type 1 Diabetes?
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) October 14, 2022
Hey people with Type 1 diabetes, Hershel Walker said you should just eat right and pay $1000 for your insulin.#GASenDebate
— DJohnson (@DawnJohnsonGA) October 14, 2022
"I'm all for cutting insulin, but first of all, you gotta eat right. If you don't eat right, insulin won't do anything for you. You need to reduce gas prices so they can afford insulin." – Walker
WHAT?! #GASenDebate
— Bärí A. Williams, Esq. (@BariAWilliams) October 14, 2022
Herschel Walker in response to why he didn’t support Inflation Reduction Act to reduce insulin prices:
“Unless you are eating right, insulin won’t do you no good”
Sounds like Walker doesn’t fully understand diabetes.#GASenDebate
— T🎺 (@InvisibleTweetz) October 14, 2022
If any moment in tonight’s GA senate debate has a lasting effect on the race, it will be Walker defending GOP opposition to legislation capping insulin costs and seeming to tell diabetics they need to “eat right.” Suspect we’ll see Medicare/drug price ads pronto from Warnock.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 15, 2022
These weren’t the only controversial comments Walker has made throughout his campaign. Earlier this month, reports surfaced that Walker paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009 despite his Pro-Life platform. He was also roasted by his son for the recent controversy, and his campaign claims he is a pathological liar.
Previously, Walker has claimed that America’s biggest problem right now is celebrities, apparently thinks that there are 51 states, and bizarrely seems to hate trees.
