People told me politics is dirty, they're right.
My opponents launched a dirty attack ad.
They dug up an old video and took it out of context.
My opponents think that hurted me, but I'm glad they did this ad,
because it gives me an opportunity to end the stigma around mental health.
Here's the truth.
My ex-wife, Cindy, and I are good friends,
along with her husband and my wife, and I am grateful for
all the support Cindy gave me during the hardest time of my life.
I came forward by then in an effort to save lives and
to help people who were struggling.
We need to end the stigma around mental health.
Let me say this to anyone watching, all the veterans and people who are suffering,
your life has value, there is hope, and you're not alone.
>> Honestly, the close of that video,
I think is my favorite things that I've ever heard from Herschel Walker.
I do think there should be less stigma around mental illness,
getting care, therapy, all of that, I think that's totally true.
That is not why he's doing this message, though, he's responding to the ad that he
referenced there, and he wants you to believe that all of this is good news for
him and that the video was just taken out of context.
We're gonna show you the video and I want you to think about whether it's okay to
have a bit of an issue with this, and as you're watching this video,
I want you to imagine what context would make this video okay?
Take a look at this ad.
>> Do you think you know Herschel Walker?
Well think again, listen to what his ex wife had to say about him.
>> His eyes would become very evil, the guns and knives.
I got into a few choking things with him.
The first time he held the gun to my head,
he held the gun to my temple and said,
he's gonna blow my brains out.
[SOUND] >> So, really fast.
So, really first, the context for
that ad is that he threatened to murder this woman.
The context is he has apparently done that to multiple people over multiple years.
Now, look, should you go for therapy or treatment after that?
Yes, 100%.
And it should be available, 100%.
You should be taken seriously, it should be made available to you.
But the idea that for literally year after year after year, he made all of these
violent threats against domestic partners, against random people on the road.
And then, of course, when you add onto it, absurd fantasies, he spun about being
a federal agent and all these other insane things that make no sense whatsoever,
there shouldn't be a stigma around that if treatment is desired, it should be there.
But he's not looking for acceptance, he's looking for a spot in the senate, okay?
And so look, that's his response, he's trying to spin it as a positive,
maybe it'll even work.
What do you think [INAUDIBLE]?
>> I think that the person best equipped to address the issues
that Herschel Walker brings up in his defense of himself, is Raphael Warnock.
You have someone who has a track record of community service and outreach and
doing well, Reverend Raphael Warnock, is better at all the things that
Herschel Walker, he doesn't even say they make him better equipped,
he's saying somebody should take care of people like me.
And honestly what his argument is that his ex-wife whom he threatened
to kill is nice to him now.
Yeah, I'd be very nice to someone who threatened to kill me randomly at random
intervals.
I wouldn't antagonize them in public.
She went and did that interview back in the day.
I hope people get to see that ad and just take it for what it's worth.
And everybody that looks around, and in Georgia the state already said
enough Trump, they need to say enough Trumpism and then the Republican Party,
I hope never learns their lesson to be honest.
I hope they keep doing this nonsense like they've been doing, and
I hope that the only note we need to crack is getting progressives into
Congress who represent what most Americans want.
Because we're more likely to get the change we need that way.
But the guy threatened to kill multiple people, and you know what,
Trump, opened the door to that when he had Ben Carson who admitted to
try to kill his mom or his friend by stabbing them.
>> Yeah.
>> At least Ben Carson somewhat seems rehabilitated, but
Herschel Walker is still in the thick of it man.
>> Yeah, yeah.
Look again, look, if he decided, you know what,
this has been a wake-up call, I'm dropping out, and
I'm gonna use my platform that I have to try to fight against this stigma.
I think that would be a great use of his time, but
pursuing political power doesn't make any sense.
And look, aside from this stuff, dude doesn't believe in evolution.
He doesn't believe in valid public health measures,
he doesn't believe in climate change.
This is not a person who has the capacity to address the crisis facing America.
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