ELIZABETH: INTERESTING STORY.
GREAT JOURNALISM, GRADY.
GREAT REPORTING.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
LOOK WHO IS BACK WITH US NOW,
GOP CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE IN
GEORGIA HERSCHEL WALKER.
GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK ON.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
ELIZABETH: GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
TRUMP’S ANNOUNCEMENT, SAID IT
WAS HITTING YOUR RUN FOR THE
SENATE, IT WAS BIG FOOTING
ANNOUNCEMENT BUT WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO VOTERS IN GEORGIA
RIGHT NOW?
BECAUSE WE’VE GOT SENATOR
WARNOCK AND HIS TEAM SAYING
YOU’RE NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME?
YOU’RE JUST AN ATHLETE.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO GEORGIA
VOTERS?
>> PEOPLE SAW AT THE DEBATE WHO
IS READY FOR PRIME TIME AND WHO
IS READY TO BE A SENATOR.
DURING THE DEBATE I TOOK HIM TO
SCHOOL, HE WOULDN’T ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE.
HE CONTINUED TO SAY THE THINGS I
TALKED ABOUT HIMSELF.
I BUILT A BUSINESS.
I SIGNED THE FRONT OF A
PAYCHECK.
HE NEVER HAS.
THE APARTMENT HE OWNS 99% OF IT
IS A TERRIBLE MANAGER.
PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN FILTH.
THERE HAVE BEEN DEAD BODIES
FOUND THERE.
HE HAS BEEN EVICTING PEOPLE FOR
RENT WHILE I BUILT A VERY
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, YET IN TWO
SHORT YEARS AS A A HE FAILED
GEORGIA.
VOTED WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN 9% OF
THE TIME.
WE’RE HEADED IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
CRIME ON THE STREET, OPEN
BORDER.
HE OPENED TO PUT MEN IN WOMEN’S
SPORTS.
AFTER ALL THAT WHO IS READY TO
BE A SENATOR?
IT IS NOT SENATOR WARNOCK.
HE ALREADY PROVED THAT DON’T
REPRESENT GEORGIA.
I’M THE MAN TO REPRESENT GEORGIA
RIGHT NOW.
ELIZABETH: HERSCHEL, THE GOP,
THEY’RE GETTING CRITICIZED FOR
FAILING AT THIS BALLYHOOED
MIDTERM RED WAVE.
THE THINKING IS THEY DIDN’T
MEGAPHONE AND BROADCAST THEIR
PLANS.
TWO BIG PROBLEMS, FIRST WHAT ARE
YOUR PLANS TO BATTLE INFLATION?
>> MY PLAN TO BATTLE INFLATION
FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO, GET
RID OF THOSE 87,000 IRS AGENTS.
LET’S GET RID OF AGENTS THAT
WILL COME AFTER US.
THEN LET’S TRY TO GET OUR ENERGY
BACK.
I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST THING
WE NEED TO DO IS GET OUR ENERGY
BACK ONCE WE GET OUR ENERGY BACK
WE CAN GET THE ECONOMY STIRRED
BACK UP.
NOW YOU WILL GET PEOPLE MONEY IN
THEIR POCKETS.
PUT MONEY BACK IN THEIR POCK
POCKETS TO GET EVERYCHARGING FOR
GAS.
UTILITY BILLS ARE GOING UP.
FOOD PRICES ARE GOING UP.
WHAT I WANT TO GET US BACK TO
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
THAT WILL GET OUR SUPPLY CHAIN
TOGETHER THAT IS THE FIRST THING
I THINK WE NEED TO DO, START
TRYING TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS
LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE ALSO
WORRIED ABOUT A NATIONAL
SECURITY PROBLEM AS WELL.
ONCE YOU START ASKING FOR THINGS
FROM YOUR ENEMY I DON’T THINK
THEY UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION
OF AN ENEMY.
AN ENEMY IS SOMEBODY THAT DON’T
LIKE YOU.
WE SHOULDN’T GO TO THEM TO ASK
FOR ANY TYPE OF OIL AND GAS.
RIGHT NOW WE’RE SO FERTILE
UNDERNEATH OUR FEET WE NEED TO
GET BACK TO DO OUR OWN THINGS
OUR OWNSELVES.
ELIZABETH: HERSCHEL, THE OTHER
THING WHAT CAN YOU PROMISE THE
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA THAT IS
DIFFERENT FROM SENATOR WARNOCK
ON CRIME?
VIOLENT CRIME IS UP 24% IN
GEORGIA.
>> WELL, ONE THING I CAN PROMISE
I STAND BEHIND OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN BLUE.
RIGHT NOW I HAD MORE SHERIFFS
ENDORSE ME THAN ANY CANDIDATE
RUNNING IN GEORGIA.
I HAD OVER 114 SHERIFFS ENDORSED
ME.
THEY ENDORSE ME BECAUSE THEY
KNOW I WILL ALWAYS HAVE THEIR
BACKS.
SENATOR WARNOCK CALLED THEM
NAMES, BULLIES THUGS.
RECRUITMENT IS DOWN.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING HARMONY,
PEACE BETWEEN THE CITIZENS AND
THE POLICE.
TO HAVE LEADERS IN WASHINGTON
CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS FIGHT WITH
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT WHAT
IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE
CITIZEN.
THEY WILL DO THE SAME THING.
WE HAVE TO BRING THE RESPECT
BACK TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THAT IS ONE THING I WILL WORK MY
TAIL OFF TO GET DONE.
SENATOR WARNOCK HAS NOT DONE IT.
I GOES TO HIS CHURCH.
PREACHES THINGS AGAINST THE
POLICE, AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE CAN’T DO THAT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE LAW AND ORDER.
I SAID THAT MANY TIMES.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE BORDER, THAT
IS WHAT I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE IN
LESS THAN TWO SHORT YEARS YOU
SEE WHERE WE’RE AT.
HE HADN’T BEEN IN OFFICE TWO
SHORT YEARS WE’RE RIGHT NOW THIS
COUNTRY IS IN A MESS.
THIS STATE IS IN A MESS.
PEOPLE LIKE SENATOR WARNOCK WHO
IS NOT A LEADER.
WASHINGTON TO BE A FOLLOWER TO
FOLLOW JOE BIDEN.
WHEN I GO TO JOE BIDEN I WILL
REPRESENT THE GEORGIA PEOPLE.
THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE HERE.
I WILL NOT SAY THAT WE DON’T
HAVE OUR PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE DO
BUT WE WORKED THE PROBLEMS OUT
TOGETHER.
ELIZABETH: HERSCHEL, DEMOCRATS
THEY WILL HAVE TO DEFEND A BIG
23 SENATE SEATS OUT OF 33 WILL
BE UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2024
VERSUS 10 FOR REPUBLICANS.
THAT IS WHY THIS IS SUCH A BIG
FIGHT OVER WITH YOUR SENATE
RUNOFF.
THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE FIGHT,
INSIDE OF THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE BETWEEN REPUBLICANS OVER
THE THEIR LEADERSHIP WAS HURTING
YOUR CAMPAIGN, PULLING FOCUS
AWAYS AND THERE IS CONCERN THAT
YOUR CAMPAIGN IS NOT GETTING
ENOUGH MONEY.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH
FUNDING?
BECAUSE WE’RE HEARING THAT YOU
KNOW, SOME FUNDING MECHANISMS
WERE JUST GIVING YOU GUYS 10%
AND 90% WENT TO THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN OR 90% WENT TO SAY THE
NORTH CAROLINA YOU KNOW, GOP ARM
OR THE GEORGIA GOP ARM?
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH FUNDING OF
YOUR CAMPAIGN?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL YOU KNOW,
SENATOR WARNOCK IS TRYING TO BUY
THIS SEAT.
THAT IS WHAT THEY DID.
THEY GOT INTO THE RUNOFF, THEY
WERE TRYING TO BUY THIS SEAT.
I WAS NOT GOING TO LET THEM TO
BUY THIS SEAT.
THEY MAY RAISE MORE MONEY THAN I
WILL.
I WILL GET MORE VOTES THAN THEY
WILL.
THAT IS THE REASON WE’RE IN A
RUNOFF RIGHT NOW.
HE DON’T KNOW HOW TO SPEND HIS
MONEY WE CAN’T LET HIM SPEND OUR
MONEY.
I WILL NOT LET HIM BUY THE SEAT.
WITH THE RUNOFF WE’RE ONLY SHOW
IN TOWN.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST SHOW IN
TOWN.
EVERYBODY IS OUT THERE WITH TYPE
OF SCHEME, SOME TYPE OF THIS.
LET EVERYONE KNOW TO GO TO TEAM
HERSCHEL.COM.
WE WILL NOT LET THEM BUY THIS
SEAT.
WE’LL RAISE MONEY WE NEED TO
RAISE TO WIN THE SHEET FOR THE
GREAT PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
THIS ♪ SENATOR WARNOCK HOLDS DO
NOT BELONG TO HIM.
IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO IN THIS
COUNTRY, GET BACK TO THE PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE PEOPLE’S SEAT.
ELIZABETH: LISTEN TO SENATOR
MITCH McCONNELL WITH HIS TAKE
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MIDTERMS.
WATCH THIS.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
WE UNDERPERFORMED AMONG
INDEPENDENTS AND MODERATES
BECAUSE THEIR IMPRESSION OF MANY
OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR PARTY AND
LEADERSHIP ROLES IS THAT THEY’RE
INVOLVED IN CHAOS, NEGATIVITY,
EXCESSIVE ATTACKS AND IT
FRIGHTENED INDEPENDENT AND
MODERATE REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND
WE SAW THAT WHICH IS WHY YOU ALL
RECALL I NEVER PREDICT AD RED
WAVE.
ELIZABETH: SO YOU HEARD THAT.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE SWING
VOTERS AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS?
ARE THEY GOING TOWARDS YOU?
WE’RE JUST TRACKING THE POLLING
THERE TRYING ASCERTAIN WHAT’S
HAPPEN.
IS THERE CONCERN IN GEORGIA
AMONG SWING VOTERS AND
INDEPENDENTS WITH YOUR RACE OR
WARNOCK’S RACE?
WHERE DO YOU COME DOWN?
>> WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM
YOU KNOW THEY SPENT A LOT OF
MONEY IN MY RACE.
WE ARE VIRTUALLY TIED.
MEANT I’M GETTING OUT, I’M
MEETING PEOPLE, TELLING THE
PEOPLE WHAT I STAND FOR.
WHAT SENATOR WARNOCK STANDS FOR.
I DON’T THINK EVERYONE WANT TO
HAVE HIGH TAXES.
THEY DON’T WANT THEIR TAXES
RAISED.
PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP THEIR MONEY
IN THE POCKET.
I DON’T THINK EVERYBODY WANT TO
HAVE HIGH GAS PRICES.
I DON’T THINK EVERYBODY WANT TO
HAVE HIGH GROCERY PRICES OR
UTILITY BILLS.
ELIZABETH: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENT?
>> I THINK THAT IS THE PROBLEM
RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT NOW TRUMP IS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
HE SAYS HE IS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
I’M RUNNING FOR THE SENATE HERE
IN GEORGIA.
THIS IS NOT TRUMP’S RACE THIS IS
WALK WALK ARREST RACE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED ME.
I THANK HIM FOR IT.
LEADER McCONNELL ENDORSED ME I
THANK HIM FOR IT.
HERSCHEL WALKER IS RUNNING THE
RACE.
THEY HAVE SEEN ME OUT ON THE
STUMP.
SEEN ME TELLING THEM WHAT I WILL
DO.
I’M THE FIGHTER FIGHTING FOR THE
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
ELIZABETH: OKAY.
>> NO ONE HAS FOUGHT FOR THEM
SINCE SENATOR WARNOCK GOT INTO
OFFICE.
I’M THE FIGHTER.
THAT IS WHAT I GOT TO DO.
ELIZABETH: WE HAVE ONE FINAL
QUESTION, WARNOCK AND DEMOCRATS
ARE SUING FOR AN EXTRA DAY OF
EARLY VOTING ON THE SATURDAY,
NOT JUST A MONDAY AFTER THANKS
GIVING.
GEORGIA LAW PROHIBITS THAT
AROUND A HOLIDAY BECAUSE THERE
IS NOT ENOUGH POLE WORKERS GIVEN
THE DIFFICULT GETTING POLL
WORKERS ON A HOLIDAY.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE WHEN THEY’RE
TRYING TO DO THAT, FINAL WORD?
>> MY TANK IS YOU DON’T CHANGE
THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST
HAPPENED.
THEY HAVE KNOWN THE RULES FOR A
WHILE.
I’VE KNOWN THE RULES.
YOU PLAY BY THE RULES THAT YOU
HAVE.
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT, CHANGE
IT WAY BEFORE NOW.
DON’T START GETTING INTO IT NOW
BECAUSE NOW YOU ALWAYS GETTING
PEOPLE FRUSTRATED.
I DON’T THINK WE WANT TO DO
THAT.
PEOPLE GOT TO GET TRUST BACK IN
OUR ELECTION PROCEDURES.
WE GOT TO GET THE TRUST BACK
INTO IT.
GET TRUST BACK INTO OUR LEADERS.
YOU CAN’T CONTINUE TO SUE EVERY
TIMING IS COMES UP.
YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO CHANGE IT
THE TIME BEFORE.
YOU DIDN’T DO IT.
ELIZABETH: GOT IT.
>> DON’T CHANGE THE RULES IN THE
MID DIFFERENCE OF THE GAME.
HERSCHEL WALKER THANKS FOR