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   From: zinn@reno.us   
      
   The liberal elites are at it again, attacking a successful black man for   
   daring to have an opinion they don't like.   
      
   Herschel Walker, the Republican Party's candidate for U.S. Senate in   
   Georgia, is being assailed for criticizing the so-called Inflation   
   Reduction Act. The partisan legislation won't reduce inflation but will   
   spend $80 billion to expand the IRS and billions more to combat so-called   
   climate change. That is why mainstream journalists have stopped calling it   
   the Inflation Reduction Act. It is now the "massive climate, tax, and   
   health bill." Walker is not a fan.   
      
   "They continue to try to fool you like they are helping you out. But   
   they're not. They're not helping you out because a lot of money, it's   
   going to trees," Walker said at a campaign event near Atlanta. "Don't we   
   have enough trees around here?"   
      
   Walker's comments unleashed a torrent of racially charged hate.   
   "Scientists have long debated whether a human body could survive without a   
   brain, and Herschel Walker is now providing that answer," wrote the Palmer   
   Report, a left-wing website. Democratic campaign operative Jon Cooper   
   wondered if there was "something seriously wrong" with the candidate. "No   
   one this ignorant should be anywhere near the Senate," wrote Hollywood   
   actor Ken Olin.   
      
   These comments, among many others, help to reinforce America's structural   
   white supremacy by invoking harmful racial stereotypes about the   
   intelligence of black men. Elite liberals have a history of trying to   
   undermine the credentials of successful black men. Dr. Ben Carson, Sen.   
   Tim Scott (R., S.C.), and Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas have also   
   been shamelessly targeted by libs.   
      
   Stoking racial prejudice by questioning a black man's intelligence is a   
   common left-wing tactic designed to thwart debate and erode democracy.   
   Walker's critics are reluctant—afraid perhaps—to engage the substance of   
   his remarks. Wonder why?   
      
   It probably has something to do with the fact that Walker is right.   
   According to the results of a Washington Free Beacon analysis, we do have   
   enough trees around here, and Democrats are constantly trying to fool you   
   like they are helping you out. "Yes, you heard me right," Walker tweeted   
   in response to his racist critics. "Joe Biden and [Rev. Raphael Warnock]   
   are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry' and raising taxes on those   
   making under $200k to pay for it. Yes, I have a problem with that."   
      
   The arrogance of urban-dwelling liberal elites knows no bounds. Of course   
   they would assume that they know more about trees than Walker, who was   
   raised in Wrightsville, a small blue-collar town in central Georgia   
   surrounded by trees. They don't just look down on him because he's an   
   "ignorant" black man. They also despise the fact that he attended a state   
   school—the University of Georgia—on an athletic scholarship no less. They   
   are terrified at the thought of anyone who isn't an Ivy League grad school   
   nerd being in charge of anything. They didn't even want Joe Biden to be   
   president. They embraced him reluctantly after Elizabeth Warren and Pete   
   Buttigieg flamed out.   
      
   The Free Beacon doesn't care about the racial and class biases of liberal   
   elites. We care about the truth. As it turns out, the truth is on Walker's   
   side. According to Treehugger.com, there are roughly 230 billion trees in   
   the United States. That's almost 700 trees per person. Isn't that enough?   
   Most of Walker's critics probably assume that trees are declining in   
   number, but the science says otherwise. In fact, there are more trees in   
   the United States today than there were 100 years ago. Maybe Walker's   
   critics should spend less time tweeting and more time learning.   
      
   Walker is a football legend, obviously, but he's new to politics. His   
   campaign has suffered as a result. The Free Beacon would humbly suggest   
   that Walker abandon his entire platform and start running on a single   
   issue: getting rid of all these extra trees. It might not be enough to win   
   a seat in the Senate, but a strong finish would make Walker the   
   prohibitive frontrunner to run the Environmental Protection Agency in a   
   second Trump administration. How refreshing it will be to have the actual   
   experts back in charge.   
      
      
   Published under: Feature, Georgia, Herschel Walker, Raphael Warnock   
      
   https://freebeacon.com/satire/herschel-walker-too-many-trees/   
      
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