Dear Editor: I agree with the title of the op-ed written by V. Johnson, B. Hamilton et al, and published in last week’s Lake Oconee News; “Georgia needs competent representation.” But we also need someone who understands the will of Georgia voters and I cannot see how Pastor Warnock is that person. He does not represent us when he votes with Joe Biden 95.5% of the time. He does not represent us when he wants to eliminate the filibuster in the U.S. Senate, impose gun controls in conflict with the Second Amendment, promote D.C. statehood, and support open abortion (in conflict with his Christian beliefs). Rafael Warnock is a left-wing liberal and a member of the democratic elite in Washington who would like America to become a socialist country. The people of Georgia just do not lean that way.
Warnock was a strong supporter of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and HR 1, For the People Act which would have instituted automatic (and uncontrollable) voter registration, no excuse for mail-in voting, and reduced ballot integrity. These bills would have subordinated State Legislatures to the Federal Government in regulating elections. They would have paved the way for undocumented immigrants to vote. It passed the Democratic Controlled Congress but could not pass the Senate with at least two Democrats against it. Herschel Walker is an American icon. He was an All-American football player in college, elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, an NFL Pro-Bowler, a member of the 1992 U.S. Winter Olympics Team, and a member of the President’s Council on Sports Fitness and Nutrition. He lives by the mantra “tough times make tough people” and he has overcome some difficult personal setbacks. He opposes the unrealistic extremes of the Green New Deal and supports regaining American energy independence. He would vote to reduce federal regulations that strangle small businesses. He opposes abortion. He would vote against Biden’s new tax proposals. He would stand up to Biden’s insane and illegal Student Loan Forgiveness proposal and get Congress back in the driver’s seat for this large outlay of taxpayer dollars.
Herschel Walker is not owned by the establishment that runs Washington DC. He would represent me, not them. I would be happy to have him in the U.S. Senate.
Gerry Giesler, Greensboro