frankly i think senator warnock is probably doing the smart strategic thing ago of this moment, which is letting herschel walker wallow in his muddy pit of scandal. you think you shouldn t take the gloves off? for the moment you evaluate week by week. what he ll have to depends on, senator warnock, that is, whether there s big spending to keep this is in the minds of voters, and then he may have to decide he may have to take the gloves off at some point. i think he s doing the right thing by letting herschel walker wallow in his own scandal pit. it s sort of like celebrity candidates on display. a lot of them are hand picked by trump. also dr. oz is another one. is this a key test of celebrity candidates and does it underscore the challenges if
terrible candidates. that s not something he wants but is a reflection of the fact that this is donald trump s party, not mitch mcconnell s. what you see from mcconnell is nothing more than a mathematician with a big bank account knowing i have to spend money so i can be majority leader. you do have with dr. oz and herschel walker, two celebrity candidates. walker is a huge fan favorite for obvious reasons in georgia. football star. certainly not effective on the campaign trail. for anyone talking about senate qualifications. i also wanted to focus on something that the candidate running in arizona, blake masters, retweeted. associated press about diversity at the federal reserve, now that two black governors have been appointed to the fed board in washington, finally. finally confirmed belatedly, two
around here? the georgia candidate stood by his comments in a tweet last night. yes, you heard me right. joe biden and reverend warnock are spending $1.5 billion on urban forestry and raising taxes on those making under $200,000 to pay for it. yes, i have a problem with that. joining us now, senior political correspondent at axios, josh crenshaw. let s talk about herschel walker s campaign. is his name recognition, despite the trees, enough to pull out a win, even with these policy issues of his? look, katty, herschel walker is one of a trifecta of republican celebrity candidates who have made a long string of gaffes on the campaign trail. this is the second time a comment from herschel walker about climate change has drawn a lot of criticism. frankly, republicans want herschel walker and all their leading candidates to talk about the economy, inflation, rising crime. these are issues that benefit
do well in 2022, but it s a competitive state. and you just can t afford erosion over issues like sp conspiracy theorys. charlie, i m glad you mentioned the trumpian model. some are warming up to the candidacy, and quote, it s great to have someone who certainly is a game-changer from the very first moment. who doesn t love a guy who has 100% name i.d. and a whole bunch of money. taking a step back and looking more broadly at the state of the republican party, there are a lot more celebrity candidates, whether herschel walker or caitlyn jenner. what does that tell you about the state of the gop? we ve had candidates, candidates who could sell fun in the case of dr. oz. what tells me, dr. oz is running in pennsylvania because he doesn t see a path to winning in
afternoon. reporter: the clock ticking down to recall election day, he is hitting city after city by bus highlighting problems like homelessness and emphasizing plans. this is what voters usually want, right? i do like he was a mim mayora huge city in california. who are you considering? larry elder. i followed him for years. larry elder conservative radio host for decades in california with no political experience but leading the challengers. everybody else might as well drop out as far as the polling seems to be showing. 46 candidates are all fighting to breakthrough as a replacement candidate of democratic governor gavin newsom is recalled there are celebrity candidates from kcaitlyn jenner to a youtube star and then there is non-celebrity john cox. i m a business guy running to