just showing up and speaking however incoherently was actually seen as a win by republicans. yeah, they actually thought he did amazing. that is no surprise at this point as we said last week, most republicans are ready to support herschel walker no matter how much he messes up. but the most memorable moments of the night for walker was a conversation about policies, no it wasn t even about touching a survey about his public service. it was a stunt. amidst move. pulling out a novelty police badge. a response to senator warnock, likely pointing out that herschel walker misrepresented himself as a law enforcement officers on multiple times, after multiple years. and especially after not addressing those claims with any substance. he chose to look like a 16 year old, using of figure to buy wine coolers. in this country, ohio, michigan, to wisconsin.
so it s a surprise to me that the senator articulated his positions very well, but for walker, most republicans didn t want him to scrub too much. and for the messengers that i received, he accomplish that goal. so it begs the question, whether it s raphael warnock talking about abortion access while herschel walker flashing his fake, toy police badge. or mandela barnes talk about health care, while ron johnson is pushing conspiracy theory that he was framed. why does it seem like democrats and republicans are on two different planets? democrats and republicans are playing two different games at these debates? democrats want to talk about issues of substance. and republicans are flashing fake police badges and making allegations that the fbi frame them. but this is nothing new. this is gone on for decades. when democrats are talking about policy, they come in with a power point presentation. tell you how you re gonna help you life. and republicans say things
debate the senator katherine. a fundamental part of the small the democratic process that we have in this country. and hearing political candidates debate these issues before voters cast their ballots. republicans are running scared from that and doing a disservice to their constituents but the republicans who showed up to the debate, they are honestly not much better. voters did not hear them discuss the issues, they just watched a bunch of smoke and mirrors, and cheap tricks in a pathetic attempt to distract from their lack of substance and soul. joining me now is my saturday night panel, he is the host of the dean of a dialogue show on msnbc. and the colonists. and michael is a political contributor to the boston globe, and the host of screen share on peacock. good to have both of you with us. we ll get your reaction, we ll start with warnock. which can only be described as a circus last night. what did you make of it? of course. well on one hand, herschel
she is too dangerous and too out of touch to be trusted with protecting our kids. she will put the second amendment before second graders every time. we cannot let that happen. what do you find admirable about your opponent? no seriously. i do think that the senator has proven to be a family man, i think that s admirable. likewise. i appreciate the fact that lieutenant barnes had parents, a schoolteacher. father worked the third shift. so good upbringing. i think what opposes me about that is that with that upbringing, why is he turned against america? why does he find that we did not. i said something admirable. what a disgraceful stunt from republican ryan johnson. but you know what? you have to give him credit because at least he showed up. marco rubio has refused to debate val demings in the senate race. adam laxalt is too afraid to
be quite honest with you. they are not quite where they need to be for a candidate, or any of those candidates, to actually win a successful statewide campaign. that doesn t mean the states are headed there. because i believe they are. i just think that they re too ahead. so if you look at the rubio camp, you re looking at this and saying you know what we re ahead five or six percentage points. why would we potentially put the senator in jeopardy or risk of having a bad moment which could jeopardize his visual independently swing boner s. they say no. we re not going to do that because we re comfortable in our standing. let me push back to that. there s a part of you as a person that serves in this country that says, i want to do the right thing by our democracy. and if our democracy means i field questions from jordan ellis, or moderators. and i debate myself in a civil manner. we are all better off for. not just pushing out campaign ad, speaking to students, choosing the reporters