Wow:
Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker cast doubt on the theory of evolution in recent remarks, saying the fact that apes and humans coexist disproves accepted science.
“At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not? ... If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it,” Herschel said in an appearance at Sugar Hill Church in Georgia on Sunday.
“Now you’re getting too smart for us, Herschel,” lead pastor Chuck Allen responded.
Walker is currently the front-runner in the GOP contest to challenge Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in November. He’s a former NFL star who has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, and he’s outspoken about his Christian faith.
Walker is hardly the first GOP candidate who has run for office questioning evolution.
Humans did not evolve from the apes that you see at the zoo. Rather, humans and apes have a common (and now extinct) ancestor that lived roughly 10 million years ago. Technically, all humans are apes, but that doesn’t mean that chimpanzees are one step away from becoming people. Walker’s summary of evolution is incorrect, and there’s nothing incompatible about humans coexisting with other apes.
Also, we recently found out that Walker is a shitty businessman:
At stops around the state and in online appeals, the Republican Senate front-runner boasts of creating several successful businesses and hundreds of jobs. He views himself as a voice for Georgia’s business owners as he battles for a seat that could decide control of the Senate.
“Whenever Georgia needed somebody to speak up for their businesses, they called Herschel Walker,” he told supporters at a recent rally in Dahlonega.
But an Atlanta Journal-Constitution review of court records and other public documents contradicts statements Walker has made about the number of people his companies employ, their size and the assets they own. The review also revealed a string of defaults, settlements and lawsuits alleging that Walker and his businesses owed millions of dollars in unpaid loans.
And while Walker attributes his wealth to his business acumen, much of it seems to be derived from his celebrity status as a football legend through speaking engagements and brand ambassadorships, according to campaign financial disclosures.
We really need to keep this guy out of the Senate and keep a real public servant like Senator Warnock in power. Speaking of Senator Warnock, here’s the latest on what he’s been up to:
About 1 in every 10 Americans has diabetes, or about 37 million people. It is the eighth-leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Patients with diabetes are also at higher risk for blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, stroke and loss of limbs.
This insulin-cap language was initially contained in the wide-ranging Build Back Better social spending and climate change bill that stalled due to opposition from Republicans and two moderate Democratic senators, West Virginia’s Joe Manchin and Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema.
Now, Warnock has introduced it as a stand-alone bill. The proposal has the support of Democratic leaders in Congress, as well as the White House, although conversations continue about how to get it passed into law.
Warnock’s bill doesn’t have any Republican co-sponsors, but Kaiser Health News reported that at least 20 GOP senators have in the past said they support controlling insulin costs.
Warnock’s bill would only affect people who are insured, which has led to some criticism about its limits. He said it is just one proposal he has offered to lower health care costs; Warnock is also a champion of Medicaid expansion to lower the number of uninsured Americans.
“I’m much more wed to outcomes than I am to process,” the freshman Democrat from Atlanta said. “I think that if you’re too focused on the process, then you might fail to see that there’s another path, and so I am open to how we get it done. But I’m heartened by what I’m seeing from my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Diabetes is not a partisan issue.”
Warnock said the statistics show the problem is more acute in conservative states such as Georgia, where he estimates his bill would lower insulin costs for over 1 million patients, or 12% of the adult population.
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