Post by notbob on Dec 1, 2022 13:45:39 GMT -5
Meanwhile, a steady stream of stories have called out what the media politely calls Walker's "concerning comments," aka lies. He claimed he was high school valedictorian (not), graduated in the top 1% from the University of Georgia (dropped out), and lied about lying: “I never have said that statement, not one time.” The proud member of the party of family values pointed a pistol at his first wife and said, "I'm going to blow your F*cking brains out"; after she filed for divorce and got a protective order against him, he told his next girlfriend he would "blow her head off." He's said his chicken processing business had hundreds of employees and annual sales of $70-80 million, but in a COVID aid request and court case it reported 8 employees and $1.5 million in revenues; associates said he was unreliable, he unwisely wanted to expand into frozen waffles, and besides he doesn't own it. In February he bragged his hospitality business made custom bedding and drapery for major hotels, but it dissolved a year ago and he didn't own it either. He's falsely claimed "I've been in criminal justice all my life" - as "a certified peace officer," a Cobb County police officer, an FBI agent, and an "honorary deputy" a real cop said is "like a junior ranger badge." In 2001, he did have one interaction with police when, armed with a gun, he hunted down a guy who was late delivering a car Walker had bought; after he saw a "SMILE, JESUS LOVES YOU," he decided to seek mental health treatment. He was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder by a therapist who argues it's caused by Satanic demons, tests for it by asking patients to color in brain lines with crayons of their choice, and practices gay conversion therapy.
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