Raphael Warnock Versus News Today

on stage tonight, what might be the most important debate of this entire midterm election cycle, democratic senator raphael warnock versus republican candidate herschel walker in savannah, georgia. a race that could control the party for the next two years. the stakes would already be insanely high even if the republican candidate wasnt facing a major scandal about whether or not he paid for an ex-girlfriends abortion despite running oen an antiabortion platform. heres how herschel wal...

ten years before she died. i havent talked about her publicly much before, but she raised me and was like a mom to me. again, you can point your cellphone at the qr code on your screen right now for a link to it or find it wherever you listen to podcasts. the news continues. "cnn tonight" with jake tapper starts now. welcome to "cnn tonight." im jake tapper. on stage tonight, what might be the most important debate of this entire midterm election cycle, democratic senator raphael war...

Ten years before she died. i havent talked about her publicly much before, but she raised me and was like a mom to me. again, you can point your cellphone at the qr code on your screen right now for a link to it or find it wherever you listen to podcasts. the news continues. "cnn tonight" with jake tapper starts now. welcome to "cnn tonight." im jake tapper. on stage tonight, what might be the most important debate of this entire midterm election cycle, democratic senator raphael warnock versu...

Debate. raphael warnock, the democrat, chose to not engage in the issue. he opted instead to question walkers relationship with the truth. >> we will see time and time again tonight, as weve already seen, that my opponent has a problem with the truth. and just because he says something doesnt mean its true. >> joining us now to discuss is the former political adviser to president george w. bush, among many others, and creator and cohost of showtimes "the circus," mark mckinnon. he was at the deb...

>> this is not a prop. this is real. >> it is considered a prop, mr. walker. excuse me, sir. >> yes. >> youre very well aware of the rules. arent you? >> well, he -- he brought up the truth. lets talk about the truth. >> so, its an odd thing. hes not a member of law enforcement. i dont know where that honorary badge came from. it almost doesnt matter. how did that play at the debate? >> pretty contentious. i think theres two issues there. theres one which to what extent has walker represented th...

Expectations. herschel walker couldnt have had lower expectations. warnock had very high expectations. >> and, listen, this is not just me talking. ive talked to lots of friends, republicans and democrats across the board think that herschel walker exceeded expectations and that war not did not meet expectations. he reminded me of al gore in the george w. bush debates. it didnt seem like he wanted to be there. you made a great point about abortion. its the number one issue in this race in terms ...

Being a family man. theres nobody in his family that says hes been a good family man. i would have pointed that out if i were warnock. >> at times it seems it was a bit chaotic on the debate stage. at one point, senator warnock did bring up the false inseine wags he had been in law enforcement, had trained with the fbi. lets take a listen. >> one thing i have not done, ive never pretended to be a police officer, and ive never -- ive never threatened a shootout with the police. and, you know what...

Headlines was only brought up once during the 60-minute debate. raphael warnock, the democrat, chose to not engage in the issue. he opted instead to question walkers relationship with the truth. >> we will see time and time again tonight, as weve already seen, that my opponent has a problem with the truth. and just because he says something doesnt mean its true. >> joining us now to discuss is the former political adviser to president george w. bush, among many others, and creator and cohost of ...

Walker sent to her. it shows the specifically more broadly post the hobbs decision was likely to get a lot more attention tonight and just didnt. >> its really shocking. obviously you think its a mistake that senator warnock has not addressed this issue more forcefully or even at all. how would you add vievise that it. obviously hes worried about the sensitivities here. >> well, i think you just have to take it heads up. and, you know, as many people have observed, theres the issue of the aborti...

About expectation. herschel walker couldnt have had lower expectations. warnock had very high expectations. and walkerdown listen, this is not just me talking. ive talked to lots of friends, republicans and democrats across the board think that herschel walker exceeded expectations and that war not did not meet expectations. he reminded me of al gore in the george w. bush debates. it didnt seem like he wanted to be there. you made a great point about abortion. its the number one issue in this ra...