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Herschel Walker Says People Worried About High Insulin Costs Should Just 'Eat Right'
Huff Po ^ | 10/15/22 | Igor Bobic

Posted on 10/15/2022 6:46:35 AM PDT by Lower Deck

Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, said people who are worried about the high cost of insulin should “eat right” in his only debate against Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Friday.

During an exchange about the economy and the high cost of living, Warnock touted his work passing legislation lowering prescription drug prices, including a $35 cap on monthly insulin costs. He noted that Walker had opposed the law, which is called the Inflation Reduction Act.

Walker responded by saying the Inflation Reduction Act had not reduced inflation. Then he argued that people who need insulin should think about eating better.

“I believe in reducing insulin but at the same time, you gotta eat right. I know many people that’s on insulin. Unless you’re eating right, insulin is doing you no good. So you have to get food prices down and you gotta get gas down so you can go get insulin,” the GOP candidate said.

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KEYWORDS: chat; diabetes; fakenews; georgia; herschelwalker; huffingtonpost; insulin; lowerdeckasshole; notnews; senate; trumpendorsed
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To: Lower Deck

People with type 1 or 2 need to follow the CDC, MAYO Clinic and doctors’ advice and guidelines and EAT RIGHT. DIET IS IMPORTANT.


101 posted on 10/15/2022 7:54:59 AM PDT by DOC44 ( )
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To: ealgeone

When he played for the Cowboys, he would host a camp for kids in the off season. Wore those kids out!


102 posted on 10/15/2022 7:56:09 AM PDT by waterhill (Resist)
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To: Lower Deck

Seems to me they (Democrats) concentrated on only certain drugs, if that. My prescription drug costs haven’t gone down in any category that I can tell.

As far as that leftist Democrat insulin user saying Warnock needs to be Senator in my state, she can stuff it. She’s willing to sell out the whole damned state to knock off $5 off the price of HER medicine.


103 posted on 10/15/2022 7:57:43 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: GMThrust

“-how does he know which of the two (insulin and diet) are keeping his diabetes in check.”

It’s both. It’s been both for at least 50 years.


104 posted on 10/15/2022 8:01:21 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It amazes me how much "exercise" and "extra fries" sound alike.)
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To: Lower Deck

I thought Herschel did an excellent job last night. I know several people with diabetes and diet is very important. They can’t just eat cake. They need to take their insulin and stay on a good diet every day.


105 posted on 10/15/2022 8:01:59 AM PDT by Halls (Christian, Conservative, Proud Texan, Patriot, 100% Pro Life!)
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To: Lower Deck

The voters in Georgia have a choice between bad and worse. The sad thing is that one will win.


106 posted on 10/15/2022 8:03:13 AM PDT by sport
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To: DOC44

Please stop conflating the problems, travails, weaknesses, challenges, of those who suffer from Type I Diabetes with the problems, travails, weaknesses, challenges, of those who suffer from Type II Diabetes.

It almost never makes sense to mention these two afflictions in the same sentence when discussing lifestyle and food choice recommendations.

Do you see where you are arguably being unduly obstinate here?


107 posted on 10/15/2022 8:03:29 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: dforest

Walker is not running against Warnock. He’s running against the media. Blabbing about a fiery subject that is a non winner and media cannon fodder- he’s feeding the media ammo

That’s not imperfect. That’s a bad campaign move. In October

I’m still hearing about how Trump wanted people to drink bleach. Isn’t Walker clued in to that? No. That is not imperfect.


108 posted on 10/15/2022 8:04:01 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Lower Deck

Maybe someone can answer this question for me. Didn’t Trump have a program that drastically reduced the cost of insulin? I also remember hearing that Biden cancelled it through executive order within days after taking office.


109 posted on 10/15/2022 8:04:40 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: one guy in new jersey

“ Agreed. Better to remain silent and appear a fool, than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.”

Yes. Mark Twain said that.


110 posted on 10/15/2022 8:04:47 AM PDT by stanne
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To: one guy in new jersey

“ borne of honest ignorance…”

There’s no room for that is this race. This year. No


111 posted on 10/15/2022 8:05:45 AM PDT by stanne
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To: lastchance

“That patient ought to maybe see just how much of a life insurance policy the missus had him sign.”

Oh ya. My first thought.


112 posted on 10/15/2022 8:06:48 AM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

Did you see that that answer wasn’t the full answer? Things like this are going to happen as we get closer to tyhe elections. Stay the course because face it, people already know who they are voting for.


113 posted on 10/15/2022 8:09:47 AM PDT by dforest
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To: oblomov; Carriage Hill
That’s amazing. I wasn’t aware that Type I could be managed this way. Were you diagnosed as Type I, which I understand to be an autoimmune disorder, or insulin dependent?

You are correct, type 1 is insulin dependent and there is no cure. You can eat in such a way that you require less insulin but you will always be dependent on the injections.

The endocrinologist of my TWO type 1 children will be astounded to learn that type 1 is curable, reversible, or changeable.

114 posted on 10/15/2022 8:12:44 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Halls

Poor diet causing obesity (not a big issue for Type I Diabetics, who are the ones who fear high insulin prices) is the issue Walker was confusedly alluding to. Why not admit the mistake and move on rather than (arguably duplicitously) try to glean some few drops of wisdom from what he said out of honest ignorance? Which mistake, ignorance, and lazy failure of insight, by the way, he shares with probably millions of his fellow non-diabetic citizens who tend quite unfairly to drag Type I Diabetes sufferers into this indictment that is (largely justifiedly) aimed at Type II Diabetes sufferers.


115 posted on 10/15/2022 8:15:48 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Lower Deck

How is this a blunder? he spoke down-to-earth and made perfect sense


116 posted on 10/15/2022 8:19:09 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: nwrep
He is dumber than a box of rocks even by the standards of politicians. He sounds a Democrat politician from LA.

He sounds like a typical jock. Warnock is a typical slippery corrupt Dem. I prefer the dumb jock in the Senate. The point of running Walker was to get a popular African-American to undermine the Dem base and hopefully, overcome the Dem cheating machine. It's GA, so I am not confident the fraud can be over come.
117 posted on 10/15/2022 8:19:41 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Lower Deck
In fairness to Walker his complete ignorance...

I hope you are the last person in the foxhole.

118 posted on 10/15/2022 8:27:16 AM PDT by Fairhairedboy (MAGA)
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To: stanne

Cost of insulin being unduly high is a brutal burden borne (often tragically unsuccessfully among financially hand-to-mouth patients) by Type I Diabetes sufferers, almost none of whom, by the way, are obese, but are often quite thin/slender. They fully deserve our sympathy, and as much relief from these high costs as can be provided, and should never have potshots fired at them, out of ignorance or otherwise.

Therefore, contrary to what you are suggesting, the cost of injectable insulin ***is*** a valid campaign issue. Walker needs to get up to speed on all of this, pronto before he gets another question for which he’s not prepared.


119 posted on 10/15/2022 8:28:15 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Lower Deck

“Admitted that Biden had won the election.”

By virtue of the fact that he sits in the White House.

That is called trimming your sails. It matters not for this particular race, and why give the democrats venom to spew for the next three weeks and detract from the other issues. Evidently, the voters in Georgia are not very bright to support that anti-America, anti-white, in-the-bed-Biden buffoon he is trying to unseat. Just a few years ago he would not have garnered 25% support.


120 posted on 10/15/2022 8:33:47 AM PDT by odawg
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