Herschel Walker Doesn’t Want Any More of Your Stupid Trees – By Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones) / Aug 26, 2022
His campaign seems to be a little lost in the woods.
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Herschel Walker has had enough of all these trees. At a campaign event in Sandy Springs, Georgia, on Sunday, the Republican Senate candidate and former football star railed against the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act—a sweeping law aimed at reducing health care costs, addressing the climate crisis, and easing inflation—characterizing the legislation as a big waste of money.
In particular, Walker singled out spending on trees.
“They continue to try to fool you that they are helping you out,” Walker told voters, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “But they’re not. Because a lot of money, it’s going to trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?”
Here’s some speculation on what he meant: The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed on August 16, includes $369 billion in funding for environmental programs to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Of that, an estimated $1.5 billion will help fund the US Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program, the Washington Post reports. Walker was most likely referring to this provision.
