Trump-endorsed candidate Walker claimed he graduated in the top 1% of his college class. He didn't

"Herschel Walker is Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate for the Senate seat currently held by Democrat Raphael Warnock. That’s really all you need to know to feel justified in withholding your vote, but there’s oh-so-much more, my lovely briny pickle pops."

"Walker recently wondered—apparently without irony—why, if we evolved from apes, we still see apes in the wild today. That’s not just an awful and ignorant take, it’s not even original. You see, we didn’t evolve from apes. Not today’s apes, anyway. Modern apes and modern humans have a common ape-like ancestor that likely went extinct millions of years ago. How do we know that? If it were an extant species, Trump might have actually gotten the 80 million votes Mike Lindell claims he did."

In other words, the claim that Walker graduated in the top 1% of his class from the University of Georgia, where he was a once-in-a-generation football star, seems dubious. Because, well, it is dubious. Yet it’s exactly what Walker has been telling people:

"For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He's told the story, according to a review of his speeches by CNN's KFile, during motivational speeches over the years and as recently as 2017. The only problem: it's not true. [...]"

"Walker did not graduate from Georgia, where he was a star running back after entering as a prized high school recruit. A profile of Walker from 1982 in the Christian-Science Monitor and an article in The New York Times said he maintained a B average at the school. Walker himself told The Chicago Tribune in 1985 he maintained a 3.0 before his grades dropped. He left to play professional football before graduating and, though having repeatedly said he was returning to obtain his degree, he never received a diploma."

Full Article: [dailykos.com]