A werewolf, a vampire and a runoff
At a rally in November 2022, Senate candidate Herschel Walker told supporters about a movie in which a werewolf could beat a vampire. On December 6, he lost the Georgia runoff to Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Herschel Walker Blames Senate Loss on 'Anti-Werewolf Bigotry'
Every Smattering story starts from a real event and goes exactly one step further. Here is the step, and the line we did not cross.
“All monsters are created equal. Some of us just have better skincare.”
The real newsDec 6, 2022, Atlanta, GA
The werewolf remark became one of the most quoted moments of the campaign. After the loss, the question of what went wrong was everywhere.
The escalationOne step further
Our Walker campaign finds the answer: Georgia was not ready to send a werewolf to Washington. A spokesperson calls it anti-werewolf bigotry and asks for a national conversation.
Where we drew the line
The rally quote is real and widely reported. The campaign statement, the spokesperson and the bigotry claim are satire.
Read itThe story itself
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