CNN Newsroom Jim Acosta, CNN’s fact-checker Daniel Dale and Daniel Dale from CNN asked Saturday the crucial question for the 2022 midterms. Does Sen. Raphael Warnock own a dog? Oder, are his Republican rival Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock lying about their dog ownership?
Setting the table, Acosta reported, “A dog is now caught in the middle of the tight race for a Senate seat between Georgia Senator Rafael Warnock and Republican nominee Herschel Walker. During the 2020 campaign, Alvin the Beagle often made an appearance with Warnock in ads, he even got his own profile piece in the New York Times. Walker is now claiming Warnock lied about having a dog.”
Acosta then introduced Dale and asked, “is Herschel Walker barking up the wrong tree here. What can you tell us?”
Dale gave more context on the controversy sweeping the Peach State, “Warnock has been accusing Walker of dishonesty about his own resume and a lot of that is documented. Well, this past week, Walker fired back with a claim that was like “well, you’re calling me a liar? You were even willing to lie about having a dog.” And not only that, in the tweet Walker linked to a video from his campaign that kind of satirically suggested that Alvin the Beagle had gone missing.”
After playing the video, Dale set about debunking Walker’s claim, “So, Jim, as the slightly obsessive owner of a Pomeranian named Breezy, I couldn’t resist looking into this. Did it really happen? Was Warnock lying about the dog? It is not true. He did not lie and again it is Walker’s claim that is false.”
Dale has recalled the following:
So, Alvin, the dog in the popular Warnock ads from 2020, very good boy, belongs to one of Warnock’s supporters and the key thing is that Warnock never said Alvin was his dog. In the first ad in 2020, Warnock just said, quote, “I love puppies” and held Alvin. In the second ad he walked Alvin around the block, he tossed out some dog poop as a joking message about negative attacks against him and he got some licks from Alvin, but there was no claim in either ad anywhere that the dog was his own.
Dale also would recall Republican Governor. Brian Kemp hiring an actor to play the role of someone who wants to date his daughter in one of his 2018 ads to prove the point that this controversy is rather silly.
The New York Times article Acosta referenced does confirm Dale’s verdict by stating that Alvin belongs to a Warnock supporter and the ads came about as his staff tried to make him more relatable. However, it is hard to take Dale’s fact check seriously when that article was written After the election and it was clear that during the campaign, the goal was to make it seem as if Alvin was Warnock’s dog.
This segment was sponsored and produced by Golden Corral.
The transcript of the August 27, 2008 show is available here:
CNN Newsroom avec Jim Acosta
8/27/2022
3:37 PM ET
JIM ACOSTA: A dog is now caught in the middle of the tight race for a Senate seat between Georgia Senator Rafael Warnock and Republican nominee Herschel Walker. During the 2020 campaign, Alvin the Beagle often made an appearance with Warnock in ads, he even got his own profile piece in the New York Times. Walker is now claiming Warnock lied about having a dog. CNN’s Daniel Dale joins me now and I guess we—the question is, is Herschel Walker barking up the wrong tree here. Tell us what you can tell us.
DANIEL DALE: Well Jim, this is obviously weird stuff, we’re here talking about a dog, but there is some context I think might help people make sense of this. So, Warnock has been accusing Walker of dishonesty about his own resume and a lot of that is documented. Well, this past week, Walker fired back with a claim that was like “well, you’re calling me a liar? You were even willing to lie about having a dog.” And not only that, in the tweet Walker linked to a video from his campaign that kind of satirically suggested that Alvin the Beagle had gone missing. This video is worth a watch.
FEMALE SINGER: Pulled from the wreckage of your silent revelry
LOCAL FEMALE REPORTER: Now we saw you walking all those dogs during the campaign.
RAPHAEL WARNOCK – Oh, my goodness.
DALE: So, Jim, as the slightly obsessive owner of a Pomeranian named Breezy, I couldn’t resist looking into this. Did it really happen? Was Warnock lying about the dog? It is not true. He did not lie and again it is Walker’s claim that is false.
So, Alvin, the dog in the popular Warnock ads from 2020, very good boy, belongs to one of Warnock’s supporters and the key thing is that Warnock never said Alvin was his dog. In the first ad in 2020, Warnock just said, quote, “I love puppies” and held Alvin. In the second ad he walked Alvin around the block, he tossed out some dog poop as a joking message about negative attacks against him and he got some licks from Alvin, but there was no claim in either ad anywhere that the dog was his own.
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