Howard Stern Celebrates Herschel Walker Loss: 'He's Completely Unqualified'

Howard Stern on Wednesday discussed Herschel Walker's loss in Georgia's election runoff to Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock.

Speaking on his SiriusXM show, the popular host at first said he didn't "want to get political because I know it's boring because there's so many people who talk politics for a living and do it better than I do." However, he then delved into talking about the heavily-watched Senate race.

"But I was personally gratified to see that Herschel Walker lost. But do you know, as I was saying to my wife this morning, only by a hundred thousand votes, there's still a lot of morons out there that would elect a guy like that," Stern said.

Walker, the Republican candidate who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, was narrowly defeated by Warnock in the Tuesday race. During the campaign, the conservative Walker—a former star NFL athlete—faced allegations of paying women to have abortions and questions about his residency.

"He's completely unqualified," Stern said.

"I mean, I got no problem with Herschel Walker as a football player, and I understand he's a beloved football hero in Georgia," Stern continued. "Come on, dude, you could not—Well, he lost, so good for you people of Georgia. I mean, the guy's a total embarrassment, and if you would've elected him, I don't know what I would have thought of you."

Stern and co-host Robin Quivers shifted into talking about how two Trump Organization companies were found guilty by a Manhattan jury on multiple charges of criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records.

"And somehow Trump has nothing to do with it again," Stern said sarcastically.

The radio host, who frequently criticizes the former president, added, "It is amazing that with like the charity, the Trump University, all these things and never his fault. Never Donald's fault. He never is the one. He knows nothing about any of this. It's really remarkable how he's managed to avoid any responsibility in any of this stuff."

Stern then returned to the subject of the Georgia Senate runoff and complimented Warnock.

"This guy, Raphael Warnock, who seems to be a decent guy, a well-spoken guy, a knowledgeable guy, got 51.4 percent of the vote. Herschel got 48.6 percent of the vote. So that's with 95 percent of the votes reported," He said, citing reported voter results. "And they're calling Raphael Warnock the winner in Georgia."

Stern added that he doesn't actually care what either man stands for, but he simply couldn't support Walker because the former athlete often sounds unintelligible when speaking.

Newsweek reached out to Stern for further comment.

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