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In August 2022, in response to questions about the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes funding to counteract climate change, Walker said, "They continue to try to fool you that they are helping you out. But they’re not". Walker added, "Because a lot of money, it’s going to trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?"

Many of Walker's statements on the campaign trail have been described as "gaffes" or "head-scratching at best".

School shootings and gun control
In the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting that resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers, Walker was asked about his position on solutions to school shootings. Walker replied, "Cain killed Abel. You know, and that's a problem that we have. And I say what we need to do is look into how we can stop those things". Walker then said that he supported "a department that can look at young men that's looking at women that's looking at social media". Walker supports increased government spending on mental health care as a partial solution to gun violence. When asked about his position on gun control legislation, he replied "what I like to do is see it and everything and stuff."

Walker supports putting closed oil fields back into production and rolling back oil-field regulations in order to reduce inflation.

When asked about the impact of the issue on the November election. Walker described abortion rights as among "things that people are not concerned about".

Economy
Walker favors refucing federal regulations to boost business. He supports widespread tax cuts. building the Keystone Pipeline and increasing production of fossil fuels. He proposes to “lower healthcare costs by increasing competitive market options.

National security
Walker is in favor of finishing Donald Trump’s wall at the border with Mexico. He wants the United States to "heavily invest" in the the military.

When asked about the Green New Deal environmental program, Walker said that he opposed it. "Since we don't control the air, our good air decided to float over to China's bad air, so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move," Walker said. "So it moves over to our good air space. Then, now, we got we to clean that back up."