Tag Archives: Herschel Walker

The Daily Beast reports: For years, former football star turned Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker has expressed an enormous pride and love for his adult son, while taking a principled stand against fatherless households and deadbeat dads—specifically in the Black community. Walker—who co-parented his 22-year-old son, Christian with both his ex-wife and current wife—told right-wing internet personalities Diamond and Silk …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker regularly praises police officers. But was Walker in law enforcement himself? In at least three speeches delivered before he entered politics, Walker claimed he was, the AJC’s Shannon McCaffrey reports. “I worked in law enforcement, so I had a gun. I put this gun in my holster and I said, ‘I’m …

NBC News reports: Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is out with a new TV ad aimed at Republican Herschel Walker as the pair face off in one of the most competitive Senate races in the country. The 30-second spot appears to be Warnock’s first attack ad tracked by the firm AdImpact, and it features footage of Walker, a former college football …

“One thing that people don’t know is, President Trump never asked me. And I need to tell him that. He never asked me. I heard it all on television. “President Trump never came out and asked, ‘Herschel, will you run for that Senate?’ He never asked. I ain’t mad at him because he never asked, but he’s taking credit that …

Politico reports: It’s a standard political ploy, straight out of a challenger’s playbook: demand a series of debates the moment the primaries are over. Only in Georgia, it was incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock who issued the call for three televised debates, as soon as his fall Senate election match-up with Herschel Walker was set. Warnock’s move made sense in light …

The Washington Post reports: The owners of Daniel Defense, the manufacturer of the rifle apparently used in the massacre of 21 people at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., are deep-pocketed Republican donors, giving to candidates and committees at the federal and state level aligned against limits on access to assault rifles. The beneficiaries of the couple’s political contributions include …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Twice in recent days Walker has fumbled questions on gun control: In one interview he seemed to suggest monitoring young people’s social media activity, and in another he dodged the question altogether. The topic is sensitive for Walker. Like many Republicans, he is an ardent champion of gun rights. But firearms have also played a big …

Salon reports: Hershel Walker, the leading Republican Senate candidate in Georgia, insisted that former President Donald Trump has never said that the 2020 election was rigged or stolen. Walker speaks to a reporter who questions him about Trump’s false election claims. “I think you — I think reporters said that,” Walker insists. “I don’t know whether President Trump ever said …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Over the weekend, Herschel Walker was asked at a Columbus rally about whether he would “stop the gay weddings.” There was much crosstalk in the audio, but Walker responded that “each state should determine that.” Walker campaign spokeswoman Mallory Blount said Georgians should not take that to mean that the candidate, whose son is openly gay, …

ABC News reports: Republican candidates are shying away from the debate stage as the midterm elections approach. Over a half dozen GOP candidates in crucial state and federal races have either skipped out on or not committed to primary debates. Joe Lombardo, a gubernatorial candidate in Nevada, turned down a chance to debate in January. In Nebraska, Jim Pillen, another …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Republican Herschel Walker has raised $3.7 million since launching his campaign for U.S. Senate about five weeks ago, as GOP donors came off the sidelines to support the former Georgia football star. Walker’s campaign said Monday that it amassed the contributions from nearly 50,000 donors in all 50 states after he entered the race against Democratic …

The American Independent reports: Herschel Walker, the ex-football player who announced Wednesday his campaign to unseat Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, maintains close ties to Jerry Mungadze, a homophobic gay conversion therapist. Mungadze has claimed that he can use crayon colors to determine if someone is gay or possessed by demons. And he’s touted his ability to change the brain …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Potential Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker and his wife live in Texas, but she voted in Georgia’s election for president last fall. The absentee ballot cast by Julie Blanchard raises questions about whether she was allowed to vote in Georgia while living in Texas. It’s illegal for nonresidents to vote in Georgia in most circumstances. …