Tag Archives: Hershel Walker

Politico reports: In the eight weeks running up to the May 24 primary, two super PACs supporting Walker’s GOP rivals plan to drop millions of dollars in ads attacking Walker, according to people familiar with their spending plans — ad buys that stand to alter the shape of a race that could decide control of the Senate. Walker is still …

NBC News reports: The Biden administration threatened Wednesday to remove Dr. Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker from a federal advisory committee if they didn’t resign, setting the stage for a public fight with two high-profile GOP Senate candidates. Under the Hatch Act, Oz and Walker are considered special government employees who “may not be candidates in partisan elections” while engaged …

The conservative site Red State reports: Herschel Walker, a football legend in the state of Georgia, is running for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat who currently holds the seat after winning it in 2020. Walker is beloved throughout the state for his time as a running back for the University of Georgia, where he won a …

The Huffington Post reports: Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker cast doubt on the theory of evolution in recent remarks, saying the fact that apes and humans coexist disproves accepted science. “At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not? If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it,” Herschel said in an appearance at …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: An Atlanta Journal-Constitution review of court records contradicts statements Walker has made about the number of people his companies employ, their size and the assets they own. The review also revealed a string of defaults, settlements and lawsuits alleging that Walker and his businesses owed millions of dollars in unpaid loans. One creditor sued in 2005, …

Yahoo News reports: Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker on Tuesday backed out of an upcoming event organized by conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the aftermath of her appearance at a white nationalist rally where attendees cheered Russian President Vladimir Putin. Walker — the frontrunner for the GOP nomination for Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s seat — was slated to …

The Guardian reports: In December, the former University of Georgia and Dallas Cowboys running back admitted he does not have a college degree – having repeatedly said that he did. Then, as January began, Walker posted to social media a short but to some bafflingly phrased video. Critics said the video – and a similarly rambling Fox News appearance – …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Republican Herschel Walker’s campaign deleted a false claim that he graduated from the University of Georgia hours after it was posted on a website promoting his U.S. Senate bid. The former football star’s campaign removed the reference that he “graduated from UGA with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice” late Thursday after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution inquired …

Axios reports: Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker told Axios on Monday that he’s “accountable” for past violent behavior toward his ex-wife and people shouldn’t feel “ashamed” about confronting mental health issues. The longtime ally of former President Donald Trump wrote a book in 2008 about his life with dissociative identity disorder, in which he laid bare past violent thoughts about …

Fox News reports: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday endorsed former NFL star Herschel Walker’s bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, a key battleground state the GOP hopes to flip from blue to red in next year’s midterm elections. In doing so, the Kentucky senator joins former President Donald Trump in backing Walker, who briefly played for …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker canceled a fundraiser with a conservative film producer who until Wednesday used a rendering of a swastika as her Twitter profile picture. Walker’s campaign said in a statement that the event at the Texas home of Bettina Sofia Viviano-Langlais has been “called off,” hours after the campaign initially contended the …

The Hill reports: Former football star Herschel Walker has a wide, early lead in the GOP primary to take on Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in Georgia next year, according to a poll that shows him dominating the rest of the field by a nearly 70-point margin. The poll from the Atlanta-based Trafalgar Group shows Walker garnering the support of 75.7 …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker is running again—but this time it’s not as a running back for the Georgia Bulldogs or the NFL. This time he’s running for all the people of Georgia! Announcing his desire to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate, Herschel said, “Our country is at a crossroads, and I can’t …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Former University of Georgia football star Herschel Walker launched a campaign Tuesday for the U.S. Senate, bringing both his celebrity and his untested political background to one of the premier national contests on the 2022 ballot. Walker becomes the most prominent Republican to line up against Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock in next year’s contest, ending …

The Associated Press reports: Walker has made outsize claims about his business record. In repeated media interviews, Walker claimed his company employed hundreds of people, included a chicken processing division in Arkansas and grossed $70 million to $80 million annually in sales. However, when the company applied for a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan last year, it reported just eight …