Walker surged to a massive lead in the primary off his celebrity and Donald Trump's endorsement, but a number of Republicans worry he can't win in November.
's endorsement propelled him forward. A Fox News poll taken between May 12-16 showed Walker with a 58-point lead, more than enough to make him the victor in this Tuesday's primary without having to go to a runoff.
The question is, why did the other GOP candidates take such a gloves-off approach toward Walker when they are convinced Warnock — one of the best-funded Senatethis cycle — will do the opposite? As Black said,"the Democrats will pour $140 million on top of domestic violence and altercations with the police, make no mistake." The answer"is complicated," said one National Republican Senatorial Committee source not authorized to speak on the record.
Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, right, speaks at a rally with former President Donald Trump on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia.Part of the reluctance is that Walker's troubled past is central to what his friends and political allies call his"transformation story." Walker doesn't deny the allegations about his past. Some, after all, are a matter of public record.
According to public records, there have been no instances of violent behavior involving Walker for more than a decade. And that, to a significant extent, is why his political opponents in the GOP have been wary of going after him directly about the allegations of domestic abuse and other violent behavior.
The publicly available information about Walker's past was well-known to GOP operatives as the Walker campaign geared up last year. But that didn't stop many national Republican leaders from backing Walker, particularly after Trump endorsed him. Senate Minority LeaderThat endorsement angered the Black campaign, which the following month met with the National Republican Senatorial Committee in an effort to persuade them that Walker was deeply vulnerable, an adviser to Black told Newsweek.
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