President Trump told the hosts at the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show in June that he thinks former football great Herschel Walker will enter the US Senate race in Georgia as a Republican.
Herschel Walker is a conservative favorite and leads Marxist Senator Raphael Warnock in the 2022 race and hasnât even announced his candidacy yet.
But RINO Senators John Thune and John Cornyn are hoping he doesnât run for some reason.
They know he is a Trump Republican and they donât want him in their club.
Politico reported:
Republicans loved seeing Herschel Walker score touchdown after touchdown. They doubt he can carry them to the Senate majority.
Walker is a former NFL star and Donald Trumpâs favorite to take on Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the Georgia Senate race next fall. But as years-old allegations about Walkerâs marriage and business dealings weigh on his potential bid, Senate Republicans are raising concerns about his past in a state widely viewed as their best pickup opportunity next year.
âSome of itâs pretty bad, obviously: physical abuse and pulling a gun on his wife, if thatâs true,â said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a former chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee who is close to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. âI want to win that race. And to the extent that heâs handicapped by some of these things that would make that unlikely, Iâd prefer to have somebody else.â
Walkerâs potential candidacy offers another test case for the former presidentâs influence over the GOP, as Trump tries to play kingmaker in Senate races that will determine whether Republicans can win back the majority. Trump has already backed Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina and Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama in open primaries, breaking with the endorsements of the Senate Republicans vacating those seats.
But Walker has hesitated to enter the Georgia race despite Trumpâs entreaties, and with good reason. Should Walker proceed to run, he is all but guaranteed to face questions about his personal and financial decisions. While the former football star has been open about his struggles with dissociative identity disorder, recent news reports, including a lengthy AP examination, have resurfaced past allegations from his ex-wife that he threatened to kill her. In addition, his claims about his business success are also coming under scrutiny.
As Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) put it: âHeâs got the wow factor, the celebrity factor ⊠But some of these issues heâs going to have to figure out how to answer.â
âAs a candidate you have to be able to respond to hard questions. And your background becomes an issue, your experience becomes an issue,â Thune said. âSometimes people who have success in one area of life and translate it to politics, itâs not as easy as it looks.â
Walker did not respond to a request for comment for this story. But earlier this week, he told Fox Newsâ Sean Hannity that he will make his decision on his own timeline. And he dismissed the recent news reports, saying âlittle articles like that ainât going to scare me.â