.HerschelWalker: 'The Left is... trying to do everything they can to turn the people against me, but I think the people know who I am.'
ATHENS, Georgia — Herschel Walker is new to the political “October surprise,” but like past challenges he has faced, he is charging forward in his Senate race undaunted by recent media attacks.
Walker, a former University of Georgia football star and NFL player, was hit with a string of negative press that began last Monday with a Daily Beast story about a woman claiming Walker paid for her abortion in 2009. Walker’s football fanbase appears unwavering, regardless of where he stands politically. Although he left the game 25 years ago, the Heisman Trophy winner appears to generate widespread enthusiasm among football fans in Georgia, where Bulldogs reign supreme and the sport is frequently described as “religion.
Another young man in Athens wearing a 34 jersey, who said he was a registered Democrat from Atlanta, said he liked Walker as an athlete “but not as a politician.” Polls show Walker is currently in a dead heat against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in one of the country’s top midterm races. Walker contended that “the left is sort of scared” at the prospect of Warnock’s seat flipping.
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