GOP to Herschel Walker: Consider staying on the bench

[brooklynite]

Politico

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 Trump’s favorite to take on Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the Georgia Senate race next fall. But as years-old allegations about Walker's 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.

“Some of it’s pretty bad, obviously: physical abuse and pulling a gun on his wife, if that’s true,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a former chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee who is close to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “I want to win that race. And to the extent that he’s handicapped by some of these things that would make that unlikely, I’d prefer to have somebody else.”

Walker’s potential candidacy offers another test case for the former president's 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 Trump’s 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.

[zuul]

1. Wow! Someone too toxic for the GOP?

I bet if he was white though, they wouldn't have a problem with his 'marriage and business dealings.'

[rurallib]

6. If he is more toxic than Roy Moore it is almost unbelievable

Roy Moore made pond scum look good.

[comradebillyboy]

2. I think Walker would be a great GQP candidate.

Love to see him go up against Warnock.

[Demovictory9]

3. his son is beyond awful, screeching anti women, anti-lgbt, anti-black stuff daily

he called the black national anthem "ghetto trash"... a step too far for even his supporters. He's schooled daily. recently it posted that slaves were lucky to be brought to America for "freedom"... he was schooled that the freedom came 12 generations later. he's such an idiot. hard to believe unless you experience him:

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Walker has a ton of baggage

If TFG wants Walker to be the Nominee fir senate, I would not mind

[FakeNoose]

5. Some people would be better off NOT running for the Senate

It sure looks like Walker is one of 'em.

Truth to tell, Warnock has been doing quite well so far. Georgians need to be realistic about why they would even need to replace him. And how could Herschel Walker be a better Senator than Warnock? It doesn't seem like it's a job Walker is even qualified for, moral failings aside.

[Under The Radar]

7. Herschel isn't prepared for a full contact sport of politics.

Just the GOP primary will destroy him and his family. He is an honest guy with mental issues that he continues to deal with. Politics will destroy him