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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHerschel Walker's campaign downplays imagery before canceling fundraiser with host who had swastika
on her Twitter pageU.S. senate candidate Herschel Walker canceled a fundraiser on Wednesday after its host was exposed for using a swastika composed of hypodermic needles in her Twitter profile.
The former NFL and University of Georgia running back is running in Georgia as a Republican for Sen. Raphael Warnock's (D-Ga.) Senate seat in the 2022 midterms. He is endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Walker was scheduled to attend a campaign fundraiser in Texas this weekend hosted by conservative filmmaker Bettina Sofia Viviano-Langlais. Early Wednesday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Patricia Murphy tweeted a screenshot of Viviano-Langlais' Twitter profile with an image of a swastika composed of hypodermic needles.
Link to tweet
Per the Journal-Constitution, a Walker spokeswoman initially downplayed the Nazi imagery in Viviano-Langlais's profile.
"This is clearly an anti-mandatory vaccination graphic," the spokeswoman said. "Herschel unequivocally opposes anti-semitism and bigotry of all kinds.
https://sports.yahoo.com/herschel-walkers-campaign-downplays-imagery-before-canceling-fundraiser-with-host-promoting-swastika-on-her-twitter-page-212651070.html
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Herschel Walker's campaign downplays imagery before canceling fundraiser with host who had swastika (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Oct 2021
OP
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,345 posts)1. I thought I was shock-proof where Repugs were concerned...
Once again, I was wrong!
Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
TwilightZone This message was self-deleted by its author.
blm
(114,460 posts)3. Apparently she's an accelerationist, too. BoogalooBois,
ProudBoys, 3%, and most Aryan groups are accelerationists. The Dylan Roof mentality.
Blue Owl
(58,590 posts)4. One of Red Don's very fine Nazis
LetMyPeopleVote
(176,683 posts)5. Denial is not just a river in Africa
