Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, has walked a tightrope when dealing with former president Donald Trump. After Walker’s campaign asked Trump to stay away during the final days before the Nov. 8th election, Trump announced he would also distance himself from Walker’s runoff campaign.
Meanwhile, former president Barack Obama has made multiple campaign stops for Walker’s opponent, Democratic incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock.
Walker and Trump were back in the news Thursday when a video from 2019 resurfaced showing Walker addressing civilian staff and military personnel at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the state of Washington.
In the video, Walker says he, not Trump, is responsible for “the intelligence” of his children, Ivanka and Donald Jr.
“I don’t know if y’all know this, but I knew Donald [Trump] before he became ‘The Donald.’ Matter of fact, little Ivanka and little Donald lived with me for a week, for five years, during the summer. Every amusement park, Disney World, Sea World—every place they went, I was the one to take them.
“I kept them for a week, so the intelligence of those two kids right there—not from Donald.”
The crowd laughed in response after Walker (seen above in May) pointed to himself.
The latest polling shows a statistical dead heat between Walker and Warnock. Georgia voters decide the election on Dec. 6th.
[Patriot Takes; photo from Joshua L. Jones/Online Athens, via USA Today]
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