Another Rocky Week For Herschel Walker’s “Closed Door” Campaign

The missteps continued this week for Herschel Walker with new reporting showing Walker mocked businesses that took long-awaited federal COVID relief while profiting from it himself, blistering criticism after claiming it’s “unfair” to ask him “what he’d vote for” as a U.S. Senator, and a barrage of attacks from his GOP Senate opponents.

Walker’s weekly missteps are the latest in a long line of headaches that have left Republicans increasingly nervous that the Trump-tapped candidate’s closed-door, consultant-driven campaign will “crash and burn.”

Read more about Walker’s (latest) bad week below:

• “HERSCHEL WALKER MOCKED BUSINESSES THAT TOOK PPP MONEY, EVEN THOUGH HE USED IT HIMSELF.” Walker hypocritically mocked large businesses that relied on the Paycheck Protection Program while he collected checks from a company that took nearly $10 million in PPP and simultaneously laid off 90% of its workers.

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• Last week, 11Alive reported that Walker pocketed nearly a quarter of a million dollars as a board member for a company that accepted nearly $10 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans — meant to help keep employees on payroll — and then announced it would fire 90% of their employees the very next day.
  
• This comes after Walker claimed that big companies should be “embarrassed” and “ashamed” for getting caught taking advantage of the government funding — all while he continued to profit.

• Walker’s PPP hypocrisy is the latest red flag with his business record. Before even entering the race, the Associated Press shined a light on Walker’s shady business record and “exaggerated claims of financial success,” with associates calling him a “temperamental and unreliable business partner.” 

• Walker was widely panned for saying it was “unfair” to ask him what he would vote for as Senator.
  
  • When asked if he would have voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Walker responded, “You got to be an Alabama fan because you asked that question there. Until I see all the facts, you can’t answer the question. It’s totally unfair to ask someone like myself, ‘What are you going vote for?’”

• GOP rivals are ramping up their attacks on Walker, calling him a “wind-up toy,” “a no-show and an empty chair,” and a “whole lot of baggage” candidate.

• Gary Black continues to slam Walker over his failure to answer simple questions on the campaign trail, calling Walker a “wind-up toy” with no direction as a candidate. Black fired off at Walker after his Daily Caller flub, saying that answering questions is in fact “exactly what a U.S. Senate candidate should be doing — not hiding from interviews or giving paid speeches.” Black also attacked Walker’s “strategy of hiding” after his disastrous interview with the Daily Caller. 

• Kelvin King warns that Walker will be “demolished” and “embarrassed” for his lack of policy and presence in Georgia. King said it’s “scary” that Walker has yet to make a single policy speech and warns that candidates who “can’t make a cogent argument” would be “demolished” at the polls.
  
• Latham Saddler calls Walker’s “no-show” Senate campaign an “unmitigated disaster” for Republicans. Saddler called Walker out for being the only GOP candidate to skip a recent debate in Pickens County, calling him “a no-show and an empty chair”, and warning that Republicans will “lose the whole thing next year” if Walker becomes the Senate nominee. He continued this morning in a conversation with conservative radio host Martha Zoller: “I hardly ever see him on the campaign trail. Whenever he has an event, the media is not allowed. People are not allowed to take out their cell phones and record anything. He doesn’t take questions unless they’re planted.”

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