“The Gloves Are Off” After Walker’s Worst Week Yet: Scathing New Attacks from GOP Foes, Trump-tapped Candidate’s Evolution Woes, and Conservative Criticism Grows

GOP Senate Herschel Walker had his most “brutal” week yet as Republican rivals “go for the jugular” on Walker’s baggage “demolition derby” style in a preview of what’s come, massive lies in the Trump-tapped candidate’s business record are put on full display, his comments on evolution trigger a wave of national ridicule, and conservative frustrations with Walker’s absentee campaign continue to grow.

Here’s the latest on one of Walker’s worst weeks yet in #GASEN:

• “Brutal” Republican “Demolition Derby”: The “gloves are off” in Georgia’s GOP Senate primary, as Herschel Walker’s Republican rivals sharpen their attacks. As the Fox News and Atlanta Journal-Constitution report, the Trump-tapped candidate is getting hit with scathing new advertisements about his “history of violent behavior, confusing remarks and tightlipped approach to the media,” along with fighting words about the “autograph tour” and “entitlement campaign” he’s running for U.S. Senate. 

• Walker’s Bombshell Business Lies: After a new report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed Herschel Walker has “exaggerated claims” about his business record and uncovered “a string of defaults, settlements and lawsuits alleging that Walker and his businesses owed millions of dollars in unpaid loans,” a wave of coverage is slamming Walker’s “controversial business record” – saying “the details are quite something” and “difficult to defend.” Business leaders and workers are reacting.

SUNDAY MORNING A1 FRONT PAGE – Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Review of Walker’s business record reveals lawsuits from creditors, exaggerated claims

• “National Embarrassment”: People react to Walker’s latest bizarre comment. The Huffington Post reported on new statements from Herschel Walker in which he questions the concept of evolution and claims that “the fact that apes and humans coexist disproves accepted science” — triggering a wave of coverage across the country of the Trump-tapped candidate’s latest head-scratcher. It’s the newest in a string of bizarre blunders and false statements that Walker has made, including bragging about having a “dry mist” product that would — “as you walk through the door” — “kill any COVID on your body.” 

• Conservatives are deeply worried about Walker’s candidacy as he avoids debates, Georgia voters, and the infighting between Perdue and Kemp.
  • 2020 Senate candidate and former Rep. Doug Collins isn’t happy with what he’s seeing and hearing from Walker’s campaign. “This is my problem right now with the Walker campaign…This is why he needs to debate. I know his team will not let him…Frankly, look at the press this week. Look at this stuff coming out this week. It’s not been a good week for the Walker campaign.”
  • Trump conservatives are “infuriated” and “frustrated” with Walker for “backstabb[ing] Perdue” and “abandoning” the former senator — questioning if he’ll abandon Georgia in the Senate as well.
  • Republicans are expressing deep concern that Walker getting “caught…in a few more lies” about his business failures is a “huge problem,” while others are sounding off on Walker for dodging debates with fellow GOP candidates. “I just think it’s going to backfire and we’re going to end up losing the senate seat if you guys go out there and just vote for him,” said conservative commentator Scott Rheinhold.
  • Meanwhile, Walker continues to avoid open events with Georgians in favor of high-dollar, closed-to-public fundraisers.

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