Fact check: Georgia candidate Herschel Walker is a serial promoter of false 2020 conspiracy theories
By Daniel Dale
CNN
August 28, 2021
Washington (CNN)Republican former football star Herschel Walker announced this week that he is running for a US Senate seat in Georgia.
Some senior Senate Republicans have expressed concerns that Walker’s past words and actions threaten his chances to beat incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock. But Walker was urged to run by former President Donald Trump.
In addition to a longtime personal relationship with Trump, Walker has a quality Trump prizes in 2022 candidates: a willingness to say false things about the 2020 presidential election Trump lost.