His son, Christian, criticized his father in a series of tweets Monday night following the report, writing, “I know my mom and I would really appreciate if my father Herschel Walker stopped lying and
making a mockery of us. You’re not a ‘family man’ when you left us to bang a bunch of women, threatened to kill us, and had us move over 6 times in 6 months running from your violence.”
Christian, a right-wing influencer who had been previously supporting his father’s campaign, continued, writing, “I don’t care about someone who has a bad past and takes accountability. But how DARE YOU LIE and act as though you’re some ‘moral, Christian, upright man.’ You’ve lived a life of DESTROYING other peoples lives. How dare you. … Every family member of Herschel Walker asked him not to run for office, because we all knew his past. Every single one.
Following those comments, Herschel Walker tweeted,"I LOVE my son no matter what." Christian responded to the commentand added,"You have 4 kids that we know of and you weren't in the house raising ONE of them, you were out cheating and lying. If you loved your kids you'd be raising them instead of running for a senate race to boost your ego.","That was when we were told he was going to 'get in front of his past and tell the truth.
The Georgia seat was seen as a prime pick-up opportunity for Republicans, with Democrats narrowly winning statewide races there in 2020, including Warnock winning a special election runoff to fill out the final two years of the previous term. Warnock has been a prolific fundraiser and recent polling has shown him with slim leads. With the Senate currently evenly split at 50-50, if Walker’s candidacy indeed fails, it could potentially imperil a Republican takeover of the chamber.
Walker set expectations low for the candidates’ only scheduled debate, saying at a press conference last month, “I’m this country boy. I’m not that smart. And he’s that preacher. He’s a smart man, wears these nice suits. So he’s going to show up and embarrass me at the debate October the 14th, and I’m just waiting. I’ll show up and I’m going to do my best.”