College football Hall of Famer and NFL great Herschel Walker’s prospects of running for Senate out of Georgia are reportedly over.
Newsmax White House correspondent John Gizzi tweeted Thursday evening:
“You heard it here: Herschel Walker won’t run for the Senate from Georgia in 2022.”
Gizzi responded to questions on Twitter, citing sources.
Walker is a friend and supporter of former President Donald Trump, who had believed the former star running back for the now-defunct U.S. Football League’s New Jersey Generals, a team Trump had owned, would run for Senate as recently as a few weeks ago.
“He told me he’s going to, and I think he will,” Trump told the “Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show,” the program that assumed the time slot of the late Rush Limbaugh. “I had dinner with him a week ago [in June]. He is a great guy. He is a patriot. He’s a very loyal person.”
If Walker declines to run, Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., has said he would consider stepping forward.
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