sure, now herschel walker is a campaign with brian kemp, he did not do that in the last campaign. why is he doing that? because donald trump is proving to be a big problem, a big drag on republican senatorial candidates. trump has not campaigned with walker, but, everyone in georgia knows that herschel walker is a trump candidate, and that is how to him. can bryan can t get him across the finish line? it s going to be difficult, but it is clear that walker pivoted away from donald trump, trying to embrace brian kemp, i don t know if he can get back those ticket splitters that punished from the first time around. carlos walker has been battling multiple scandals for sometime now, just this week, the daily beast reported an ex girlfriend is alleging a violent episode with the football star in 2005. nbc s independently reached out to the woman who went on the
party has got to do to get him across the finish line at this point and to your point a moment ago i was talking to someone involved with the campaign in georgia this morning and thehe will be a huge drop-off in terms of the number of voters that turn out. we saw so many of those ticket splitters this time the kemp/warnock voters, it s really a question, i guess, that the gop is wondering whether those folks will actually be motivated to turn out. and the best case scenario for them is that, you know, the people that had an issue with walker in the first round will just potentially stay home. we don t know how big that group will be but that s kind of their best bet. you hear the argument from brian kemp making you need to vote for herschel walker to essentially check joe biden. well, two republican senators and the current senator who know they were going to spend the next two years in the minority. ted cruz and lindsey graham with walker doing a television
thing, that stuff, i think that we should have a choice as women. reporter: this weekend, you ll see a sense of a strategy from both of these candidates and both of these campaigns. warnock in one of his ads went after ticket splitters, people who support the republican governor, but either backed warnock or did not vote for walker, just leaving that blank altogether. what you ll see this weekend is for the first time, brian kemp and herschel walker appearing together for a rally. they re hoping that that brings over some of those ticket splitters to the conservative side for a vote for excuse me, for walker, warnock is opening that those people who didn t vote for his opponent before, that they either stay back or come over to his side this time around in this runoff, hallie. shaq brewster live for us there in georgia. shaq, thank you. let me get a quick check from mike memoli on the latest as we are waiting for that white house briefing to begin, mike? reporter: hallie, we stil
expectations on the ground teeny make a lot of good points it is ab grouped game i think he saw democrat are also step up their game from 2020 two years ago where we didn t have a ground game because of koafdz and tony point as well it is about candidate quality you saw so many ticket splitters that is a good thing for this country because it means americans are looking at the quality of the candidate and not just label next to their name. i think that s a good night for democrat and country going forward. lawrence: real we cannily tony what s the case? i think the case is that some people look at quality candidate and some people look at a letter after the name. i think that s oven obvious and clear for races like for example, pennsylvania. but republicans are going to have to forget out this leadership conversation, and kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell have to know they re in the hot seat and anybody believes otherwise is out of their mind. goncht talk to your people. talk to vot
expectations on the ground teeny make a lot of good points it is ab grouped game i think he saw democrat are also step up their game from 2020 two years ago where we didn t have a ground game because of koafdz and tony point as well it is about candidate quality you saw so many ticket splitters that is a good thing for this country because it means americans are looking at the quality of the candidate and not just label next to their name. i think that s a good night for democrat and country going forward. lawrence: real we cannily tony what s the case? i think the case is that some people look at quality candidate and some people look at a letter after the name. i think that s oven obvious and clear for races like for example, pennsylvania. but republicans are going to have to forget out this leadership conversation, and kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell have to know they re in the hot seat and anybody believes otherwise is out of their mind. goncht talk to your people. talk to vot