trump talked endlessly about what a great football player herschel walker was. and how he would be a great candidate and a great u.s. senator and, oh, hey, did i mention what a great football player herschel walker was? walker himself would make appearances that offense and would shake hands, and occasionally he would read a short prepared statement about how much he loved america. but even cnn ran a headline last fall that said, quote, herschel walker is often seen and seldom heard. towards the end of last, year herschel walker went on a radio show and it was friendly territory. the conservative host asked walker to basically let loose on senator raphael warnock who would be walker s democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time? to try to, what i call, federalize electio
towards the end of last year, herschel walker went on a radio show and it was friendly territory. the conservative host asked walker to basically let loose on senator raphael warnock who would be walker s democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time? to try to, what i call, federalize elections? you know it is sad about that. you know, using the name of a great man to bring up something that is so bad. i think it s a terrible thing to do. you know, senator louis one of the best senators there has ever been. and for african, americans it was incredibly. they have his name on the bill, the voting rights, i think it s a shame. first of all, you know, i mean, you look at video of this, it just doesn t fit with what john lewis stood for. okay, first of all, the late john l
people spoke about him. donald trump talked endlessly about what a great football player he was and how he would be great candidate and a great u.s. senator and oh, did i mention what great football player herschel walker was? walker himself would make appearances at events and shake hands and occasionally read a short prepared statement about how much he loved america. but even cnn ran a headline last fall that said, herschel walker is often seen and seldom heard. toward the end of last year he went on a radio show. it was friendly territory. conservative host asked walker to let loose on senator warknock, his democratic opponent. and in that moment, we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about rafael trying to push this during this time to try to what i call federalize elections? you know what s sad about that? you use the name of a great man to bring up some
i feel good about where we are. we have 50. we need to get to 51, which we re working to do, but this is ultimately a campaign about the people of the state of georgia. who do they want representing them in washington, d.c. who s going to stand up and speak for georgians, and i think the contrast is clear, but it will be a close race. it s about getting our voters out. we ve seen encouraging early voting. senator, we re all looking for tea leaves. everybody is focused on georgia right now. with the early vote numbers, what can you glean from that? what does that tell you about how warnock is doing versus walker? we re pleased with the early voting. it s record voting as you know. we did have to go to court. the s.e.c. went to court to make sure there was saturday voting, a great victory. those numbers are very encouraging. but we still have a long way to go. election day could be tough. we ll be working until the end. joe, jump in? yeah.
republican project. well that is the big question. and there are still some swing voters, you look at the gap between how governor kemp, somebody who s a very successful politician is doing, versus walker. and you see he s behind camp. you got those kind of got voters. where we are herschel walker is two things popping him up. what do things really. the tribalism you are talking about, people are loyal, yeah, our pit is terrible but i m a red sox fan, no way i m going to put on a yankee hat. i m going all the way! that s helping him. the fact that most midterm elections shaping up to a negative referendum on the presidents. so it s more about that protest message then even flaws candidates. and finally, if you are somebody who is hugely credentialed outside of politics, voters tend to get you a long leash in the political world. and in an election like this where most people, two thirds say around the wrong track, some places more than two