(New York) Cindy DeAngelis Grossman, ex-wife of American football legend Herschel Walker, has already accused the latter of pointing a gun to his temple and threatening to “blow his brains out”. In 2005, three years after her divorce, she obtained a protective order against Walker, who was temporarily deprived of the right to own a firearm.
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A Republican opponent of Walker, a candidate for the Georgia senatorial election, recalled these facts and other allegations of violence and threats against other women in an ad aired before the primary of his party. A waste of time: with the support of Donald Trump, the political neophyte easily triumphed over his Republican opponents on May 24, winning 68% of the vote.
This preamble only scratches the surface of the uniqueness of Herschel Walker’s candidacy. Candidacy all the more important as it could decide next November which party will become the majority in the United States Senate.
Walker, 60, has claimed in the past that he does not remember his threats to his ex-wife. He attributed these memory lapses to dissociative identity disorder, which he discussed in breaking-freehis memoirs published in 2008.
In this book, he recounts having developed a multitude of personalities to overcome the bullying he suffered as a child. Among these were the ‘Hero’, the ‘Judge’, the ‘Comforter’ and the ‘Executor’. According to him, a long therapy allowed him to clean up these personalities and lead a normal life.
But what’s a normal life when you’ve been a football god in a state where the sport is a religion? Herschel Walker earned that status by leading the University of Georgia Bulldogs to a national championship in 1980 with stunning performances as a running back. An athlete renowned for his phenomenal physical condition, he also won the Heisman Trophy, awarded to the best player in college football, in 1982.
Lies
Georgians of a certain age have not forgotten this footballer, born in the Peach State. But are they ready to forgive him for all his faults?
In recent months, Herschel Walker has been accused of being a liar or a fabricator. The media has demonstrated that he lied or fabricated when he claimed to have graduated from the University of Georgia, founded several successful companies after his career as a professional football player and worked for various police departments, including the FBI.
They also made Walker look like a handsome hypocrite. In 2020, the latter maintained that the absence of fathers was a “major” problem. “You can leave your wife, but don’t leave your children,” he added.
However, the Daily Beast recently revealed that he not only has a 22-year-old son, as everyone thought, but also three other children, including a 10-year-old boy whose mother had to sue him for child support.
After the revelations of Daily BeastWalker explained that he never mentioned the existence of his other three children because he didn’t want to “use them as props.”
And then there are Herschel Walker’s problematic statements on matters of importance. He began an incoherent response to the recent Texas elementary school shooting like this: “Cain killed Abel and that’s a problem we have. »
Good air, bad air
In denouncing the Democratic plan to fight climate change, he lamented the waste of “billions and billions of dollars to clean our good air”.
However, he added, “we do not control the air”.
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Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for the Georgia Senate election
Our good air has decided to float towards the bad air of China. So when China receives our good air, its bad air must move. So it moves towards our good air. So, now we have to clean it all up.
Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for the Georgia Senate election
And abortion? “People aren’t concerned about it,” Walker said in response to a question about the importance of this issue in the campaign. “People are preoccupied with gasoline, with food. They don’t even talk about that. »
Walker declined to participate in debates against his Republican rivals ahead of the May 24 primary. His Democratic opponent, Senator Raphael Warnock, is challenging him these days to debate against him three times.
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Raphael Warnock, Democratic Senator from Georgia
Walker doesn’t say no to Warnock, but sets conditions.
“I’m ready to argue with him anytime,” he told Fox News last week. “I just want to do it for the fans, not for any political party or any media. »
In the meantime, the race is tight, according to a recent Fox News poll: Warnock, pastor of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King preached, harvests 46% of the voting intentions against 42% for Walker.
Like what this unique candidate in the world still has many “fans” in Georgia.