The Personal and Political Saga of Herschel Walker

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Herschel Walker, the former football star who is running for the Senate, is, according to the Times political reporter Maya King, a “demigod in Georgia sports and in Georgia culture.” The midterm election in that state is crucial — it could determine whether Democrats keep control of the Senate. Mr. Walker’s candidacy, however, has been tainted by a slew of stories about his character, including claims that he paid for an abortion for a former girlfriend despite publicly opposing the procedure. Guest: Maya King, a politics reporter covering the South for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Borrow.
0:04.2	This is the Daily.
0:10.4	Joe Biden is the winner of Georgia.
0:12.7	This is a huge victory for the Democrats, a state they've long eyed.
0:17.6	Much of the focus of Georgia's flip from red to blue in 2020 was on its role in delivering
0:23.7	the White House to Democrats.
0:26.2	Democrats have officially secured Senate control after winning both runoff races in Georgia.
0:32.0	But equally important was what happened a few months later when Georgia voters handed
0:37.4	Democrats control of the Senate.
0:40.4	Now, incumbent Senator Rafael Warnault is hoping to hold on to his current seat.
0:46.1	Georgia may be the state to determine whether Democrats keep control of the Senate because
0:51.6	of a closely fought race that has become increasingly focused on the personal life and alleged
0:57.9	hypocrisy of the Republican nominee, Herschel Walker.
1:01.9	The former college football star has been battered by a series of scandals in recent weeks.
1:06.5	Today, my colleague, Maya King, on the story of Walker's candidacy.
1:13.3	It's Monday.
1:20.6	October 17th.
1:28.6	My after 2020, Republicans had a very big decision to make, given how bad things went for them
1:33.6	in Georgia, which was who'd denominator for the US Senate in 2022.
1:38.3	So how do they end up picking Herschel Walker?
1:41.4	What's that story?
1:42.7	So after the 2020 presidential election and the 2021 Senate runoffs, Republicans had
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