DAHLONEGA — Taking the stage of a packed gym in the foothills of North Georgia, Herschel Walker gave the audience exactly what it wanted: a raft of conservative campaign promises, including a pledge to rid the state of Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.
“If I don’t stand up, who is going to stand up for us? I can promise you Herschel Walker is going to be in this race,” the former football star said. “And it’s time my opponent knows that. I didn’t get in this race to play games. It’s time for (Warnock) to know he’s in for a fight.”
Walker’s recent visit to the Lumpkin County GOP might have seemed like standard campaign fare. But for the Republican Senate front-runner, who has headlined only a handful of large-scale public events, it encapsulates his strategy ahead of the May 24 primary.
