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Martin Pengelly in Washington

‘Just call him a child abuser’: Trump told Walker to use slur against Warnock, book says

Herschel Walker and Donald Trump hold a rally in Perry, Georgia.
Herschel Walker and Donald Trump hold a rally in Perry, Georgia, in September 2021. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

As Herschel Walker faced defeat by his Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock in a high-stakes US Senate election in Georgia last year, Donald Trump advised the Republican candidate: “Just call him a child abuser.”

At first, Walker did not take the former president’s advice, letting go his sole debate with Warnock – a church pastor – without raising the slur.

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