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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. t...

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 walkers democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walkers 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, federali...

Republican nominee for senate, this with a group effort. >> of course, the truly, truly gobs not camping about all of this is that it may not matter, any of it. herschel walker may very well win this senate race, despite being such a disaster of a candidate. that is the bet that donald trump and the rest of the republican party have gone all in on. that in the end, having an r after his name, its the only thing herschel walker will need to claim victory in the state of georgia. joining us now is...

Of georgia. joining us now is greg booty, politics reporter at the atlanta journal-constitution. greg, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> so, first tell me how this is all playing out in the state of georgia. we have those fundraising numbers, half 1 million dollar raised by the walker campaign. is there a sense that voters may be softening in terms of their support for walker heading into the final stretch of the election. >> there certainly is that sense, its really hard to tel...