{"id":1765902,"date":"2022-12-07T09:32:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765902"},"modified":"2022-12-07T09:32:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:32:59","slug":"conservatives-react-to-herschel-walkers-georgia-senate-runoff-loss-cast-blame-on-different-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-react-to-herschel-walkers-georgia-senate-runoff-loss-cast-blame-on-different-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives React To Herschel Walker\u2019s Georgia Senate Runoff Loss, Cast Blame On Different Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservatives-react-to-herschel-walkers-georgia-senate-runoff-loss-cast-blame-on-different-figures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765902&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Conservatives had mixed reactions to Herschel Walker\u2019s loss in Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senate runoff race Tuesday night, with some blaming former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> for pushing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/herschel-walker\">Walker<\/a> to run and others faulting GOP leaders for not doing enough to help the onetime NFL great.<\/p>\n<p>The runoff against Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) was held after both candidates failed to reach the 50% threshold to win the seat outright during last month\u2019s midterm elections. Warnock performed better this time around, improving his margin of victory from 40,000 votes to over 90,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things I said is when they call the race, I said those numbers don\u2019t look like they\u2019re going to add up,\u201d Walker said in a concession speech. \u201cI don\u2019t want any of you to stop believing in America. I want you to believe in America and continue to believe in the Constitution and believe in our elected officials. Most of all, continue to pray for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reaction to the loss was mixed online with many blaming Trump, others blaming Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, and some blaming Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-34448\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walker launched his campaign bid after Trump repeatedly urged him to get into the race, including in a public statement back in March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWouldn\u2019t it be fantastic if the legendary Herschel Walker ran for the United States Senate in Georgia?\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henryrodgersdc\/status\/1369773486403649537\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cHe would be unstoppable, just like he was when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and in the NFL. He is also a GREAT person. Run Herschel, run!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s 23-year-old son Christian Walker blamed Trump for the GOP\u2019s failure to take the seat, saying that it was Trump who got him in the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Truth: Trump called my dad for months DEMANDING that he run,\u201d Christian Walker tweeted. \u201cEveryone with a brain begged him: \u2018PLEASE DON\u2019T DO THIS. This is too dirty, you have an insane past\u2026 PLEASE DONT DO THIS.\u2019 We got the middle finger. He ran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Truth: Trump called my dad for months DEMANDING that he run. Everyone with a brain begged him: \u201cPLEASE DON\u2019T DO THIS. This is too dirty, you have an insane past\u2026 PLEASE DONT DO THIS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We got the middle finger. He ran.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Walker (@ChristianWalk1r) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristianWalk1r\/status\/1600332798967001088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans, we say we don\u2019t play \u2018identity politics\u2019 and then you ran this man mainly because he was the same skin color as his opponent with no background other than football,\u201d he added. \u201cA boring old Republican could have won.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Notable responses included:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joey Jones<\/strong>, Fox News: \u201cRepublicans lost the seat much more than Democrats won it (again). At some point, perhaps, they\u2019ll learn.\u201d<strong>Scott Jennings<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cGeorgia may be remembered as the state that broke Trump once and for all.\u201d<strong>Erick Erickson<\/strong>, Georgia-based radio host: \u201cWhen @GOPChairwoman claims only the RNC worked in Georgia remember @BrianKempGA kept his ground operation going. @LeaderMcConnell poured $11 million into the state. The RNC didn\u2019t do as much, but McDaniel will want credit to save her job. It\u2019d have been a blowout but for Kemp. \u2026 No RNC Chair in the history of the whole party has lasted as long as Ronna McDaniel without seeing at least one winning election season. She took the job in 2017, and the GOP has lost every election cycle since.\u201d<strong>Ann Coulter<\/strong>, political author: \u201cI sure hope Trump has some more brilliant ideas for can\u2019t-miss Senate candidates. Omarosa maybe? Carrot Top? Ghislaine Maxwell?\u201d<strong>Caleb Hull<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cI hope we go into the next election with the realization that telling your base that their vote won\u2019t matter because the election will be stolen isn\u2019t a great strategy for winning\u2026 We had a layup this year and blew it. Time to move on.\u201d<strong>Robert Davi<\/strong>, actor: \u201cThe GOP is basically BRAINDEAD in my humble opinion! They are culturally tone deaf \u2013 and they have not come up with solutions! The messaging in the GOP is like Mitch McConnell a tired unenergetic uninspiring bore!!!!\u201d<strong>Joe Concha<\/strong>, The Hill: \u201cNot surprising. If Herschel couldn\u2019t win with Kemp on the ballot, he wasn\u2019t winning in a runoff without him. Full picture: GOP gains a narrow majority in the House. Democrats gain one seat overall in a 50-50 Senate. Unpopular president in the WH. No party is winning right now.\u201d<strong>AG<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cWalker being a bad\/inexperienced candidate meant he couldn\u2019t fundraise himself, NRSC wasted all their $, and then Trump ate up all the small donors but then spent barely anything to back the guy he pushed on everyone.\u201d<strong>Andrew Egger<\/strong>, writer: \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but \u2018Senate Republicans didn\u2019t do enough to help Herschel Walker\u2019 is the most insane take I can imagine. Senate Republicans set aside every difference to try to lug Walker across the finish line! He proved himself unluggable!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other tweets that contained interesting tidbits of information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservatives had mixed reactions to Herschel Walker\u2019s loss in Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senate runoff race Tuesday night, with some blaming former President Donald Trump for pushing Walker to run and others faulting GOP leaders for not doing enough to help the onetime NFL great. The runoff against Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) was held after both candidates &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1765905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1765902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1765905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1765902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}