{"id":2254216,"date":"2024-05-28T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hershel-walkers-millions-in-unspent-campaign-cash-earns-gop-ire-report\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T12:19:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:19:18","slug":"hershel-walkers-millions-in-unspent-campaign-cash-earns-gop-ire-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hershel-walkers-millions-in-unspent-campaign-cash-earns-gop-ire-report\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Report Criticizes Hershel Walker for Unspent Campaign Funds"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fhershel-walkers-millions-in-unspent-campaign-cash-earns-gop-ire-report%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=2254216&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>The summary \u200cdiscusses Herschel Walker, the former Republican Georgia Senate candidate in 2022, who has millions in unspent campaign\u2064 funds, causing discontent among Peach State\u2062 Republicans. They urge him to utilize \u200dthe funds to aid the GOP&#8217;s\u2063 success in the upcoming elections. Republicans believe the funds could bolster support for Donald Trump and Georgia \u200clawmakers in the\u2063 2024 election.\u200d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-star-wars-game-faces-intense-online-hate-for-making-female-character-masculine\/\" title=\"The latest Star Wars game receives backlash for depicting a female character in a more masculine light\">summary addresses<\/a> the\u2063 situation of Herschel Walker, the former Republican Georgia Senate candidate in\u2062 2022, who \u200cpossesses substantial unspent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-introduced-omar-act-would-block-lawmakers-from-paying-spouses\/\" title=\"Newly Introduced \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 Would Block Lawmakers from Paying Spouses\">campaign funds<\/a>. This has stirred dissatisfaction among Peach State Republicans, prompting calls for\u200d the funds to be utilized to benefit the GOP&#8217;s electoral\u2064 prospects. Republicans see an opportunity to strengthen support\u200b for Donald Trump and Georgia lawmakers in the upcoming 2024 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Herschel Walker, the ex-Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> candidate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2022-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2022\">2022<\/a>, is sitting on millions of dollars in unspent campaign funds \u2014 irking Peach State Republicans who say Walker should dish out cash to help the GOP win this November.<\/p>\n<p>Walker, who lost in the Georgia runoff election to Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/raphael-warnock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Raphael Warnock<\/a> (D-GA), reported in an April Federal Election Commission filing having more than $4 million in cash on hand at the end of March. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NFL<\/a> running back had more than $5 million in the bank at the close of his failed 2022 Senate bid, according to financial disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>To Republicans, that $4 million could be put to good use ahead of the 2024 election to boost former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and perhaps lend a hand to lawmakers running in Georgia, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as \"Always the Smartest Person in the Room\" Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground state<\/a>. President Joe Biden narrowly beat Trump in Georgia in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose resources were solicited and given to support his candidacy as a Georgia Republican, and unless he intends to use them again for his own candidacy, I sure hope the favor would be returned,\u201d John Watson, ex-chairman of the Georgia GOP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/28\/herschel-walker-republicans-unspent-campaign-funds-00160046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cGeorgia Republicans should be supported by those dollars in whatever legal fashion the campaign can.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Herschel Walker throws a football to a supporter during a campaign rally on Nov. 29, 2022, in Greensboro, Georgia. (AP Photo\/John Bazemore)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Walker, who recently reenrolled at the University of Georgia for his undergraduate degree, denied the $4 million is still sitting in his campaign account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t money left in my account. Everyone keeps saying that,\u201d Walker said. One Republican strategist in Georgia said it\u2019s clear the $4 million should be delivered to GOP committees, used to boost Trump, or refunded to donors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans are being outspent everywhere up and down the ballot, and there\u2019s a significant sum of resources just sitting there,\u201d the strategist told <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cIt could be supporting Trump, who did a ton for Herschel\u2019s campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of Walker\u2019s campaign funds have remained in his account after losing, minus $100,000 he transferred to the National Republican Senatorial Committee\u2019s legal recount fund and roughly $400,000 he transferred to nonprofit groups \u2014 such as the Boys and Girls Club and the Horatio Alger Association. Walker also moved funds from his campaign to Polaris Action, a group focused on national security founded by ex-Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>State Department<\/a> official Morgan Ortagus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s top donors for the runoff election included the Senate Conservatives Fund, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/club-for-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Club for Growth<\/a>, the Republican Jewish Coalition, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would give directly to candidates at the legislature level because to maintain the majorities in Georgia, we\u2019re really having to fight here,\u201d said Brian Robinson, a GOP strategist in Georgia. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker, holding millions in unspent campaign funds, faces criticism from Peach State Republicans. They urge him to allocate the funds to support GOP victories in the upcoming elections. After his defeat in the Georgia runoff against Sen. Raphael Warnock, Walker&#8217;s reported financial situation has sparked GOP ire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2254217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23269714060824-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23269714060824-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254216","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}