Herschel Walker and Georgia's largest newspaper clash over alleged racial slur

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Georgia's largest newspaper is accusing U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker of lying about a published article to solicit donations from supporters with about two weeks to go before Election Day.

The Walker campaign, which has pushed back against the newspaper's allegations, claimed in a fundraising email that a protester at a campaign event last week used a racial slur to describe the political newcomer and falsely stated the Atlanta Journal-Constitution failed to report the incident.The newspaper reported the incident in the Jolt, its daily newsletter, the day after it occurred, but that didn't stop Walker's campaign from going after the media outlet.

The Atlanta-based newspaper hit back, claiming the reporter who was covering the event was a woman and never had a conversation with anyone from Walker's staff. The newspaper also said it has repeatedly pressed Walker's campaign for additional information about whom they spoke to and what was said but that Walker's campaign has not responded.

While that may have happened, the AJC has taken issue with the claim it sat on a story, as well as one of its reporters laughing off the situation. Riley added: “Voters deserve to know about such a blatantly cynical effort to encourage donations. We’re disappointed that the Walker campaign would choose to recklessly impugn and endanger our journalists.”

 

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Right before the election! How convenient to win elections over lies but that means nothing has changed!

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