Former Georgia Bulldogs star running back Herschel Walker is engaged in a contentious and tight race for Georgia’s Senate seat in an election that is headed for a runoff. It’s an extremely high-profile election, and Walker’s campaign has raised quite a bit of money as a result. But those campaign contributions and fundraising efforts appear to be causing a rift with his own political party.
According to a report from NBC News, Walker’s own political party is using the Herschel Walker campaign to desperately seek donations to the political party with messages like that of Donald Trump that read “contribute ANY AMOUNT IMMEDIATELY to the Official Georgia Runoff Fundraising Goal and increase your impact by 1200%.”
The problem is, those who think they are contributing to the Walker campaign do not realize that very little of that money is actually going to Walker. In this case, only 10% of the money donated goes to Walker – just a dime for every dollar donated.
Walker is understandably frustrated with these practices and is asking the political party to stop their “deceptive fundraising tactics.”
“We need everyone focused on winning the Georgia Senate race, and deceptive fundraising tactics by teams that just won their races are siphoning money away from Georgia,” Walker campaign manager Scott Paradise said Monday, according to NBC News.
It looks like Walker is being used, and he’s tired of it.
[NBC News]
