While Republican candidate Herschel Walker continues to battle against Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock in a hotly contested election to see who will represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate next year, concerns and questions about Walker’s mental acuteness continue to dog him on the campaign trail.
Walker, who survived the initial election to make it this far in spite of abortion scandals, strange statements, and blatant lies, is trying to convince Georgia voters to consider voting for him once more. However, the former Georgia Bulldogs football star continues to make strange statements that call into question whether or not he is capable of handling the rigors of being a United States Senator.
Emmy Award-winning journalist Jemele Hill, who previously worked for ESPN and now writes for The Atlantic, has been outspoken about her concerns over Walker. In October, she wrote a scathing piece about his campaign and what it meant to Republicans that this was their preferred candidate.
“Walker’s disturbing history in no way reflects on other Black men. But I can’t help sensing some condescension in Republicans’ elevation of such a buffoonish candidate. Does Walker embody what they think Black men really are? Do they think that Black voters in Georgia are so gullible and hungry for representation that they would willingly overlook Walker’s obvious incompetence?”
During a stop on her book tour, Hill spoke with Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Mayor of Atlanta, who asked the writer what questions she would ask Walker.
“I would actually want to ask him what are the three branches of government to see if he knew them,” joked Hill. “Cause there’s no way he knows it. I would give him the most basic civics question possible, and you just let the entertainment go from there.”
