Herschel Walker continued his pattern of lying in his first political ad, repeating exaggerated business claims that have been discredited and exposed as lies. Today’s ad is the latest in a long line of falsehoods and exaggerations from Walker on everything from his businesses to his academic record.
The Daily Beast released a bombshell report exposing his “previously unexamined, and particularly egregious, false claims” — including proof that Walker “claims to own companies that don’t exist” — adding to a litany of widely-reported falsehoods from the Trump-tapped candidate.
See additional reporting below:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Herschel Walker’s business record reveals creditor lawsuits, exaggerated claims”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Review of court records and other public documents contradicts statements Walker has made about the number of people his companies employ, their size, and the assets they own.”
Daily Beast: “Herschel Walker Claims to Own Companies That Don’t Exist”
Daily Beast: “Georgia Senate candidate’s history of exaggerating his business success is even worse than anyone thought…claims to own companies that don’t exist”
Georgia Public Broadcasting: “Ethics experts say Herschel Walker’s U.S. Senate financial disclosure bears further scrutiny”
Georgia Public Broadcasting: “It raises questions when we’re at the candidate phase of if they’re going to be forthcoming with this information when they’re actually in charge”
11 Alive: “Herschel Walker mocked businesses that took PPP money, even though he used it himself: report”
11 Alive: “Walker told the Atlanta Business Chronicle he was “not relying on PPP or the government to save his chicken business,” according to the article’s headline. But a few weeks later, Walker’s company likewise benefited…”
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer: “Herschel Walker guaranteed he’d repay $600k in pizza franchise loans. So far, he hasn’t”
American Independent: “Walker appears to have repeatedly exaggerated and misled about his tenure…”
CNN: “Walker has been overstating his academic achievements for years.”
Daily Beast: “Walker has established a parallel record of demonstrably false claims, many of which appear to bear no resemblance to reality whatsoever.”
MSNBC: “Given that the GOP candidate tends to point to his business record as proof of Senate qualifications, this seems like a rather significant problem.”
Rolling Stone: “Accumulating examples of Walker’s deceptions and false statements…”
Associated Press: “Walker has made outsize claims about his business record” and “exaggerated claims of financial success”
CNN: “For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story…the only problem: it’s not true.”
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