As you can imagine, Trump has not taken kindly to the many suggestions that his presence in Georgia will cost Herschel Walker the Senate seat.
with one telling the publication that she hopes Trump does not try to campaign with Walker, explaining, “I don’t think he would be helpful.… As a Republican, I hope he doesn’t come because I don’t think he’s a positive influence right now.” As a Georgia Republican strategist bluntlyjust after the midterms: “Past evidence is we lose elections recently where Trump gets involved in our state.” He added that “it would be a disaster” if Trump heavily campaigned for Walker in the runoff.
Even if the ex-president follows the advice he’s getting from basically all corners of the Republican world and refrains from traveling to Georgia before the December 6 contest, many within the GOP are already annoyed with him for before the Walker-Warnock race was decided. Prior to Trump making the Mar-a-Lago announcement—and, in the eyes of some, making the runoff a referendum on him—adviserMike Biundo,