Warnock, Walker get personal in Georgia’s closing arguments
By BILL BARROW and JEFF AMY, BILL BARROW and JEFF AMY, , Associated Press,
Published: November 6, 2022, 2:30pm
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FILE - U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks at a campaign event in Clarkston, Ga., on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. At left is U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock meet Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Georgia's Senate contest that could help determine which party controls the Senate for the next two years. More than 2.5 million Georgia voters have already cast ballots, about a 20% increase over advanced voting in 2018. (AP Photo/Bob Andres, File)Photo Gallery
ATLANTA (AP) — After spending months arguing that Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is “not ready” for high elected office, Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is intensifying his critique ahead of Election Day to say the celebrity athlete is fundamentally unfit for Capitol Hill.
From a rally with former President Barack Obama to a statewide bus tour that runs through the eve of Election Day on Tuesday, Warnock has hammered Walker as a “pathological liar” who has exaggerated his business, academic, professional and philanthropic achievements and been accused of violence against his family members and of paying for girlfriends’ abortions...
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