Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker explained his reasoning for not committing to a debate with his Democratic opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, during an episode of “Fox & Friends” Wednesday.
A political ad released by Warnock’s campaign accused Walker of not being prepared for a seat in the U.S. Senate given that he has not yet debated the senator. Walker told “Fox & Friends” that Warnock does not want to address inflation and high gas prices. He called on the senator “to answer” to the high prices and crime that he allegedly supported.
“Senator Warnock has nothing else to talk about,” he said. “He don’t want to talk about the high gas prices, he don’t want to talk about the high groceries [prices]. I’ve told him many times, I’m ready to debate him anytime, any day, I just want to make it for the fans, not about a political party or about some media. And all he’s doing is talking. I want to make it a fair and equitable debate for the people.”
“Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade asked Walker if he is concerned about the moderator holding the debate.
“No,” he said. “What I want him to do, he knows this, there’s a lot of outlets that want to host this debate and I’m saying let’s get together. I’m willing to cross the aisle…Not doing it on his terms, but doing it on the terms that people can see the contrast between he and I. I don’t want men in women’s sports, I’m not going to have that. I don’t want to see high gas prices. I want to see the crime stop. Those are things he voted for, which he don’t want to admit [to], so he needs to answer to that.” (RELATED: Herschel Walker Wins Georgia Senate GOP Primary)
“He wants to continue to hide behind other people rather than him getting out doing what he’s supposed to do, which is representing the people, which he hasn’t done a good job at it — being a leader, he’s not good at it,” Walker continued.
An Atlanta Journal Constitution poll found that Warnock is leading Walker by 3 percentage points, garnering 46% support. The poll surveyed 902 likely voters between July 14-22 with a 3.3% margin of error.
Walker said Warnock needs to “turn the seat over” to him because Warnock represents President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, rather than the state of Georgia.