>> Martha: MID-TERMS TEN WEEKS
AWAY RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THE VERY CLOSELY WATCHED
RACES IS THE RACE FOR THE
GEORGIA SENATE SEAT.
IT’S BEING VIEWED IN SOME WAYS
AS A TEST OF FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S INFLUENCE OVER HIS
PARTY, THE GOP.
AND AS A POTENTIAL PROVING
GROUND, PERHAPS, FOR SENATOR
RAPHAEL WARNOCK WHO SOME
DEMOCRAT STRATEGISTS BELIEVE IF
HE CAN WIN IN GEORGIA THAT HE
MIGHT BE IN THAT POOL OF PEOPLE
THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN A
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
THERE’S A LOOK.
A FAIRLY TIGHT RACE IN THIS
POLL.
IT’S ABOUT FOUR POINTS APART
RIGHT NOW.
THERE’S A LONG WAY TO GO HERE IN
ELECTION TIME CLOCKS.
FOX VIEWS THIS RACE AS A TOSS-UP
AS YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THERE.
THE CHALLENGER TO THE SITTING
SENATOR WARNOCK IS REPUBLICAN
HERSCHEL WALKER AND HE JOINS ME
NOW.
WE HAVE INVITED SENATOR WARNOCK
TO GIVE HIM EQUAL TIME.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK TO SET A
DATE FOR THAT.
THAT INVITATION IS OPEN AS WELL.
MR. WALKER, WELCOME.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
CALL ME HERSCHEL.
>> Martha: ALL RIGHT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
COMMENT WE JUST PLAYED FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN WHERE HE SAID
THAT MAGA FOLLOWERS BELONG TO
THIS SCARY ARM OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
THAT HE SEES THEM AS SEMI
FASCIST.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT?
>> MY RESPONSE IS THE SAME I’VE
BEEN SAYING TO SENATOR WARNOCK,
THEY WANTS TO DIVIDE.
THEY WANT TO DIVIDE THE PEOPLE
EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THEY’RE
TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
BUT YOU CAN’T BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER BY CALLING THEM NAMES.
THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT JOE BIDEN
AND SENATOR WARNOCK CONTINUE TO
DO, CALL PEOPLE NAMES.
YOU SEE THEY CALLED ME ON MSNBC
AND HE DIDN’T CHECK THEM ON
THAT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THE
PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT
THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT WHAT THEY
SAID THEY ARE.
SENATOR WARNOCK IS A WOLF IN
SHEEP’S CLOTHING.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IT’S TIME FOR
HIM TO BE EXPOSED.
>> Martha: SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT’S BEEN TALKED
ABOUT IN THIS RACE IS WHETHER OR
NOT YOU ARE A STRONG ENOUGH
CANDIDATE FOR THIS RACE.
THIS IS FROM SENATOR MITCH
McCONNELL.
A COMMENT HE MADE THE OTHER DAY.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO
RESPOND TO THIS.
WATCH THIS.
>> THERE’S PROBABLY A GREATER
LIKELIHOOD THE HOUSE FLIPS THAN
THE SENATE.
SENATE RACES ARE JUST DIFFERENT.
THEY’RE STATEWIDE.
CANDIDATE QUALITY HAS A LOT TO
DO WITH THE OUTCOME.
>> Martha: WHAT WAS YOUR
PERSONAL REACTION TO THAT
COMMENTS, HERSCHEL?
>> MY REACTION IS I DEPARTMENT
HEAR MY NAME IN THAT COMMENT.
THE MOST THINGS PEOPLE NEED TO
REALIZE, I DIDN’T GET IN THIS
RACE BECAUSE OF WASHINGTON D.C.
I GET IN THIS RACE BECAUSE OF
THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
MY FAMILY WAS HURTING AND I SAW
THAT SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK WAS
PART OF THAT.
HE’S BRINGING THINGS THAT THE
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA DON’T LIKE.
THEY DON’T WANT HIGH GAS PRICES,
HIGHER GROCERIES.
THEY’RE SICK AND TIRED OF THE
CRIME ON THE STREET.
THEY NEED SOMEONE THAT WILL PUT
A CHANGE TO IT AND THAT IS
HERSCHEL WALKER.
DECIDED TO RUN.
I’M AN OUTSIDER.
I’M NOT A POLITICIAN.
I DON’T LOOK LIKE ONE, TALK LIKE
ONE OR ACT LIKE ONE.
THAT’S THE REASON THE RACE IS
VIRTUALLY TIED.
THEY SEE ME GET OUT.
I’M WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE.
HE WORKS FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> Martha: YOU HAVE A HUGE
FOLLOWING IN GEORGIA WHERE
YOU’RE FROM AND PEOPLE FOLLOWED
YOUR FOOTBALL CAREER SO CLOSELY
THERE.
EMBRACE YOU IN A LOT OF WAYS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FROM YOUR
PAST DURING A REALLY DIFFICULT
TIME IN YOUR LIFE SUGGESTIONS,
ABUSE ALLEGATIONS FROM YOUR
FORMER WIFE AND FROM A FEW OTHER
WOMEN OUT THERE.
SO YOU HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THAT
YOU WERE GOING TO SEE THE ADS
THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU WISH THAT YOU HADN’T RUN
GIVEN THIS?
OR WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE THAT
WATCH THESE ADS AND HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT YOU NOW?
>> WELL, I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE
A QUESTION ABOUT ME.
ONE THING YOU CAN SEE, I’M VERY
TRANSPARENT.
I’VE BEEN THAT WAY.
PEOPLE KNOW I’VE BEEN KNOCKED
DOWN MANY TIMES BUT I GET IT.
MY EX-WIFE AND I, WE’RE THE BEST
OF FRIENDS WITH HER HUSBAND AND
MY WIFE.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS
TOGETHER.
I DID THAT TO HELP PEOPLE
BECAUSE YOU CAN BE WALKING AND
WOUNDED MENTALLY.
AS LONG AS YOU SEEK HELP,
THERE’S PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP
YOU.
PEOPLE WANT TO DEMONIZE THAT.
I’M GOING TO BE A CHAMPION FOR
MENTAL HEALTH AND WILL ALWAYS
BE.
THAT’S THE WAY I DID IT.
PEOPLE SEE WHERE I’M AT TODAY,
WHERE I’M ADD TODAY, I’M HERE TO
HELP PEOPLE AND HELP GEORGIANS.
BECAUSE GEORGIA NEEDS SOMEONE TO
GO TO WASHINGTON TO REPRESENT
THEM HONESTLY.
NOT TO BE SOMEONE THAT SAY THIS
AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SENATOR WARNOCK WENT TO
WASHINGTON, FORGOT ABOUT THE
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
I’M FOR THE GEORGIA PEOPLE AND
I’LL FIGHT FOR THE GEORGIA
PEOPLE AS HE FOUGHT FOR THE
ELITE IN WASHINGTON AND FIGHTING
FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> Martha: WHEN WE COVERED THE
GEORGIA RUN-OFF RACE, THE
PRESIDENT WAS THERE WITH KELLY
LEFLER AND DAVID PURDUE,
SUPPORTING THEM.
THAT DIDN’T WORK OUT.
THE GOP LOST THE CONTROL OF THE
SENATE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE IN ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT RACES FOR YOUR
PARTY IN THIS COUNTRY.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CLOSE THAT
GAP?
>> WELL, I’M GOING TO GET
AROUND, LISTENING TO WHAT THE
PEOPLE GOT TO SAY.
I’VE INVITED SENATOR WARNOCK TO
A DEBATE, WHICH HE’S HIDING
BEHIND THE MEDIA.
HE’S HIDING BEHIND HIS TWITTER
ACCOUNT.
HE DON’T WANT THE PEOPLE TO SEE
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HIMSELF AND
MYSELF.
I BELIEVE IN LOWER TAXES.
HE BELIEVES IN HIGHER TAXES.
HE BELIEVES IN PUTTING MEN AND
WOMEN SPORTS.
I DON’T.
RIGHT NOW HE BELIEVES PEOPLE
PAYING SOMEONE ELSE’S DEBT.
I DON’T.
PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THE CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US AND HE
NEEDS TO QUIT HIDING AND LET
PEOPLE SEE THERE’S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SENATOR WARNOCK AND
HERSCHEL WALKER.
>> Martha: WELL, WE WOULD LOVE
TO SEE THAT DEBATE.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HOST THAT
DEBATE FOR THE TWO OF YOU.
AS I SAID, WE HAVE AN OPEN
INVITATION FOR HIM TO COME HERE
AND TELL HIS SIDE AS WELL.
HERSCHEL WALKER, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY,
SIR.
WE’LL BE FOLLOWING YOUR RACE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO
GO TO TEAM HERSCHEL WALKER.COM
AND HELP ME REPRESENT SENT
GEORGIA AND AMERICA.
I’M GOING TO FIGHT FOR US ALL