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ATLANTA (AP) At first glance, Herschel Walker has a coveted political profile for a potential Senate candidate in Georgia.
He was a football hero at the University of Georgia before his long NFL career. Hes a business owner whose chicken products are distributed across the U.S. And hes a Black conservative with backing from former President Donald Trump, a longtime friend.
But an Associated Press review of hundreds of pages of public records tied to Walkers business ventures and his divorce, including many not previously reported, sheds new light on a turbulent personal history that could dog his Senate bid. The documents detail accusations that Walker repeatedly threatened his ex-wifes life, exaggerated claims of financial success and alarmed business associates with unpredictable behavior.
Walker, now 59, has at times been open about his long struggle with mental illness, writing at length in a 2008 book about being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, once known as multiple personality disorder. But its unclear how he would discuss these events as a candidate.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/herschel-walker-eyes-senate-run-165340886.html
boston bean
(36,186 posts)keithsw
(436 posts)He's functionally illiterate
walkingman
(7,512 posts)need some good leaders for while or we are in deep shit.
rurallib
(62,346 posts)oasis
(49,152 posts)UTUSN
(70,497 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)to think every black person will vote for Walker. This is the depth of his knowledge of race in America.