Herschel Walker Pulls Out Of Marjorie Taylor Greene Event After She Spoke At A White Nationalist Conference
Herschel Walker, a former college and professional football star and leading Republican candidate in the field to challenge Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock in November’s midterm elections, is backing out of a planned speech at an organized event by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green spoke at a white nationalist rally.
Walker was slated to speak at Greene’s “Second Amendment and Freedom Rally” in Rome, Georgia on Saturday (March 5). His decision to back out was first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Greene appeared and spoke at the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), which was organized by prominent white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
Just prior to Greene’s speech at the conference last Friday, Fuente asked the crowd to give a “round of applause for Russia,” days after the country invaded Ukraine. Many in the audience then began chanting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s name.
Fuentes has also previously asserted that “whites are under attack” and that there is going to be a “genocide” on young white men. He’s also criticized interracial marraige.
Greene herself has a history of controversy. The Georgia businesswoman was elected in November 2020 after spreading language of the far-right fringe movement QAnon. A growing list of her Democratic colleagues have called on Greene to be expelled from Congress after a number of highly inflammatory comments she made online before she was elected.
The self-described Q-Anon supporter has perpetuated everything from liking social media posts that called for violence against prominent Democrats to outlining wild conspiracies that a “Jewish space laser” may have been to blame for the deadly wildfires in California.
