Herschel Walker plays up farmer kinship, links Warnock to Biden at Athens livestock auction

Herschel Walker stumps for votes outside a livestock pen at an auction site in Athens. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker played opening act for a herd of cows Wednesday during a campaign stop at Northeast Georgia Livestock LLC, a livestock auction house in Athens.

“I grew up in, like I said, Wrightsville, Georgia,” Walker told the crowd of farmers and ranchers.

“I grew up with goats, cows, horses, crap on my feet. You ask my opponent if he grew up like that. So, I know what you guys are going through, and I’m going to fight with you. I stand with our farmers.”