Walker's chicken firm tied to benefits from unpaid labor

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October 25th, 2022

Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, greets supporters during a campaign rally Oct. 18, 2022, in Atlanta. Walker campaigns for the U.S. Senate as a champion of free enterprise and advocate for the mentally ill, felons and others. And the Georgia Republican has called for policies that blend those priorities. Yet Walker, through a major chicken processor that he touts as a principal partner to one of his primary businesses,  has benefited from years of unpaid labor by drug offenders routed to the facility by Oklahoma state courts. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

As Herschel Walker campaigns for the U.S. Senate, he calls for society to help the downtrodden the way he says others helped him overcome mental health struggles. That includes those in the criminal justice system.

“If someone comes out of prison, they should have incentives set up that the person has learned a trade, and you give an incentive for a company to hire him so he can make a living for himself,” Walker said Aug. 17 in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Touting his own success, Walker added that it’s his “responsibility now to help.”

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