ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump will hold a virtual rally on Monday for Republican Herschel Walker to urge his conservative base to return to the polls for Tuesday’s runoff in the Georgia Senate race, according to a senior Republican official.
State Republicans pleaded with Trump not to hold an in-person rally ahead of the November midterm and Tuesday’s runoff, armed with polling data showing that the former president could do more harm than good.
But as U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock built what Republicans see as a daunting early voting edge, Walker’s campaign accepted Trump’s last-minute intervention.
Their relationship dates to the early 1980s, when Trump’s short-lived pro football team signed Walker. The two have remained close, and Trump endorsed Walker even before he entered the Senate race last year, calling him an “unstoppable” political force.
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