Barack Obama, in Georgia, calls Herschel Walker a ‘celebrity who wants to be a politician’
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Former President Barack Obama targeted Herschel Walker, the GOP Senate nominee in Georgia who’s challenging Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a crucial battleground state Senate race
Obama, who remains the most popular person in the Democratic Party nearly six years after he left the White House, is trying to perform some last-minute political magic as Democrats desperately try to hold onto their razor-thin congressional majorities in the midterm elections. The former president is headlining rallies in five states holding key Senate and gubernatorial races.
"I am here to ask you to vote," the former president told approximately 7,000 people packed into an arena steps away from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Dozens of House lawmakers rally around funding Afghan visa program as Trump vows major spending cuts
Reps. Jason Crow and Zach Nunn are leading 49 other House lawmakers in a letter urging Congress to preserve the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program.