On Friday, Fox Enterprise—the enterprise “news” arm of Fox Information—hosted failed Senate candidate and former NFL participant Herschel Walker to touch upon Black voter outreach by the Democratic Occasion. Walker overwhelmingly misplaced the Black vote in his 2022 Senate race in Georgia.
Walker appeared on “Mornings with Maria,” which is hosted by election conspiracy theorist Maria Bartiromo.
“Don’t separate Black men, don’t separate Latino men,” Walker stated, criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ current launch of an “opportunity agenda” for Black males.
Walker went on to criticize current feedback from former President Barack Obama wherein he stated Black males could also be hesitant to vote for Harris due to her gender.
“She’s not the right woman to be president, it’s got nothing to do with women. She’s not the right one to be president,” Walker stated.
Walker is an odd individual to raise for commentary on the very best technique for profitable over Black voters, as a result of when he was tasked with doing so, he failed spectacularly. In his 2022 Georgia Senate race in opposition to Sen. Raphael Warnock, exit polls confirmed that solely 8% of Black voters backed Walker, in comparison with 90% for Warnock. Walker carried out even worse amongst Black girls, receiving 5% of that vote in comparison with 93% for Warnock. Warnock simply received reelection.
Walker fell brief even when in comparison with Donald Trump, who recruited him for the race. In 2020, working in opposition to President Joe Biden and Harris, Trump obtained 11% of the Black vote in Georgia (the Biden-Harris ticket obtained 88% of the Black vote).
Walker additionally has a credibility challenge in the case of providing commentary on gender and the presidency. When he was working, 5 girls who had beforehand been in romantic relationships with him got here ahead to say that he was unfit for workplace.
One lady stated Walker “cannot have control over a state when he has little to no control of his mind,” and accused him of threatening her with violence and placing his fingers on her neck.
Moreover, Walker’s time as a politician was marred by a collection of nonsensical statements made whereas on the marketing campaign path.
At one rally, Walker selected to rehash the plot of a horror movie, remarking, “I don’t know if you know, but vampires are some cool people, are they not? But let me tell you something that I found out: a werewolf can kill a vampire. Did you know that? I never knew that.” He went on to conclude, “I don’t want to be a vampire anymore. I want to be a werewolf.”
Fox has been working time beyond regulation to advertise the notion that Trump has a stronger than conventional attraction to Black voters, even enhancing video of a marketing campaign look with Black and Latino voters to provide the impression that Trump was extra coherent than he appeared on the time of taping.
Fox has a protracted historical past of racism, misogyny, and flat-out mendacity to its viewers. Internet hosting Walker to debate this challenge is one other in a line of questionable selections by the community.