Herschel Walker dodges questions about Trump skipping Georgia run off as Obama prepares for rally

Herschel Walker is dodging questions about why former President Donald Trump is staying away from Georgia in the final days of the crucial Senate run off — even as former President Barak Obama was poised to rally support for incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Walker downplayed the fact that his biggest supporter is nowhere to be seen on the Peach State campaign trail amid concerns that Trump would do more harm than good by energizing Democrats and independents.

“Trump’s been in my corner, he still is in my corner and he’s been doing other things for me,” Walker said in on Fox News late Tuesday. “Everyone has been doing a lot of things for me.”

Walker brushed off comparisons to Obama, who is being welcomed back by Warnock for a get out the vote rally on Thursday.

“The left is highlighting Obama coming down but President Obama is a celebrity and that seems to be where Raphael Warnock is getting his money from,” Walker added.

Trump hasn’t showed his face in Georgia since the midterms Election Day last month when Warnock narrowly won the first round against Walker. The race headed to a one-on-one Dec. 6 run off because neither candidate won 50% of the vote.

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Republican strategists warned the scandal-plagued Walker to keep Trump away from Georgia because the former president is highly unpopular among the electorate as a whole, despite commanding strong support from his right-wing MAGA base.

Walker is hoping to win over some moderate Republicans and independents who didn’t vote for him in the first round, when he dramatically underperformed the rest of the GOP ticket led by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Warnock, on the other hand, is focusing on turning out his base of support among Black voters and moderate whites in the suburbs, especially around Atlanta.

Obama, who remains a popular national political figure, will reprise his role as cheerleader-in-chief for the trailblazing first Black senator from Georgia since Reconstruction.

Georgia voters are setting records in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s election but final turnout is expected to be lower than the first round. That makes it all the more important for both Walker and Warnock to mobilize their rival supporters.

Trump’s absence is all the more striking because he has since announced his own comeback campaign for the White House in 2024, and the Georgia run off is the only major race on the political calendar.

Democrats wrapped up control of the Senate for the next two years when Republicans flopped in several swing states including Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.

They hope to cushion their edge with a Warnock win, particularly because they face an ugly map in 2024 with three Democratic incumbents running for reelection in states Trump won.