Did Herschel Walker Hire a Jan. 6th Rioter To Work For His Campaign?

Much of the Georgia Senate race news cycle has justifiably focused on the many puzzling things Republican candidate Herschel Walker has said on the way to the midterm elections. As the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports, Walker had included a woman who was arrested in March for participating in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot on an August press release as a county captain. Mandy Robinson-Hand is also listed as chairwoman for Taylor County GOP.

Robinson-Hand and her husband Charles Hand III were arrested after the FBI “received tips about their attendance that were backed up by surveillance footage, documentary film clips and location data from their mobile phones,” as the AJC notes in the report. Currently, the Hands face four misdemeanor charges and are scheduled for a status conference in federal court in Washington next month. AJC also noted the webpage that listed the grassroots county captains was deactivated late Monday.

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Another interesting person listed as a captain was Kay Godwin from Pierce County. Godwin and 14 other Republicans are under investigation by Fulton County DA Fani Wills for their alleged role in overturning the 2020 Presidental result in favor of former President Donald Trump.

Even though there’s an overwhelming amount of evidence showing the facts, Walker has not said he believes President Joe Biden won fair and square. Instead, Walker has tried to toe the line in saying there were problems with the vote, but not outright saying he thought the election was stolen.

From Newsweek:

“But in that instance right there, I said, ‘Guys, there’s people that they’re unhappy with the election. Do you know what happened? I think something happened. I don’t know what it was—but something happened because people are angry,” Walker said.

What does Walker think happened? We may never know. However, these appointments might be a sneaky way to show how he actually feels.