“Herschel Walker, facing new controversy, insists, ‘I’m a resident of Georgia’”

— Fox News, just six days from the Georgia Senate runoff.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) told CNN that after waiting in line for an hour at a polling station, he couldn’t bring himself to vote for Herschel Walker (R).

He said Walker hasn’t shown he wouldn’t be “Trump’s puppet.”

Associated Press: “Democrats have employed an all-hands-on-deck push to bank as many votes as possible while Republicans, especially Walker, have taken a less aggressive approach that could leave the GOP nominee heavily dependent on runoff Election Day turnout.”

New York Times: “Voters have a far smaller window to cast ballots, which has led to hourslong lines around metro Atlanta, a Democratic stronghold, even though fewer people are voting ahead of Tuesday’s runoff race than in the early 2021 elections. Democrats fear the restrictions will hamper a turnout machine they spent years building.”

Meanwhile, Warnock has a new ad out featuring Barack Obama.

“As a surge of Georgia voters streamed to the polls this weekend, Sen. Raphael Warnock headlined a half-dozen rallies across metro Atlanta. Herschel Walker, his Republican opponent, was nearly invisible, without a public event for five days,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“The Republican’s campaign, once singularly focused on slamming Warnock’s ties to President Joe Biden, abruptly shifted to accuse Walker’s former football coach of not really being his former football coach after he endorsed Warnock.”

“And thanks to Warnock’s dominating fundraising advantage, the airwaves have been blanketed with Walker’s rambling stump speech gaffes, including a recent inexplicable analysis of horror movie villains: ‘A werewolf can kill a vampire, did you know that?'”

David Corn: Herschel Walker once said he was the target of racism. Now he claims it doesn’t exist.

“Political attack ads often take one of two paths. They use an opposing candidate’s words against them or show ordinary people delivering an argument that’s a little too hot for a campaign to make on its own,” the New York Times reports.

“A new TV ad from Senator Raphael Warnock tries to do both at once.”

“The 60-second ad from Mr. Warnock, the Georgia Democrat, splices together footage of his Republican opponent, Herschel Walker, speaking about vampire movies, pregnant cows and how “our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air.”

Herschel Walker (R), facing renewed and growing questions about his residency in the final week of the runoff campaign, described himself during a campaign speech in January as living in Texas and said he decided to run for Georgia’s Senate seat while at his Texas “home,” CNN reports.

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports that Georgia authorities have been urged in a complaint to investigate Walker’s residency.

“Former First Lady Michelle Obama is helping U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock energize voters in his Dec. 6 runoff contest against Republican Herschel Walker. It’s her first foray into Georgia politics this cycle and one of only a handful of endorsements she’s issued this year,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“It comes days before her husband, former President Barack Obama, headlines a rally for Warnock in Atlanta to boost turnout in the last election of the 2022 campaign.”

“Georgia voters set a single-day early turnout record Monday as 301,500 people stormed to the polls on the first day they were open in most counties ahead of the U.S. Senate runoff,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R) “had nothing to say about the dinner date between his political patron, former president Donald Trump, and an avowed white supremacist and anti-Semite,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports

“Walker hasn’t taken a question since early October from the reporters covering his campaign in Georgia and Monday was no exception.”

Records show U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker (R) — who’s facing fresh questions about his Georgia residency — rented out his Atlanta home just before launching his campaign, the Daily Beast reports.

“Donald Trump will not cross the Florida state line to campaign with Herschel Walker during the final week of the Georgia Senate runoff election, after both camps decided the former president’s appearance carried more political risks than rewards,” the New York Times reports.

“Instead of holding one of his signature campaign rallies, Mr. Trump is planning a call with supporters in the state and will continue sending online fund-raising pleas for Mr. Walker.”

“The decision to keep Mr. Trump out of the spotlight was a response largely to the former president’s political style and image, which can energize his core supporters but also motivate Democratic voters and turn off significant segments of moderate Republicans.”

“Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) hardly took any time off for Thanksgiving break, headlining six separate events scattered across metro Atlanta this weekend to pump up weekend voting,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“Meanwhile, Herschel Walker, his Republican opponent, hasn’t had a public event since last Tuesday.”

“Walker is back on the campaign trail on Monday… but his disappearing act less than two weeks before the Dec. 6 runoff baffled many of his Republican allies.”