News about Herschel Walker

After accusing him of 'aggressively fondled his crotch' after a trip to a bar, Male Herschel Walker aide DROPS sexual harassment complaint against top conservative Matt Schlapp

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 26, 2024
Matt Schlapp, the Republican strategist who accused high-profile conservative leader Matt Schlapp of sexual assault, has dropped his case against him and his wife. "I am dropping all of my cases," said Carlton Huffman, 40, who had accused the head of the American Conservative Union of groping him in 2022 while working for Herschel Walker's Senate campaign. "The allegations in my lawsuits were the result of a complete mistake, and I regret that the litigation brought pain to the Schlapp family.'

Ex-college swimmer Riley Gaines tells Congress that the House subcommittee should reject the Biden Administration's proposal that encourages trans athletes to compete in women's sports: "Americans know this is not fair."

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 5, 2023
On Tuesday, House Subcommittee for Healthcare and Financial Services became the first legislative body to address transgender athletes in women's sports, as former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines and ex-Oberlin lacrosse coach Kim Russell testified in favour of a ban. Gaines has persistently advocated against the inclusion of trans women in sports since 2022, when she tied for fifth place in the 200-yard NCAA freestyle championship with University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender woman who never competed against males. Gaines has met with politicians including Heisman winner and former US Senate candidate Brent Herschel Walker and Senator Rand Paul, who have all endorsed their efforts to prohibit transgender people from participating in female sports. Russell, a third member of the Independent Women's Forum, was suspended as the women's lacrosse team coach at Oberlin College in Ohio after speaking out against transgender athletes in female sports. Russell has claimed that she was moved to a writing position that barred her from directly teaching students as a result of her views on transgender athletes in women's sports.

Federal regulators have approved the XFL-USFL union, as ex-WWE star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's spring football league begins in 2024, beginning March 30

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 30, 2023
Just like that, the United States has one less spring football league. Federal regulators accepted the merger between the Dwayne Johnson-owned XFL and its springtime rival, the USFL. The combined league will debut on March 30th, but specifics regarding the team are uncertain. According to a study published in Sports Business Journal on Thursday, Russ Brandon, the current XFL chief executive, would serve as the leading executive of the new venture.

Patrick Mahomes the Olympian?Kansas City Chiefs quarterback says he 'definitely' wants to play flag football at the 2028 LA Games

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 4, 2023
Could Patrick Mahomes follow in the footsteps of NFL legends Jim Thorpe and Herschel Walker by competing in the Olympics ? With the addition of flag football to the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback says he can imagine himself representing the United States. 'I certainly want to,' Mahomes said before Sunday's match against the Miami Dolphins in Frankfurt, Germany. 'But I've seen some of those guys play flag football.' They're a little faster than I am. For you, linemen are not blocking. I'll be 31, 32 years old. If I can still move around later, I'm going to get out there and throw the football around maybe in Los Angeles.'

Jeff Hefner, the pilot of a Cessna crash in Virginia, was branded "Mr Safety" by Jeff Hefner

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 7, 2023
Since flying more than 25,000 hours for Southwest Airlines, the highly experienced pilot at the helm of the Cessna Citation 560 that crashed into the woods in Virginia earned the nickname 'Mr Safety.' Adina Azarian, 49, her 2-year-old daughter, and the child's live-in nanny, Evadnie Smith, were killed along with the pilot as the plane crashed into a dense wooded area having already flown through restricted airspace over Washington, D.C. At 1:13 p.m., the flight left Elizabethton, Tennessee, and was headed for MacArthur Airport in Long Island. The plane is said to have lost pressurization, knocking everyone on alert. They continued to fly on autopilots until they ran out of fuel.

An NRA executive whose family was killed in the Virginia plane crash also lost another child in 1994 to a scuba crash

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 5, 2023
John and Barbara Rumpel (top right), whose daughter and granddaughter were killed in a private jet crash near Virginia on Sunday afternoon, lost another daughter in a tragic accident nearly 30 years ago. Victoria, the Rumpels' 19-year-old daughter, died in a 1994 scuba diving crash. The Rumpel's purchased an 11-story building in Florida and turned it into a senior living facility (left) in honor of their daughter's memory.' 'Victoria Landing' gets its name from Victoria Rumpel,' the touching tribute states.' On Sunday, the family lost another daughter, a granddaughter, nanny, and pilot after their plane crashed in Washington, DC, causing fighter jets to crash.

A family of Trump killed in Virginia Cessna's shooting killed another child

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 5, 2023
At the time, the teen's death prompted Florida businessman John Rumpel, 75, to invest in a key piece of real estate that would eventually make him millions, as well as establish a multimillion-dollar corporation that doubled as his daughter's namesake. The 11-story building today, set in scenic Melbourne, is a sanctuary for senior life, and it is now operated by both Rumpel and his wife, Barbara, 74, who is also a senior citizen. Victoria Landing - the teen who died in 1994 - is responsible for the name. When a private Cessna jet carrying the Rumpels' other offspring, 49-year-old Adina Azarian, and her own daughter crashed flying from Tennessee to their home in East Hampton on Sunday, the well-connected couples' suffering was compounded. Rumpel revealed in a letter to The New York Times just hours later that the pair had returned home from a four-day trip to his own estate in North Carolina when the plane crashed some 20,000 feet out of the sky.

The NRA chief expresses sorrow for the daughter and granddaughter who were killed in the Cessna tragedy

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 5, 2023
After it was reported that no one survived the wayward and unresponsive business plane that sailed over the country's capital on Sunday afternoon, a Florida mother and NRA Director paid a sad tribute to her daughter and granddaughter. The flight, which prompted the Pentagon to scramble an interceptor fighter jet as the pilot was unresponsive, was forced to call for an interceptor fighter jet on Sunday afternoon. Federal Aviation Administration officials say the private Cessna jet from Elizabethton, Tennessee, came close to both the US Capitol and the White House around 3.30 p.m. Barbara Rumpel, a businesswoman and member of the NRA Women's Leadership Forum, announced on Sunday that her daughter and granddaughter died in the accident and took to Facebook. In the comments of a post in which she announced her attendance at an NRA conference, Rumpel wrote, 'My family is gone, my daughter and granddaughter.'

Parties, MAGA darlings, and a sex assault scandal: An inside look at Matt Schlapp's life

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 26, 2023
Matt Schlapp and his partner Mercedes have a long history of being Washington, D.C.,'s conservative darlings. They are known for the opulent shindigs at their Virginia mansion, which includes a series of cocktails and a line-up of some of the most popular celebrities on the right. The groups at the Conservative Political Action Conferences have become part of legend, with late nights in hotel suites, alcoholic beverages, and on-the-nose remarks that may result in the cancellation of public speaking. However, in recent months, Matt Schlapp's fame and image in the country's capital have been tarnished due to misconduct charges against him. Bob Beauprez, the American Conservative Union treasurer, who was one of CPAC's leaders, resigned this week due to payments made in Schlapp's defense in a case accusing him of sexual harassment. Schlapp grabbed his crotch during a night of inebriation with Herschel Walker in Georgia in January. Schlapp has denied the allegations, but the allegations have caused a lot of buzz around the company that puts on the year's biggest conservative conferences – and parties.

In a politically charged address at a church MLK once led, Biden rips "racism, nationalism, insurrection."

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 15, 2023
He delivered a speech in which he spoke about King's legacy and quoted Bible stories and verses, while repeating his oft-used assertion that Americans are in 'a war for our country's soul.' The president pressed the importance of democracy several times and regretted the'collapse' of 'institutional institutions' in the United States, mentioning the recent brazil in Brasilia. Biden's appearance in front of a sociable audience in Georgia comes at a time when both sides of the aisle are being scrutinized more closely in Washington, D.C., over his handling of classified information. 'This is a time of choosing - we have direct choices from the pulpit,' Biden said. 'Are we have people who choose democracy over autocracy?'

Kari Lake has announced that she will continue her fight all the way to the Supreme Court ahead of her hearing on Monday

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 19, 2022
Kari Lake, the denier of the United States, promised Sunday that if her appeal was dismissed in a hearing on Monday, she would contest her case all the way to the Supreme Court. Lake, the Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, had filed a lawsuit seeking to have her defeat reversed or have the election rerun due to polling stations' failures. At a gathering of conservatives in Phoenix, she told supporters, 'I'm not going to stand down.' 'These people are deceitful,' says the narrator.'

Following his'major announcement' of superhero NFTs, Steve Bannon is the latest to turn against Trump

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 16, 2022
Following his arrest on contempt of Congress in October, Bannon, who was sentenced to four months in jail in October, reacted with a sarcastic display on his Right Side Broadcasting Network with indignation. Though he considers Trump one of America's best presidents, he has stated that he can't do this anymore.' On his show 'The War Room,' Bannon, speaking with fellow Trump White House advisors Dr. Sebastian Gorka and Steve Cortes, blamed either company partners or comms employees who Bannon believes pushed these NFTs on Trump.

The 'MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT' for Trump...is worth $99 per person

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 15, 2022
Former President Donald Trump's' major announcement' was released on Thursday, but it's a digital trading card with a photograph of himself in a superhero costume standing in a boxing ring. The digital Trump card, which looks to be a digitalized version of the Pokemon cards that people used to trade in the 1990s and 2000s, would cost fans out $99. 'They will be gone, I believe, very quickly!' On Truth Social, Trump wrote a piece. 'MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!' he wrote. 'My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here!These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career! You can have all of your favorite Trump digital Trading Cards, but hopefully much more exciting.' In addition to the collectibles, there are pictures of Trump in a variety of costume styles, including a cowboy and an explorer.

'America needs a superhero': Trump teases a 'major announcement' TOMORROW with laser eyes

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 14, 2022
In a recent poll, the former president in a new cartoon video depicting him as a hero. Trump announced a bid to retake the White House in 2024, just days after some Republicans blamed him for supporting candidates like Georgia's Herschel Walker, who lost.

McConnell directly blames Trump for midterms: GOP leader says we 'couldn't control' primary results

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 13, 2022
McConnell spoke at his regular Senate press conference a week after Georgia's run-off, where Trump-backed NFL star Herschel Walker lost to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. Republicans dominated the majority of state and local elections in the Peach State, with Republicans winning the majority of state and municipal elections. Though the overwhelming majority of incumbents who supported Trump also lost re-election, his campaign was also blamed for dragging poor Republican primary candidates over the finish line only to be defeated by more moderate Democrats in the general election.

In the aftermath of Hershel Walker's demise, Mitt Romney says Trump is 'the kiss of death' for GOP candidates

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 12, 2022
Former President Donald Trump's endorsement, according to Mitt Romney, the Republican senator from Utah, was fatal to GOP nominee campaigns. When speaking to journalists after Herschel Walker, who Trump endorsed, was disqualified in Georgia's senate runoff, Romney made his remarks. Walker was just one of many Trump-backed candidates to be defeated in the midterms. Despite Romney's long-standing criticism of Trump, several other Republicans than him have chastised him for the party's midterm results.

Sen. Herschel Walker's demise isn't surprising, according to Republican senators

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2022
After losing by around three points to incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock, the knives fell out for the former NFL star, who was plagued by domestic violence allegations and allegations that he paid for multiple women's abortions despite staking out a pro-life position. In a news briefing released Wednesday, Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., who is leaving the Senate to run for governor in 2024, said, 'Candidate quality does count.' But Walker wasn't the only one to blame, he also cited a lack of a political platform to mobilize voters. We are really for nothing if there isn't a concrete idea of what you're looking for, and we're sure about it along the way.' And after we're elected, we say, 'Well, maybe we'll tell you after we're elected.' It isn't going to be easy. 'Ben Braun said that Democrats are political entrepreneurs.'

Warnock also secured Georgia because voters understood how far right MAGA Republicans have gone', according to Schumer

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2022
Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia barely defeated Donald Trump-backed Herschel Walker, an ex-NFL player whose campaign was hampered by allegations of domestic violence, infidelity, and coerced abortions. Schumer said that 'candidate quality' was 'absolutely vital' to Democrats' victory, both in Warnock's own image and Walker's frequent public appearances. He also suggested that the runoff race on Tuesday be a warning to Republicans that if their party keeps following Trump's pattern, it will not flourish. Walker's loss is the latest in a string of high-profile primary defeats in which Trump supported fringe or otherwise marginalized Republican primary candidates who demonstrated his support over older options.

Trump begged her son Christian Walker to run for a Georgia Senate seat, according to Herschel Walker's son Christian

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2022
Christian Walker wrote on Twitter minutes after his father's death to Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia, saying that his and his mother's resistance to Walker's candidacy had 'got the middle finger.' The 23-year-old also accused Republicans of supporting Walker as a candidate because he is black, as Warnock is. 'The Truth: Trump told my dad for months that he did not run for office for months.' "PLEASE DON'T DO THIS," a man with a brain begged. "You have an amazing history, so please DONT DO THIS," Christian Walker posted on Twitter. We have the middle finger,' He said. ' He ran.' Christian Walker criticized the GOP for playing 'identity politics,' an allegation that the right frequently lodges at Democrats. We say we don't play "identity politics," and then you ran this guy because he had the same skin color as his opponent with no prior involvement other than football.' A boring old Republican may have ruled,' the social media star posted.

Herschel Walker defeated: Is it time for Republicans to embrace mail-in and early voting?

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2022
Republicans must get over their concerns about early and mail-in elections if they want to win, according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Tuesday night. 'Yes,' Gingrich told Fox News' Sean Hannity, when asked if Republican voters should abandon their reluctance and vote early or by mail. 'You must play the game by the rules that are still in force,' the former House Speaker said.

As voters vote to elect the final Senate nominee, Walker and Warnock trade barbs

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 6, 2022
Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Republican rival Herschel Walker of Ohio finished their run-off campaigns on Tuesday with a battling word to one another. "I'll put my character against Raphael Warnock right now," Walker said at a Marietta Diner stop in Marietta, Georgia, after a reporter pointed out that "the issue of character is very important to voters."

The battle for the final Senate seat in Georgia goes head to head between Walker and Warnock

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 5, 2022
Sen. Raphael Warnock's and Republican ex-NFL star Herschel Walker will face each other in a run-off election on Tuesday. Warnock came in second place in the general election, beating his Republican challenger by 1,943,737 votes to 1,907,272 votes, or 0.9 percent. However, due to a third-party challenger, no candidate was able to reach the 50 percent mark, and so the top two finishers qualified again, according to Georgia's election laws. According to the most recent CNN poll, Warnock is still leading by 57% to 48 percent. Peach State residents now have had another miserable month of mud-slinging campaign ads to flood their airwaves as each candidate trades dirt on the other.

Joe Biden, 80, suffers BRAIN DAMAGE after a skit about his plans to prevent a rail strike, according to SNL

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 4, 2022
Che was announcing a headline about Biden's signature of a bill that would prevent a recent railway strike without promising the workers' requests for sick leave. The comic cracked: 'How do you expect him to care about sick leave when he shows up to work every day with full blown CTE?'Che and co-anchor Colin Jost also riffed on Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker and Kanye West's meeting with Alex Jones

President boasts calls Warnock 'honorable' - and suggests Herschel Walker doesn't have 'veracity'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 2, 2022
A biden in Massachusetts chastised Herschel Walker's "veracity" and said he can't recall a time when Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock didn't 'vote with us.' When touring a union phone banking operation that was supposed to raise Warnock, Biden made the remarks. Republicans use his voting records and closeness with Biden's positions against him, which he cites. 'This campaign in George is really, really critical,' Biden told union workers at the phone bank.' Without going into detail, he went back to Herschel Walker's'veracity.'