The former NFL star and current Senate candidate Herschel Walker is experiencing fallout from a canceled fundraiser organized by a person who used a swastika on social media.
A head of the Atlanta chapter of the American Jewish Committee believed scrapping the event isn't enough and called on Walker, who has yet to comment on the matter, to condemn the hateful imagery.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
."Walker may have canceled his fundraiser after a sponsor associated with the event displayed the antisemitic symbol proudly, but he must condemn Holocaust and COVID health policies comparisons immediately." Former NFL star Hershel Walker's campaign for Senate is facing controversy due to a recent event organized by someone who once used antisemitic imagery online. In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Walker addresses the virtual convention on August 24, 2020.
Photo Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images The controversial symbol was a picture of a swastika made out of syringes and was used as a protest against the COVID-19 vaccine. Movie producer Bettina Sofia Viviano-Langlais, who was set to host the fundraiser at her home in suburban Dallas on Saturday, had recently displayed the illustration as her Twitter profile picture. The image was removed from the profile Wednesday morning following press reports of its existence before her account was deleted altogether.
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