Republican Herschel Walker’s campaign deleted a false claim that he graduated from the University of Georgia hours after it was posted on a website promoting his U.S. Senate bid.
The former football star’s campaign removed the reference that he “graduated from UGA with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice” late Thursday after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution inquired about the claim.
It’s a falsehood that has proliferated elsewhere, including in an online biography advertising Walker’s book, at a campaign rally for his bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, and even during his introduction this year at a congressional hearing.
Walker released a statement to the AJC acknowledging he did not graduate from college.
“I was majoring in Criminal Justice at UGA when I left to play in the USFL my junior year,” Walker said, referring to the professional football league. “After playing with the New Jersey Generals, I returned to Athens to complete my degree, but life and football got in the way.”
The false claims about Walker’s degree are lodged in a range of webpages, including his Amazon author site, his Speaker Booking Agency page and his New Georgia Encyclopedia entry.
Walker was introduced by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen as a UGA graduate who earned a criminal justice degree at a February U.S. House subcommittee hearing on reparations. And a Republican activist welcomed him to the stage at a November campaign rally in Augusta by highlighting his “bachelor’s degree.”
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