Georgia Republican Threatens Legal Action Against ‘Defamatory’ Left-Wing Group’s TV Attack Ad

Herschel Walker, the Georgia Republican Senate candidate, is threatening to take legal action against a $1.5 million TV attack ad campaign by a liberal group that his lawyers claim is "defamatory" and promotes "false allegations" about Walker’s veterans’ advocacy work.

Walker’s legal team is demanding that network and cable TV stations in Georgia pull the advertisement by left-leaning political action committee VoteVets, according to a letter to the stations obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The VoteVets ad, which features a Purple Heart recipient, claims Walker "lied" to veterans by promoting a health services program that was linked to allegations of fraud.

The news comes as Democrats are working to hit Walker on character issues, following recent reports that he had three children out of wedlock while criticizing absentee fathers. Walker’s allies are slamming VoteVet's latest campaign as "gutter politics," and the letter from his lawyers indicates he is ready to fight back hard against what he perceives as unfair attacks on his background and integrity.