ICYMI: Trump endorsed Herschel Walker, Max Miller and Sean Parnell. They’re now facing scrutiny over their pasts [CNN]

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CNN: Trump endorsed Herschel Walker, Max Miller and Sean Parnell. They’re now facing scrutiny over their pasts
By Sara Murray
October 25, 2021

Key Points:

• Donald Trump is throwing his support behind a trio of candidates whose troubled pasts have come under scrutiny.

• In Georgia, Trump has wholeheartedly endorsed former football star Herschel Walker for Senate, even though he’s faced allegations of threatening multiple women over the span of a decade.

• And in Pennsylvania, Trump threw his support behind retired Army captain Sean Parnell, who is embroiled in a custody battle with an estranged wife who previously obtained two temporary protection from abuse orders against him.

• None of these issues, which have been documented in interviews, court filings and police records, have dissuaded Trump.

• In Georgia, Trump has already appeared on the campaign trail alongside Walker, a former University of Georgia football player who has faced allegations of threatening multiple women.

• In Pennsylvania, Trump has elevated another candidate with a tumultuous backstory.

• Parnell, who is running in a GOP primary for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania, has been embroiled in a messy divorce that has evolved into a deeply personal line of attack against his campaign.

• Jeff Bartos, one of Parnell’s Republican opponents, and an aligned super PAC have tried to use two temporary protection from abuse orders filed against Parnell by his estranged wife as political weapons.

• “We know that Parnell’s wife placed multiple 911 calls leading to protection from abuse order is being filed against Parnell, but now Parnell is trying to silence his wife with a gag order to stop her from talking about what happened,” proclaimed one television ad from a pro-Bartos super PAC.

• When the protection from abuse orders first came to light, Parnell slammed the Bartos campaign.

• Parnell’s campaign declined to comment for this story.

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