A CNN guest on Tuesday slammed Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker for releasing an ad targeting teen transgender athletes hours after a gunman murdered five people at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs.
After host Don Lemon played a clip of the Walker ad, he brought on Los Angeles Times columnist LZ Granderson to discuss its poor timing in the wake of a deadly attack on the LGBTQ community in Colorado.
Granderson started out by noting that it was strange to see Walker spending time talking about transgender athletes when polls show voters are most concerned about issues such as the cost of living. “I’m confused, because as you look at the exit polls, the issues that are on voters’ minds, number one, obviously, is the economy.
How do you put food on the table, paying for gas, inflation. Number two is abortion. Following down from that are issues regarding security, safety, education.