Protesters heckle Herschel Walker, one allegedly called him a racial slur

A small number of protestors gathered at a press conference held by Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker on Tuesday, where they caused disruption during the event with one of the reporters reportedly calling Walker a “house n****r.”

Several witnesses at the press conference said they heard the racial slur, including one member of the press, several bystanders and some of Walker’s campaign staff. 

“This is all a stunt. He’s nothing but a house n****r,” the protester, identified as Maceo Fletcher, shouted at Walker after the press conference, according to a photographer covering the event for Zuma Press. The photographer asked not to be named.

Several of Walker’s campaign staff confronted Fletcher as he was talking to reporters on camera following the incident.

Fox News asked Fletcher if he used a slur, however he did not answer this question. Fletcher was reportedly not asked about the slur by any of the other networks speaking to him.

Walker’s press conference was held outside the Columbia Towers apartment building in Atlanta, which is largely owned by Walker’s opponent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Warnock’s church, the Ebenezer Baptist Church, has allegedly been evicting disadvantaged tenants for owing small amounts of rent. Documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show that tenants received eviction notices for owing as little as $25.88 past due date. The church reportedly pays Warnock a housing stipend of $7,417.

Walker used this event to bring the alleged evictions into the limelight and he also took aim at Warnock during his speech. 

“Where in Matthew 25 does it say that you can evict people who are struggling?” Walker asked.

The Georgia election is scheduled to be held on November 8th. Fox News’ Power Rankings has called the race between Walker and Warnock as 50/50.