SF Giants owner Johnson donates again to Herschel Walker super PAC
Giants principal owner Charles Johnson made yet another controversial political donation last month, again supporting Herschel Walker, who’s running for Georgia’s contested U.S. Senate seat.
Johnson donated $100,000 last month to 34N22, a super PAC that supports Walker’s candidacy, according to FEC receipt filings reviewed by the Bay Area News Group. The donation, dated Sept. 30, was first reported Sunday by SF Gate.
This marks the third donation Johnson has made in support of Walker, beginning with a maximum personal donation of $2,900 directly to the campaign last September. He also donated $100,000 to 34N22 in January.
A request for comment from the Giants was not immediately returned Monday.
Walker, who is running against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, has been in the news over the last month after a report from the Daily Beast that the candidate, who has said he is against abortion in all cases, paid for his then-girlfriend’s abortion in 2009. He also has been accused of threatening to shoot his ex-wife. His son Christian — a young conservative voice on social media — said several Walker family members urged him not to run, knowing elements of his past would return to the fore.
Johnson has previously come under fire for donating to U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who, like Walker, supported “Stop the Steal” conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, a stance Walker appeared to walk back during a debate with Warnock Friday evening.
After the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6 of last year, Johnson declared a pledge “to do my part in helping to heal our nation and restore peace and respect in our democratic system.”
Johnson has been involved in Giants ownership since 1993, and his son Greg became the team’s executive chairman in 2020.
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