'We've seen how that goes': Obama rebuked Herschel Walker as 'a celebrity who wants to be a politician'

• Barack Obama said Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker wants to be a celebrity politician.
• Obama spoke at a campaign rally Friday backing Sen. Raphael Warnock, who faces Walker in November.

Former President Barack Obama said Herschel Walker, the GOP Senate candidate in Georgia, appears to be a "celebrity who wants to be a politician," adding that "we've seen how that goes."

Obama made the remarks at a Democratic campaign event in College Park, Georgia, on Friday, where he was rallying support for Sen. Raphael Warnock, the incumbent facing Walker on November 8, Newsweek reported.

"There is very little evidence that he has taken any interest, bothered to learn anything about or displayed any kind of inclination towards public service or volunteer work or helping people in any way," Obama said. "At least we don't really know about it, and that does make you suspect."

"Seems to me he's a celebrity who wants to be a politician, and we've seen how that goes," Obama added of Walker in an apparent nod to former President Donald Trump, who has thrown his support behind Walker.

According to CNN, Obama was complimentary of Walker's history as a Heisman-winning football player, but questioned where that background would help him as a senator.

"Some of you may not remember, but Herschel Walker was a heck of a football player," Obama said, per CNN. "In college, he was amazing. One of the best running backs of all time. But here is the question: Does that make him the best person to represent you in the US Senate? Does that make him equipped to weigh in on the critical decisions about our economy and our foreign policy and our future?"

The former president added that Walker has been "in the habit of not telling the truth, being in the habit of saying one thing and doing another, being in the habit of having certain rules for you and your important friends and other rules for everybody else," per CNN.

"That says something about the kind of leader you are going to be," Obama said, per CNN. "And if a candidate's main qualification is that he is going to be loyal to Donald Trump, it means he is not going to be really thinking about you or your needs."

Earlier this week, a second woman came forward to say Walker drove her to an abortion clinic and paid her to have an abortion she was reluctant to get in 1993. Walker, who has spoken in support of banning abortion without any exceptions, including rape and incest, denied the allegation and called it politically motivated.

"Herschel Walker is a hypocrite," the woman told reporters at a press conference Wednesday.

"I'm a registered independent and voted for Donald Trump in both elections," she said. "I do not believe Herschel Walker is fit to be a US Senator."