A report that Republican candidate Herschel Walker paid for his then girlfriend’s abortion in 2009 has roiled the high-profile Georgia Senate race.
In the Daily Beast’s report Monday night that Walker had urged his girlfriend to end her pregnancy, the outlet included details about a signed check from Walker to cover the procedure, a receipt from the abortion clinic, a “get well” card from Walker and corroboration from friends of the woman, who remained anonymous. Walker has staked out a staunchly anti-abortion position in the campaign, saying the procedure should be banned with no exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother.
Earlier this summer, reports revealed that Walker had previously undisclosed children and that he had reportedly lied to his own campaign staff about their existence. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in June that Walker falsely claimed that he worked in law enforcement.
His son Christian criticized his father in a series of tweets Monday night following the Daily Beast’s report, writing, “I know my mom and I would really appreciate if my father Herschel Walker stopped lying and making a mockery of us.
You’re not a ‘family man’ when you left us to bang a bunch of women, threatened to kill us, and had us move over 6 times in 6 months running from your violence.”
Christian, a right-wing influencer who had been previously supporting his father’s campaign, continued, writing, “I don’t care about someone who has a bad past and takes accountability.
But how DARE YOU LIE and act as though you’re some ‘moral, Christian, upright man.’ You’ve lived a life of DESTROYING other peoples lives. How dare you. … Every family member of Herschel Walker asked him not to run for office, because we all knew (some of) his past. Every single one. He decided to give us the middle finger and air out all of his dirty laundry in public, while simultaneously lying about it. I’m done.”
Following those comments, Herschel Walker tweeted, “I LOVE my son no matter what.” Christian responded to the comment in a now-deleted post and added,
“You have 4 kids that we know of and you weren’t in the house raising ONE of them, you were out cheating and lying. If you loved your kids you’d be raising them instead of running for a senate race to boost your ego.”
In a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday morning, Walker addressed a video of him introducing his father at a campaign event last year.
“People on the right are pulling up that I did a campaign event with my dad last year. They're saying, 'Well you supported him all last year and all this year, you look suspicious.' No, no, no, you all have been calling me saying, 'Why aren't you on the campaign trail with your dad?'” Walker said. “And I've said to you calmly, I'm not getting involved. You don't know my family life. I did one event last year when we were told he was gonna get ahead of his past and hold himself accountable. None of that happened. Everything's been a lie.”
"I stayed silent as the atrocities committed against my mom were downplayed,” he said in another Tuesday video, adding, “We could have ended this [campaign] on day one. We haven’t. I haven’t told any stories. I’m just saying don’t lie.”
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When your own kids think youre a lying POS ...