Former college football star and present senatorial prospect Herschel Walker speaks at a rally, as previous U.S. President Donald Trump praises, in Perry, Georgia, U.S. September 25, 2021.
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Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for a Senate seat from Georgia who has actually required a restriction on abortion, was implicated in a brand-new report Monday night of spending for a lady’s abortion in 2009.
Walker adamantly rejected the claim detailed in a Daily Beast post, calling it a “flat-out lie,” and swore to take legal action against the news outlet.
“It’s disgusting, gutter politics,” stated the previous college and professional football star, whose race is being carefully viewed due to the fact that of the opportunity it might assist Republicans restore bulk control of the Senate.
But soon after the online publication of that story, Walker’s adult kid blasted him in a series of tweets, implicating him of violence and hypocrisy.
“I know my mom and I would really appreciate if my father Herschel Walker stopped lying and making a mockery of us,” Christian Walker tweeted.
“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.”
In another tweet Monday night, Christian composed: “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.”
On Tuesday early morning, Christian published a video on Twitter in which he even more excoriated his dad, and slammed liberals for anticipating him to have actually gone public previously with his allegations versus Herschel Walker.
“I’ve stayed silent for nearly two years as my whole life has been lied about publicly. I did ONE campaign event, then said I didn’t want involvement,” Christian wrote in a tweet above the video. “Don’t you dare test my authenticity. Here is the full story.”
Christian’s mom Cindy Grossman, Herschel Walker’s ex-wife, informed CNN in 2008 that he had actually threatened to eliminate her.
“The first time he held the gun to my head … he held the gun to my temple and said he was going to blow my brains out,” Grossman stated because interview.
The double punch to Walker’s candidateship on Monday night comes a month prior to the midterm elections, where he is looking for to unseatSen Raphael Warnock, a Democrat.
Warnock andSen Jon Ossoff won Georgia’s 2 Senate seats in election overflows in early 2021, providing Democrats bulk control of the Senate.
Walker’s candidateship has actually been backed by previous President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as part of an effort by Republicans to restore bulk control.
The Daily Beast’s post estimated an unknown female who stated that she conceived by Walker when they were dating in 2009, at a time when he was not wed, which he “urged her to get an abortion.”
“She supported these claims with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, a ‘get well’ card from Walker, and a bank deposit receipt that included an image of a signed $700 personal check from Walker,” the Daily Beast reported.
The female asked for privacy due to the fact that of personal privacy issues, according to the outlet, which stated it proved information of her account with a good friend whom she stated accompanied her to the treatment.
The outlet reported the female stated she was informing her story due to the fact that of Walker’s public position as a GOP prospect on abortion, which he declares to oppose without any exceptions for rape or incest.
“I just can’t with the hypocrisy anymore,” she was estimated by the Daily Beast as stating. “We all deserve better.”
Last month, Walker stated he supported proposed legislation bySen Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., that would prohibit abortion nationally after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
“I am a proud pro-life Christian, and I will always stand up for our unborn children,” Walker stated in a declaration at the time.
CNBC has actually not individually confirmed the female’s account. CNBC has actually asked for remark from Walker’s legal representative.
In a declaration on Twitter rejecting the female’s claims, Walker composed, “This is a flat-out lie — and I deny this in the strongest possible terms.”
He implicated Daily Beast press reporter Roger Sollenberger of being a “democrat activist disguised as a reporter who has obsessively attacked my family and tried to tear me down since this race started.”
Sollenberger in June broke the news that Walker had 3 other kids with various ladies besides Christian, who as much as that point was his just openly recognized kid. One of the kids was a 10- year-old kid who Walker has actually not played an active function in raising, the Daily Beast reported in June.
Walker, who is Black, has actually been vital of African American absentee daddies.
“I’m not taking this anymore,” Walker composed in his declarationMonday “I preparing [sic] to take legal action against the Daily Beast for this defamatory lie. It will be submitted tomorrow early morning.”
Walker appeared Monday night on Fox News for an interview with Sean Hannity, who asked him about the reported $700 payment to the female who talked to the Daily Beast.
“I send money to a lot of people,” Walker responded to. “I never asked anyone to get an abortion, I never paid for an abortion.”
Daily Beast Political Editor Matt Fuller responded on Twitter, writing, “I can tell you we stand behind every word and feel very solid about the story.”
Christian Walker, in among his tweets published on the heels of the Daily Beast story, blogged about his dad: “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.”
Herschel Walker then tweeted, “I LOVE my son no matter what.”
On Tuesday early morning, a spokesperson for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which has actually invested countless dollars supporting Walker’s candidateship, informed NBC News that it will continue backing him in the race regardless of the accusations.
“Democrats are losing in Georgia and are on the verge of losing the majority, so they and their media allies are doing what they always do — attack Republicans with innuendo and lies,” stated Chris Hartline, the spokesperson.
“Democrats and the media have tried to stir up nonsense about what has or hasn’t happened in Herschel Walker’s past because they want to distract from what’s happening in the present,” Hartline stated. “Right now, Senator Warnock votes with Joe Biden 96% of the time, causing skyrocketing inflation, a raging border crisis, and crime in Georgia communities. Georgians can see through the nonsense from the Democrats and the media and will vote accordingly.”
