Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker has come under heavy pressure over a media report. Walker, who is a staunch opponent of abortion, is said to have paid a friend to have an abortion years ago and even urged the woman to take this step. The former American football star – a supporter of ex-President Donald Trump – dismissed the report as a lie.
Walker has an outspoken conservative agenda and is against abortion rights. However, The Daily Beast reported that the 60-year-old paid for an abortion for his then-girlfriend in 2009. The woman showed a bill for the abortion and a photo of a $700 check that Walker sent her five days after the abortion, along with a get well card. Walker at the time urged her to have the abortion, the unnamed woman said.
“That is a lie”
The former top athlete rejected the report in the conservative news channel Fox News. “I never paid for an abortion, that’s a lie.” He also never pushed anyone to have an abortion. When asked about the check, the candidate said, “I send money to a lot of people.” He also announced a lawsuit against the site.
Walker caused quite a stir during the election campaign. There were allegations of domestic violence and blowing up his resume. The political newcomer also had to admit that he has three illegitimate children.
Son: ‘You make fun of the family’
His son Christian reacted to the latest media report about the abortion with sharp attacks on his father. In an online video, he accused him of making the family a “mockery”. “You are not a family man. Every member of Herschel Walker’s family asked him not to run because we all knew his past.” But Walker decided to give his family the “middle finger”.
Trump said on Tuesday that Walker had been the victim of “defamation” by President Joe Biden’s “fake news media” and Democrats. “You are trying to destroy a man who is truly great in his future,” Trump said. Trump urged voters in Georgia to vote for Walker in November.
Tight race for Senate seat
Walker is running in November’s congressional elections and is running for a seat in the US Senate in southern Georgia. The race against current Democratic Party Senator Raphael Warnock is considered one of the closest Senate races in the country — and could decide whether the Democrats defend their current wafer-thin Congressional majority or lose it to the Republicans.
Abortion rights are one of the most controversial socio-political issues in the United States. The country’s Supreme Court caused a political earthquake in June when it overturned the country’s fundamental right to abortion, which had been enshrined for nearly 50 years. Many conservative voters are firmly against abortion.
Source: Krone
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