Former football star Herschel Walker once again denied that he paid for an abortion in 2009, using his appearance on the debate stage Friday night to rebut an account that has dogged his campaign. “That is a lie,” Walker said when asked about the account.
The comments came in the first half of Friday’s Georgia Senate debate between Walker, the Republican nominee, and Sen. Raphael G. Warnock , hosted by Nexstar Media Group and held at the JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District.
Warnock added: “And I’ve never threatened a shootout with the police.” His comment was a reference to an episode from Walker’s past where a police report detailed Walker threatening a “shootout.” Warnock tried repeatedly to rebut that charge. “I’ve stood up to the Biden administration,” Warnock said. But he dodged when asked whether Biden should run again, saying he has not thought about it.
“President Biden won, and Senator Warnock won. That’s the reason I decided to run,” he said. An analysis by The Post found that more than 100 candidates for statewide office or Congress have repeated Trump’s lie about the election results. Though Democrats have said they think the revelations could upend what has been a tight race, some supporters had said the senator shouldn’t bring it up onstage. “That speaks for itself. Walker is showing his true color,” Mattie England, a retired nurse, said at a rally for Warnock in Savannah.
Other GOP leaders have also tried to deflect from the stories about Walker’s personal life. “I’m more concerned about Raphael G. Warnock’s future than I am about Herschel Walker’s past, I’ll tell you that,” Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter said.
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