Republicans stand by Herschel Walker amid abortion controversy

Top figures inside the GOP are rallying behind Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker within the wake of a report alleging he inspired and paid for a girl to have an abortion in 2009.

The accusations, damaged by the Day by day Beast on Monday night, are the most recent in a string of controversies for Walker, starting from a number of undisclosed kids to allegations he inflated the success of his enterprise document. Walker, who has run on a "no exceptions" anti-abortion platform, has vehemently denied the accusations.

HERSCHEL WALKER’S PRO-LIFE STATEMENTS UNDER SCRUTINY FOLLOWING ABORTION ALLEGATIONS

Responding to a $700 test the outlet stated he despatched the lady for the process, in addition to a "get properly" card apparently signed by Walker, the Republican Senate candidate stated he sends “cash to lots of people.” He has threatened to sue the publication over its reporting.

Former President Donald Trump, who inspired the previous NFL star to hunt public workplace, launched a press release accusing the media of “attempting to destroy a person who has true greatness, simply as he had athletic greatness in his previous” and applauded him for denying the accusation.

Nationwide Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott likened the accusations to “smears they tried in opposition to Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas,” two Supreme Court docket justices who confronted allegations of misconduct previous to being confirmed to the excessive courtroom.

"When the Democrats are shedding, as they're proper now, they lie and cheat and smear their opponents. That’s what’s occurring proper now. They know they're on the verge of shedding the Senate, and so they know that Herschel Walker is profitable, so that they have cranked up the smear machine,” Scott stated in a press release.

“This is rather like the smears they tried in opposition to Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas, and it'll not work. Herschel has denied these allegations and the NRSC and Republicans stand with him, and Georgians will stand with him too," he added.

The Senate Management Fund, an influential tremendous PAC with shut ties to Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-KY), echoed the NRSC’s continued assist for the candidate.

“We're full velocity forward in Georgia,” SLF CEO Steven Legislation stated in a press release. “This election is about the way forward for the nation — Herschel Walker will make issues higher, [Sen.] Raphael Warnock is making it worse. Anything is a distraction.”

Evangelical GOP advisor Ralph Reed additionally got here to the previous NFL star’s protection, telling the New York Occasions that he “100%” stands with the candidate and questioning the timing of the report, which dropped within the remaining weeks main as much as the election.

One GOP Georgia operative stated that whereas the most recent improvement could sway just a few voters, it will not transfer the needle as a lot as Democrats would really like.

“It could trigger just a few extra individuals to skip the race, however usually, I don’t suppose it does a lot, if in any respect,” they instructed the Washington Examiner.

However others have voiced considerations over the report, together with Walker’s son, Christian, who took to social media to bash his father in a video, wherein he alleged that the “atrocities in opposition to him and his mother have been downplayed,” accusing Walker of not taking part in a task in elevating any of his kids and alleging that he's mendacity about not paying for the abortion.

Walker is presently neck and neck with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) within the battle for the coveted swing seat in Georgia.