Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker vehemently denied a report that he paid for an ex-girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009 — dismissing the allegation as a “disgusting piece of work.”
Walker, a staunch anti-abortion advocate who has supported a national abortion ban, took to Twitter on Monday to strongly refute a Daily Beast report alleging that the former NFL player paid that his girlfriend his then aborted in 2009.
“That’s an outright lie — and I deny it in the strongest possible terms,” said the 1982 Georgia Bulldog Heisman Trophy winner turned political candidate.
“This is another disgusting job by a Democrat [sic] activist masquerading as a reporter who has obsessively attacked my family and tried to destroy me since this race began,” Walker, 60, continued.
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Daily Beast that she and Walker agreed not to continue with the pregnancy.
She provided a $575 bill from an abortion clinic, as well as a personal check signed for $700 from Walker and a “get well” card purportedly signed by the former Dallas Cowboys star.
The Post has not been able to independently verify the allegations.
Meanwhile, Walker’s statement was criticized by his 23-year-old son Christian Walker, who the ex-wife shares with ex-wife Cindy DeAngelis Grossman, according to Politico.
“I know my mom and I would really appreciate it if my dad Herschel Walker would stop lying and making fun of us,” Christian Walker said.
“I don’t care about someone who has a bad past and takes responsibility. But how dare you lie and act like you are a ‘moral, Christian, righteous man’. You have lived a life RUINING other people’s lives. How dare you,” he continued later.
In response to his son’s accusations, the Senate hopes has written: “I love my son no matter what.”
Walker endorsed GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham proposed a 15-week national ban, but has also said he favors a full national ban on abortion, according to Politico — including cases of rape, incest and when the mother’s life is threatened.
Walker hopes to defeat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November on the strength of an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. It’s in one of the nation’s most competitive Senate races.
He trailed Warnock by two percentage points in the Peach State in late September, according to FiveThirtyEight.
