And I didn't even have to come SicEm to hear the excuses Republicans are making for Walker, one of the few candidates ever less qualified to run for the office he seeks than Trump was.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/us/politics/herschel-walker-abortion-allegation-georgia-senate.html
Since Donald J. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, many Christian conservatives have chosen to overlook a politician's personal failings for the sake of achieving broader policy goals.
Ralph Reed, the prominent social conservative leader based in the state, dismissed the latest report, saying that he expected "100 percent" that evangelical Christians would stick with Mr. Walker.
He compared the report's timing to that of the "Access Hollywood" recording that threatened Mr. Trump's bid in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. "We've seen this movie before," Mr. Reed said. "They're trying to take down a good man."
The statements of support from fellow Republicans came quickly on Tuesday.
Senator Rick Scott of Florida, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on Tuesday, "Herschel has denied these allegations and the N.R.S.C. and Republicans stand with him."
Chris Hartline, the group's communications director, accused "Democrats and the media" of trying "to stir up nonsense about what has or hasn't happened in Herschel Walker's past."
They are trying to destroy a man who has true greatness in his future, just as he had athletic greatness in his past," Mr. Trump continued. "With all that Herschel has accomplished, when you come from Georgia, and you see the name Herschel Walker when voting, it will be very hard to resist. Don't!"
Mr. Walker swiftly denied the abortion report on Monday, calling it "disgusting, gutter politics." It followed previous reports on Mr. Walker's tumultuous personal life that included the existence of three children whom he fathered but had not mentioned publicly or to his campaign aides.
The son who was known publicly, Christian Walker, has not endorsed his father's campaign. He said on Twitter on Monday that "every member" of the family had urged him not to run. In a follow-up video on Tuesday, he accused his father of being a liar and said that conservatives who continued to back his campaign were hypocrites.
"Family values, people?" Christian Walker said. "He has four kids, four different women, wasn't in the house raising one of them. He was out having sex with other women. Do you care about family values? I was silent, lie after lie after lie."
In a statement, Mr. Trump defended Mr. Walker, saying he was "being slandered and maligned by the Fake News Media and obviously, the Democrats."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/us/politics/herschel-walker-abortion-allegation-georgia-senate.html
Since Donald J. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, many Christian conservatives have chosen to overlook a politician's personal failings for the sake of achieving broader policy goals.
Ralph Reed, the prominent social conservative leader based in the state, dismissed the latest report, saying that he expected "100 percent" that evangelical Christians would stick with Mr. Walker.
He compared the report's timing to that of the "Access Hollywood" recording that threatened Mr. Trump's bid in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. "We've seen this movie before," Mr. Reed said. "They're trying to take down a good man."
The statements of support from fellow Republicans came quickly on Tuesday.
Senator Rick Scott of Florida, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on Tuesday, "Herschel has denied these allegations and the N.R.S.C. and Republicans stand with him."
Chris Hartline, the group's communications director, accused "Democrats and the media" of trying "to stir up nonsense about what has or hasn't happened in Herschel Walker's past."
They are trying to destroy a man who has true greatness in his future, just as he had athletic greatness in his past," Mr. Trump continued. "With all that Herschel has accomplished, when you come from Georgia, and you see the name Herschel Walker when voting, it will be very hard to resist. Don't!"
Mr. Walker swiftly denied the abortion report on Monday, calling it "disgusting, gutter politics." It followed previous reports on Mr. Walker's tumultuous personal life that included the existence of three children whom he fathered but had not mentioned publicly or to his campaign aides.
The son who was known publicly, Christian Walker, has not endorsed his father's campaign. He said on Twitter on Monday that "every member" of the family had urged him not to run. In a follow-up video on Tuesday, he accused his father of being a liar and said that conservatives who continued to back his campaign were hypocrites.
"Family values, people?" Christian Walker said. "He has four kids, four different women, wasn't in the house raising one of them. He was out having sex with other women. Do you care about family values? I was silent, lie after lie after lie."
In a statement, Mr. Trump defended Mr. Walker, saying he was "being slandered and maligned by the Fake News Media and obviously, the Democrats."
