Herschel Walker says he paid for abortion for former girlfriend

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Herschel Walker says he paid for abortion for former girlfriend

Herschel Walker, the controversial Republican candidate in Georgia for a vital US Senate seat, is trying to deal with the latest turmoil that has thrown his midterm election campaign into a full-blown crisis.

The news broke last night that the former NFL football player turned political candidate, who is campaigning on a hard anti-abortion line, had paid for an abortion for a former girlfriend in 2009, according to a report by the Daily Beast.

The Beast put it in the strap below the headline: The woman has receipts and a get well card, a send-up from the Senate candidate, according to the football star, now a Senate candidate. Walker blasted out a top-line denial via Twitter, calling the story a flat-out lie, calling it a Democrat attack and the Beast insists its article is backed up to the hilt. Walker says he's going to sue the Beast today.

He also appeared on Fox News to blame politics, saying: Now everyone knows how important this seat is and they Democrats will do anything to win this seat. They wanted to make it about anything except inflation, crime and the border being wide open. Walker's son, 23-year-old Christian Walker, responded on Twitter. The Georgia Senate Senator, Democrat Raphael Warnock, is trying to stay above the fray, maybe hoping the former running back will be hoisted by his own petard?