Herschel Walker stiff-arms 'October surprise': Senate race 'too critical for me to give up'

Brady Knox

October 11, 09:07 PM October 11, 09:08 PM

Georgia Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker declared that he would not back again down as a female who statements she is the mother of one particular of his youngsters came out with new allegations that she experienced to stress him to spend for an abortion he preferred.

The female, speaking with the Washington Article, reported she was not able to pay for the abortion she experienced in 2009 when they ended up relationship, so she had to push him to pay back her. Walker (who, right after at first denying it, now claims he appreciates the identity of the female) insists he in no way realized about an abortion until finally her allegations ended up published in the media final 7 days. He brushed her renewed accusations off, saying the "Oct surprise" in the weeks primary up to the election will not faze him.

"I know practically nothing about an abortion," Walker advised ABC News. "I realized it was a lie and I claimed it was a lie — and I just move on. … It truly is unhappy that individuals say Oct surprise, but you're destroying families."

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"This race is far too critical for me to give up or for me to halt. So, Oct surprise is not heading to faze me," he additional.

The accusations have stayed in the headlines, nevertheless, as the girl provides extra and far more details to the accusation. Her most recent declare is that she had to haggle with him to pay back for the abortion even with him urging her to go by way of with it.

“When I talked to him, I explained, 'You want to mail — I just can't pay for to shell out for this,'" the woman explained to the Washington Write-up. “We did this, as well. Equally of us did this. We equally know how toddlers are made.”

The outlet explained it saw the receipts of the transaction, together with a $700 look at with Walker's identify and handle mailed to her a 7 days after.

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Walker, a former football star, is managing to unseat Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), who faces allegations of his individual from his ex-spouse about employing a car or truck to operate around her foot for the duration of a domestic dispute. Warnock and Walker have been locked in a competitive race that could figure out the equilibrium of ability in the Senate.

Various key GOP figures proceed to voice their assist for Walker, who has fashioned himself as an anti-abortion applicant, together with Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-KY).