{"id":1520794,"date":"2022-06-17T13:34:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1520794"},"modified":"2022-06-17T13:34:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:34:32","slug":"i-can-take-the-heat-thats-politics-but-leave-my-kids-alone-herschel-walker-responds-to-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-can-take-the-heat-thats-politics-but-leave-my-kids-alone-herschel-walker-responds-to-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Can Take The Heat, That\u2019s Politics \u2013 But Leave My Kids Alone\u2019: Herschel Walker Responds To Critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-can-take-the-heat-thats-politics-but-leave-my-kids-alone-herschel-walker-responds-to-critics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1520794&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is hitting back at critics who say that he hid two children from the public after several outlets reported the allegations earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, The Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/herschel-walker-says-hes-a-model-dad-he-has-a-secret-son\">reported<\/a> that Walker fathered a son 10 years ago and was ordered by a court to provide child support. On Thursday, the same outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/herschel-walker-critic-of-absentee-dads-admits-to-yet-another-secret-son?ref=home\">reported<\/a> that Walker had another son who was not widely known. For his part, Walker denied that categorization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have four children. Three sons and a daughter. They\u2019re not \u2018undisclosed\u2019 \u2014 they\u2019re my kids,\u201d Walker said in a statement to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI support them all and love them all,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve never denied my children, I confirmed this when I was appointed to the President\u2019s Council on Sports Fitness and Nutrition, I just chose not to use them as props to win a political campaign. What parent would want their child involved in garbage, gutter politics like this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker served on the Fitness Council under presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden. In March 2022, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/24\/herschel-walker-presidential-fitness-council-firing-threat-meant-to-throw-campaign-off-track\/\">asked<\/a> Walker to resign. The candidate said at the time that Biden was simply trying to throw him \u201coff track\u201d during his GOP Senate primary campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The former University of Georgia football star has long spoken out against absent dads, especially in the black community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a child with a woman, even if you have to leave that woman \u2014 even if you have to leave that woman \u2014 you don\u2019t leave your child,\u201d Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/06\/15\/gop-georgia-senate-nominee-herschel-walkers-campaign-confirms-he-has-a-second-son.html\">said<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s campaign manager Doug Paradise rejected the claim that Walker was hiding his children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHerschel had a child years ago when he wasn\u2019t married. He\u2019s supported the child and continues to do so,\u201d Paradise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/06\/15\/gop-georgia-senate-nominee-herschel-walkers-campaign-confirms-he-has-a-second-son.html\">said<\/a> on Tuesday, according to CNBC. \u201cHe\u2019s proud of his children. To suggest that Herschel is \u2018hiding\u2019 the child because he hasn\u2019t used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNBC reported that Paradise pointed out that Walker\u2019s opponent, Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), has his own familial troubles. Warnock is currently involved in a custody battle and has worked to seal that case from the public.<\/p>\n<p>Paradise said that the media coverage of the incident has been \u201ca complete double standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s dodged voters by sealing the case and even has tried to dodge authorities,\u201d Paradise said of Warnock, according to CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Walker is demanding that all of his children be left out of the political conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaying I hide my children because I don\u2019t discuss them with reporters to win a campaign? That\u2019s outrageous,\u201d Walker added in his statement. \u201cI can take the heat, that\u2019s politics \u2014 but leave my kids alone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is hitting back at critics who say that he hid two children from the public after several outlets reported the allegations earlier this week. On Tuesday, The Daily Beast reported that Walker fathered a son 10 years ago and was ordered by a court to provide child support. 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