{"id":1674019,"date":"2022-10-05T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674019"},"modified":"2022-10-05T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:37:30","slug":"trump-gop-back-herschel-walker-in-georgia-following-abortion-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gop-back-herschel-walker-in-georgia-following-abortion-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, GOP Back Herschel Walker in Georgia Following Abortion Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-gop-back-herschel-walker-in-georgia-following-abortion-allegations%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=1674019&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>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and the Republican Party stood by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-herschel-walker\">Herschel Walker<\/a>, the GOP nominee for Senate in Georgia after a media report alleged that the pro-life candidate paid for a woman\u2019s abortion in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Walker\u2014whom he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerschelWalker\/status\/1433562919929798658\">called<\/a> a patriot and an \u201cAmerican First\u201d candidate in his 2021 endorsement\u2014has been \u201cslandered and maligned by the Fake News Media and obviously, the Democrats,\u201d according to a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/news-hdp8dxnjxg0\">issued<\/a> through the Save America political action committee on Oct. 4 and <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/109111131319108251\">shared<\/a> on the former president\u2019s Truth Social account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are trying to destroy a man who has true greatness in his future, just as he had athletic greatness in his past. It\u2019s very important for our Country and the Great State of Georgia that Herschel Walker wins this Election,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Walker, a former NFL running back, is challenging incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sen-loeffler-concedes-to-raphael-warnock-in-georgia-runoff_3648931.html\">unseated<\/a> Republican Kelly Loeffler in the Senate runoff race for Georgia\u2019s special election in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterestingly, I\u2019ve heard many horrible things about his opponent, Raphael Warnock, things that nobody should be talking about, so we don\u2019t,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cHerschel has properly denied the charges against him, and I have no doubt he is correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/GettyImages-1350322691-1200x861.jpg\"><\/a> Former football player and political candidate Herschel Walker interacts with former U.S. President Donald Trump prior to Game Four of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 30, 2021. (Michael Zarrilli\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 3, The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-daily-beast\">Daily Beast<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/pro-life-herschel-walker-paid-for-girlfriends-abortion-georgia-senate?ref=author\">reported<\/a> that Walker urged his girlfriend to abort a child the two conceived in 2009 and later reimbursed her with a $700 check for the procedure. The outlet did not identify the woman but it obtained a bank deposit receipt of Walker\u2019s check and published a \u201cget well\u201d card he sent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party stood by Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for Senate in Georgia after a media report alleged that the pro-life candidate paid for a woman\u2019s abortion in 2009. 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