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Get the all the facts before you make up your story, says the bible. Well, not the bible but still a good rule of thumb. It’s one Herschel Walker’s campaign didn’t go with apparently. The Daily Beast has a follow up story to the abortion story which triggered the (I think even more damaging) attacks from his son. Walker categorically denied the story and claims he has no idea what woman might be leveling the accusations. Since Walker appears to have had quite a few out of wedlock children, one might snark that … well, maybe he doesn’t know who she is. After all, there are so many.
But there’s a problem. The woman is the mother of one of the four out-of-wedlock children Walker has acknowledged. The Daily Beast says the woman provided proof that she’s the mother of that child. According to her she had the abortion discussed in the earlier story but the relationship continued. Later she became pregnant with Walker a second time and that time she brought the pregnancy to term.
None of this is terribly surprising given all the completely bonkers details in this story. But it amounts to checkmate on any remaining, residual credibility people might have ascribed to Walker. Clearly he knows the mother of one of his acknowledged children. So he knows exactly who she is, notwithstanding the denials. Could she be lying? Sure, though she’s provided strong circumstantial evidence for her claims about the abortion. But this is someone who’s life is permanently connected to Walker through their child, regardless of how estranged they may be. It isn’t someone random making up a story who doesn’t even know Walker. The guy’s credibility is non-existent. The supporters who had to swallow hard and pretend to believe the unbelievable over the last 48 hours have to start up again tomorrow morning.