Herschel Walker

 

"I can't lie: I have been trying to avoid the latest Herschel Walker drama with the same energy that I've been trying not to find out what the hell a Try Guy is. But one is of national importance. So, here we go: The Try Guys are a—. Just kidding.

"Herschel Walker is a Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia. He is a former star running back who has lied about being a member of law enforcement, claims to have come close to murdering someone who inconvenienced him, and allegedly pointed a gun to his ex-wife's head—and that's just scraping the surface. Now, he's embroiled in a new scandal: An ex-girlfriend told the Daily Beast that Walker, who claims to oppose abortion in all cases, paid for her to have one.

"Walker's son Christian, a TikTok personality, threw gas on the flames when he posted two tweet videos this week calling out his father for lying during his Senate campaign. 'Family values, people?' Christian said. 'He has four kids, four different women, wasn’t in the house raising one of them. He was out having sex with other women.'

"The reason I've been so reluctant to engage with this particular scandal is that it seems almost quaint given the many outrageous things Walker has admitted to, like playing Russian roulette for kicks—not to mention his misguided takes on history and his failure to articulate any sort of a coherent political position beyond opposing abortion. 

"The abortion scandal seems unlikely to be the thing to sink a candidate whom supporters have already stuck with thus far. The situation does, however, render this Fox News headline about Walker's Democratic opponent absolutely hilarious: 'Newt Gingrich: Warnock is running the most vicious and dishonest campaign in Georgia.'"

—Abigail Weinberg, Mother Jones