NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Republican candidate for Georgia Senate Herschel Walker said Saturday he “never denied” the existence of children he had not publicly revealed before, and told conservative Christians that his children “knew the truth “.
Speaking to a friendly audience at the Coalition Faith and Freedom’s annual “Path to Majority” conference, Walker said revelations about his children had only fueled his campaign.
“Well, first of all, they knew the truth. You know, I’ve never denied any of my children and I love them more than anything,” he said. “And they didn’t do anything, which just makes me want to fight harder because I’m tired of people. Cheating on the American people. I’m tired of people cheating on my family.”
Walker’s comments came after The Daily Beast reported that the former football star has four sons, including two sons and a daughter, of whom he had never spoken publicly. Walker has repeatedly criticized absent parents over the years and called for black men in particular to play an active role in children’s lives, citing their relationship with their eldest son, Christian Walker, as an example.
Walker, who was interviewed on stage in Nashville, Tennessee, by Coalition President Ralph Reed, said he “knew what I was aiming for when I got into this and they don’t notice.”
“No weapon formed against me should ever thrive,” he said, provoking loud applause and applause.
Walker will face Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the November general election, and the contest will help determine which party will control the Senate, now divided 50-50, next year.
Walker, who has received support from leading Republicans such as former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has faced serious accusations throughout his campaign, such as threatening the life of his ex-wife and spreading numerous falsehoods.
This includes having dramatically inflated his track record as a businessman, exaggerating his role in a for-profit program that allegedly robbed veterans while defrauding the government, and his claim that he graduated at the forefront of his promotion to the University of Georgia. He did not graduate, as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported.
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