Georgia Sen. Hersel Walker, a Republican nominee who has been a vocal critic of absentee fathers in black households, acknowledged Tuesday that he has a second son with whom he has little interaction. The confession came after the Daily Beast reported that Walker has a 10-year-old son and that the boy’s mother sued the football legend to obtain a statement of paternity and child support. By the time Walker was ordered to pay for the child’s alimony in August 2014, the child had already taken his last name, according to the Daily Beast. Scott Paradise, Walker’s campaign director, confirmed in a statement to the Washington Post early Wednesday that Walker has a second son. “Herschel had a child years ago, when he was not married. “He supported the child and he continues to do so,” Paradise said. “He is proud of his children. “To suggest that Herschel is ‘hiding’ the child because he has not used it in his political campaign is offensive and absurd.” While Walker has won the hearts of former President Donald Trump and GOP voters, he has faced a flurry of criticism from critics and Democrats for making false allegations before and during his run in recent months – from his training and his alleged previous law enforcement service. Challenging the evolution and promoting a “fog” said that “it would kill any Covid in your body”. As Herschel Walker’s GOP profile rises, so do the lies The latest came Monday, when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Walker’s previous speeches and statements about how he claimed to have worked with police in Cobb County, Ga., And that he was an FBI agent. Former DeKalb County Attorney J. Tom Morgan, a Democrat, told The Post that the title of “honorary deputy” promoted by Walker’s campaign as a link to law enforcement was tantamount to “a junior ranger badge.” . Walker, who won more than 68 percent of the vote in last month’s Republican primary – is also among more than 100 GOP winners who have backed Trump’s false allegations that there was widespread fraud in his presidential election. 2020, according to a new analysis by Post. . More than 100 GOP qualifiers support Trump’s false allegations of fraud Walker has often spoken of his strong relationship with his 22-year-old son, Christian, in the election campaign as part of his efforts to oust first-year senator Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.) In November. Warnock also faces a child custody dispute as his ex-wife sues him to “recalculate” child support payments based on his increased income since coming to the Senate, according to the Journal. -Constitution. While Paradise told The Post that child support situations among Senate candidates show “a completely dual station,” Meredith Brasher, a spokeswoman for the Warnock campaign, said the situation was not the same at all. “Machine turning. Warnock is a devoted father who is proud to continue to accompany his two children as he works for the people of Georgia,” she said in a statement. Before and during his candidacy, Walker has repeatedly spoken about how proud he is to be a father. He also spoke candidly about how fathers, especially those in the black community, had to be present and active in their children’s lives. Of the many states that ran in the by-elections or by-elections on May 24, Georgia was in the spotlight. Here’s what you need to know. (Video: Adriana Usero / The Washington Post) In 2020, Walker told Charlie Kirk, chief executive of the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA, that missing fathers in black households was a major issue. “I want to apologize to the African-American community, because chicken house is a big, big problem,” he said at the time, adding that he was “like a father” to many young people in his native Georgia. He echoed those sentiments last year on conservative social media stars Diamond and Silk, comparing a black father who left his family in divorce during slavery. “The father is leaving for the Black family. “He leaves the boys alone, so that their mom can raise them,” he said in an interview in 2021. “If you have a child with a woman, even if you have to leave this woman – even if you have to leave her – no you leave this child “. But several years earlier, Walker had asked to prove his paternity and pay child support. Walker and the woman, who has not been identified publicly, were in a relationship between 2008 and 2011, according to a request by lawyer Andres Alonso in 2013. The report states that the two divorced about eight months before the child was born on May 31, 2012. , in New York County. “The mother of the child is a graduate student at Columbia University who is struggling to make ends meet. “Unfortunately, Mr. Walker has so far decided not to take full financial responsibility for the care of his alleged son,” the report said at the time. “We hope that by submitting the petition, Mr. Walker will finally acknowledge the true extent of his support obligations.” More than a year later, Walker was ordered to pay for the alimony of a boy who was already over 2 years old. Walker has been criticized by Democrats, including CNN analyst Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina House Democrat. “Obama’s term,” he wrote on Twitter. A new poll this week by the University of East Carolina Research Center shows that Walker and Warnock are at a dead end less than five months before the midterm elections.
