Sens Rick Scott, Tom Cotton to stump for Walker after abortion payment accusation: 'I'm on Herschel's team'

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Sens Rick Scott, Tom Cotton to stump for Walker after abortion payment accusation: 'I'm on Herschel's team'
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GOP Sens. Rick Scott and Tom Cotton will stump for Georgia Senate nominee Herschel Walker, after the Republican candidate has faced accusations he paid for a girlfriend's abortion.

Fox News correspondent Mike Emanuel has the latest on the criticism Herschel Walker has received over allegedly paying for an abortion, on 'Special Report.'Sen. Rick Scott, the chair of the Senate GOP's election arm, and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., willfor a Tuesday event supporting Herschel Walker, the first major campaign stop following accusations that the Republican Senate nominee paid for an ex-girlfriend's abortion a decade ago.

"Today it's Herschel Walker, but tomorrow it's the American people. I'm on Herschel's team — and they picked the wrong Georgian to mess with. I'm proud to stand with Herschel Walker and make sure Georgians know that he will always fight to protect them from the forces trying to destroy Georgia values and Georgia's economy, led by Raphael Warnock," Scott said.The Walker campaign event is scheduled to take place Tuesday afternoon in Carrollton, Georgia.

After the Daily Beast published the allegations that Walker paid for an abortion, the GOP Senate nominee and football legend denied any knowledge of the woman or her abortion in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News. Fox News’"Hannity"An unidentified woman told Politico that Walker had urged her to get an abortion after she had become pregnant while they were allegedly dating, and that he had reimbursed her $700 for the procedure.

GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker speaks at a Black business leaders round table discussion, on Sept. 26, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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