Herschel Walker’s son calls father a liar over denial he paid for abortion

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View online October 04, 2022 1/ Herschel Walker's son lashes out and calls father a liar over denial he paid for abortion   The son of Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is denouncing his father as a liar, after the former football star issued an unequivocal denial following a news report that claimed that he paid for an abortion in 2009.   Christian Walker, a right-wing influencer on Instagram and other platforms, released a video Tuesday morning in which he unloaded on his father, his own critics on the right and left and the media following roughly 12 hours of mayhem caused by the report, which dropped Monday evening.   In the video, the younger Mr Walker excoriated his father and called him a liar who does not live up to the "family values" image that he so frequently preaches in interviews.   "I'm done. Done. Everything has been a lie," Mr Walker declares in his video. "I was silent lie after lie after lie. The abortion card drops yesterday. It's literally his handwriting in the card!" "Family values people, he has four kids, four different women," the 23-year-old sneered.   2/ Video appears to show DeSantis visit disrupting Hurricane Ian efforts Frustrated volunteers argued with the governor's staff after being told to pause humanitarian efforts 3/ Loretta Lynn death: 'Original queen of country music' dies aged 90 Singer wrote unapologetically about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control 4/ Northeastern University employee charged with staging hoax explosion Letter demanded lab stopped working on artificial intelligence and virtual reality 5/ California police hunt armed man who has kidnapped family of four 'We have a low-life out there who kidnapped an eight-month-old baby, her mum, her dad and her uncle' The Big Question What's at stake as Supreme Court begins new term? AS Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was formally introduced last week as the high court's newest justice, the first Black woman and first former public defender confirmed to the nine-member panel. Her appointment, confirmation and inauguration were lauded by civil rights advocates and pro-democracy groups. But the Supreme Court returns this fall in the the turbulent aftermath of its previous term, concluding with a streak of controversial rulings from the conservative-majority court, derided by the White House for its "extremist" blows to the climate crisis, abortion rights, protections against gun violence, and the increasingly fragile firefall between church and state. At the conclusion of that term, President Joe Biden warned that the court is "committed to moving America backward, with fewer rights and less autonomy". In front of the justices this fall are two major voting rights cases that analysts fear could pose existential challenges to American democracy. The conservative-majority court – with three justices appointed by Donald Trump – also will consider cases involving environmental protections, LGBT+ rights, immigration, affirmative action and Indian sovereignty. Read the full story > Watch/ Hurricane Ian: Volunteers argue with Ron DeSantis staff as relief work halted for press visit NUMBER OF THE DAY 66 million   –  Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid around 6 miles wide slammed into the water near what is now the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, generating a massive explosion that changed the climate and killed off the dinosaurs. Thanks to new research, scientists now know the Chicxulub impact, as it is known, generated a global tsunami wave the likes of which have not been seen since. QUOTE OF THE DAY "It was what I wanted to hear and what I knew other women wanted to hear, too."  – Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner's daughter whose songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia touched millions speaking in 2016. 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