for marijuana position is a massive be fd. too many lives have been upended by our failed approach to marijuana. it s time we right these wrongs. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the herschel walker story keeps getting worse for herschel walker. earlier this week, of course, the daily beast first reported that walker, the trump endorsed the republican nominee for georgia s senate seat, had paid for a woman s abortion in 2009. the report contains a lots of contemporaneous evidence that has not been reviewed by us here at nbc news. it included the literal receipt for the procedure, that check walker sent to a woman, and even they get well card walker apparently mailed her, complete with what sure looks like his signature. now, as we ve said, nbc news is not independently verified the stories, this is a the daily beast or. walker vehemently denied the allegation when it first broke. he said he had no idea who the woman making the al
could be. that seems a little difficult to believe, though, because according to a new report in the daily beast, and that woman who says walker paid for her abortion is also the mother of one of his children. again, nbc news has also not verified this most recent report. in a statement, walker said there was no truth to it or any other daily peace report. to be clear, there s absolutely nothing wrong with a woman chosing to terminate a pregnancy, nothing wrong with that person s partner offering to pay for the procedure. the problem comes when the partner in question, herschel walker, is running on one of the most extreme, anti-abortion platforms in the country months after the supreme court got rid of roe. walker said he supports a national abortion ban without any exceptions, including for rape and incest. he has compared abortion to murder. it is that crushing hypocrisy with real world consequences that inspired the mother of one of his children to come forward with this
woman said. i said this here, the abortion thing, is false. it s a lie. that s what i said. anything happened with my what christian was talking about, i don t know. but, as i said, nothing to be ashamed of. best of friends. that s the things i ve said. i said nothing about if it happened. i said that s a lie. okay. we won t go sentence by sentence. here you can decide for yourself if you think herschel walker is telling the truth. it is undeniable he s had a real credibility problem, a track record of lying. he lied about his experience working with law enforcement and his supposed work supervising hospitals, and about charitable donations his company claimed to be making that never materialized. he even lied about the number of kids he had. when the daily beast, in fact the same reporter of these latest stories, called him on that, walker had to admit, they re reporting was accurate.
that s what i said. anything happened with my ex wife, what christian was talking about, i don t know. but, as i said, nothing to if anything, happen shamed [inaudible] best of friends. that s the things i ve said. i said nothing about if it happened. i said that s a lie. okay. we won t go sentence by sentence. uou can decide for yourself if you think herschel walker is telling the truth. it is undeniable he s had a real credibility problem, a track record of lying. he lied about his experience working with law enforcement and his supposed work supervising hospitals, and about charitable donations his company claimed to be making that never seemed to be materialized. he even lied about the number of kids he has. and when the daily beast, in fact the same reporter of these