2022 US Mid-term elections

**harrybarracuda** · 26-10-2022, 03:50 PM

How the fuck is a worthless market stall trader like Oz even still in the race?

**harrybarracuda** · 27-10-2022, 10:04 AM

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**S Landreth** · 27-10-2022, 10:24 AM

50? Might be in question now.

Herschel Walker faces second allegation of paying for woman's abortion

Second woman says Ga. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for abortion

A second woman is accusing Georgia Senate nominee Herschel Walker of pressuring her into having an abortion, calling the Republican a "hypocrite" for campaigning against abortion access while allegedly pushing her to get one in 1993.

"Herschel Walker is a hypocrite and he is not fit to be a U.S. senator," an anonymous woman who went by the name Jane Doe said in a Wednesday press conference. "We don't need people in the U.S. Senate who profess one thing and do another."

The woman is declining to share her identity out of safety concerns, according to her attorney Gloria Allred, and came forward after hearing Walker deny allegations from another woman who said he paid for her to have an abortion. NPR has not been able to independently corroborate either woman's claims.

Jane Doe said she had an affair with Walker while he was married to his first wife Cindy Grossman from 1987 until the alleged abortion in 1993, and claimed Walker drove her to an abortion clinic and paid for the procedure after she backed out of an initial attempt.

"I went to a clinic in Dallas, but I simply couldn't go through with it," the woman said. "I left the clinic in tears. When I told Herschel what had happened, he was upset and said that he was going to go back with me to the clinic the next day for me to have the abortion."

The woman, who said she is a registered independent but voted for former President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020, said she was motivated to speak out after seeing Walker deny allegations made in a series of stories by The Daily Beast that he pressured a then-girlfriend to have two abortions.

"Particularly, I saw him state that the woman's claims were not true because he never signed any cards using the letter 'H,'" she said. "I knew that was not true because he had often signed letters to me using H."

During a press conference, Allred shared several items that Doe had from her relationship with Walker, including a photo of Walker in her hotel room while he was at a training camp in Minnesota, letters from Walker to the woman and her parents, and an alleged voicemail that Walker left while in France for the Winter Olympics in 1992.

"What I can do is, I'm trying to call you back while I'm here, but I have to call you, like, early in the morning cause it's late at night there when I'm up and the restaurant is open," Walker allegedly says in a voicemail recording. "But I keep trying to call you. I want to say I love you."

Walker has continued to deny any and all claims he paid for an abortion, including on the campaign trail Wednesday. Just before the second woman's allegations became public, Walker deflected questions from reporters by dismissing the story before specific claims had been made.

"You know, guys, I'm done with this foolishness," he said after an event in northeast Georgia. "I've already told people this is a lie."

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was campaigning with Walker and is one of several Senate Republicans who have made the trek to Georgia in hopes of winning the majority this November, attacked Allred and tried to downplay the accusations.

"People here are not going to tolerate it, there's going to be a backlash in Georgia," Graham said. "This is coming from L.A. It's coming from an activist Democratic celebrity lawyer who went to the 2016 convention for Hillary Clinton, and people in Georgia are not this dumb."

Walker's blanket denial of ever paying for an abortion comes as the first-time candidate has sought to walk back his hardline stance on abortion in a state that has recently seen top races decided by tens of thousands of votes.

The Trump-backed candidate previously expressed support for a federal abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother, but falsely claimed in a recent debate that he always preferred Georgia's new law that effectively bans most abortions after cardiac activity is detected, around six weeks into pregnancy.

Walker has lagged in fundraising and most polls to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, who has largely framed the abortion stories as part of a pattern of false statements and exaggerations surrounding Walker's campaign, like overstating his personal backstory and business accomplishments.

"We know Herschel Walker has a problem with the truth, a problem answering questions, and a problem taking responsibility for his actions," Warnock's deputy campaign manager Rachel Petri said in a statement. "Today's new report is just the latest example of a troubling pattern we have seen play out again and again and again. Herschel Walker shouldn't be representing Georgians in the U.S. Senate."

It is not yet clear how the allegations about Walker or his vehement denials will affect the Senate race, especially as more than one million Georgians have already cast their ballots.

Polling conducted after the initial stories about Walker's first alleged abortion payment saw support for the Republican slightly decline, though oftentimes within the margin of error. A recent Monmouth survey of Georgia voters already found a majority of voters have an unfavorable opinion of Walker, including a notable number of Republicans.

If no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, the race would head to a Dec. 6 runoff that could once again decide control of the U.S. Senate.

**harrybarracuda** · 27-10-2022, 10:30 AM

The problem is that the MAGA wankers will accept any behaviour as long as their chimps get elected.

If a Democrat did half the things they turn a blind eye to, they'd be out on the streets.

**S Landreth** · 27-10-2022, 11:49 AM

If Allred is on her side, there’s no doubt she has her ducks in a row.

**S Landreth** · 28-10-2022, 04:18 PM

Obama cuts ad for Pennsylvania Democrats

Former President Barack Obama cut an ad for Democrats in Pennsylvania ahead of his plans to barnstorm the key battleground state with President Biden in the days before the midterm elections, Axios has learned.

Driving the news: In the ad, the former president cites two key issues that Democrats have been hammering on this cycle: the willingness of some Republicans to help overturn elections, and abortion rights.

"In Pennsylvania you’ve got some important choices to make this year,” he says in the 15-second spot, adding that "the fate of our democracy and a woman’s right to choose are on the line."
The ad was paid for by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Between the lines: Obama is lending his star-power to Democrats across the country as Biden, Vice President Harris and many other national figures largely keep their distance in highly competitive races.

In addition to Pennsylvania, he's set to campaign in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin this week.

**S Landreth** · 29-10-2022, 08:03 AM

Obama campaigns for Warnock in Georgia

Starts at 1:19:27

**harrybarracuda** · 29-10-2022, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Obama campaigns for Warnock in Georgia

I know there's a good chance of them winning in Georgia again if they can get the African American voting bloc out.

But to be honest the voter suppression measures are going to make life very difficult.

**aging one** · 29-10-2022, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I know there's a good chance of them winning in Georgia again if they can get the African American voting bloc out.

You do know that Hershel Walker is a black American college and professional football star. He is an idiot and a liar though.

**harrybarracuda** · 29-10-2022, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by aging one

You do know that Hershel Walker is a black American college and professional football star. He is an idiot and a liar though.

Well golly gosh, is he really? Can't imagine why they'd push him to run in Georgia, can you?

**S Landreth** · 29-10-2022, 11:47 AM

50 - still in question

Hope the Dems show up

**Norton** · 29-10-2022, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by aging one

He is an idiot and a liar though

He will win in Georgia and with those fine qualifications will be nominated as the first black Republican Presidential candidate!

**harrybarracuda** · 29-10-2022, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Norton

He will win in Georgia and with those fine qualifications will be nominated as the first black Republican Presidential candidate!

And then the Idiocracy prophecy will be fulfilled.

**sabang** · 29-10-2022, 01:45 PM

Well, I just hope the Biden administration is given the caning it deserves. Yours truly, a once was Democrat.

**harrybarracuda** · 29-10-2022, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by sabang

Well, I just hope the Biden administration is given the caning it deserves. Yours truly, a once was Democrat.

You silly liar, you've never been a democrat, you've always been a totalitarian brown noser. Probably a trumpanzee as well.

**S Landreth** · 29-10-2022, 05:53 PM

A second woman alleges Herschel Walker paid for her abortion

A second woman has alleged that Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee in Georgia's Senate race, paid for her abortion.

The big picture: Walker has taken a strong anti-abortion stance in the hotly contested Senate race during this year's midterm election cycle, and has denied both allegations against him.

Driving the news: The woman, who was identified by attorney Gloria Allred as "Jane Doe," during a news conference Wednesday claimed Walker had "pressured" her into getting an abortion after she learned she was pregnant in April 1993.

"I was devastated because I felt that I had been pressured into having an abortion."
The woman said she was motivated to come forward because she had seen Walker deny another woman's allegations that he paid for her to have an abortion.
"Particularly, I saw him state that the woman's claims were not true because he never signed any cards using the letter 'H,'" Doe said.
"I knew that was not true because he had often signed letters to me using 'H.'"
She said she preferred to remain anonymous for “fear of reprisals” against herself, her family and her livelihood.

Details: Doe said she had begun an intimate relationship with Walker in the late '80s in Dallas while he was playing football for the Cowboys.

"After discussing the pregnancy with Herschel several times, he encouraged me to have an abortion and gave me the money to do so," Doe said.
"I went to a clinic in Dallas, but I simply couldn't go through with it. I left the clinic in tears. When I told Herschel what had happened, he was upset and said that he was going to go back with me to the clinic the next day for me to have the abortion. He then drove me to the clinic the following day and waited for hours in the parking lot until I came out."
"He then drove me to get medications and supplies as prescribed and then drove me home."

Of note: Doe, who said she is a registered independent and voted for former President Trump in 2016 and 2020, said, "I do not believe that Herschel is morally fit to be a U.S. senator."

What he's saying: Walker has denied the latest allegation, accusing Democrats of "doing and saying anything they can to win this seat."

"I’ve already told people this is a lie, and I’m not going to entertain, continue to carry a lie along,” Walker said at a Wednesday campaign stop.

**Norton** · 29-10-2022, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by S Landreth

A second woman has alleged that Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee in Georgia's Senate race, paid for her abortion.

It won't matter. Like the lying kunt that endorsed him all Walker has to do is deny, deny, deny.

**Norton** · 29-10-2022, 07:17 PM

Something to ponder re elections in the US.

**panama hat** · 30-10-2022, 10:53 AM

Let's not forget that black voters also have a very religious side to them ... Abortion is a no-no

**harrybarracuda** · 30-10-2022, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by panama hat

Let's not forget that black voters also have a very religious side to them ... Abortion is a no-no

Not the case any more as they are more likely to vote Democrat regardless of the abortion position.

**S Landreth** · 30-10-2022, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by panama hat

black voters also have a very religious side to them ... Abortion is a no-no

maybe a little different in Georgia

A new poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of Georgians — particularly Black voters — continue to oppose the state’s new restrictive abortion law.

Nearly 62% objected overall, with about 54% saying they strongly opposed it. Black respondents were the most adamantly against it, with 86.4% of them saying they firmly disapprove of the law.

When asked how a candidate’s position on abortion would factor into their decision-making at the ballot box, 47% of those surveyed — including 76% of Black respondents — said they are more likely to back someone who will protect access.

**panama hat** · 30-10-2022, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Not the case any more as they are more likely to vote Democrat regardless of the abortion position.

Seems you're correct and I stand corrected.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

When asked how a candidate’s position on abortion would factor into their decision-making at the ballot box, 47% of those surveyed — including 76% of Black respondents — said they are more likely to back someone who will protect access.

Thank you, SL

**bsnub** · 30-10-2022, 05:13 PM

Black churches (yes, the churches are still segregated) in the south tend to be baptist and are more liberal than the Catholic Church or nutcase evangelicals, for example.

**S Landreth** · 03-11-2022, 12:09 PM

Less than a week and maybe not even 50

**harrybarracuda** · 03-11-2022, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Less than a week and maybe not even 50

That's because the GOP voteriggers are voterigging.

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