Thread by @JuddLegum

Wow.

I didn't think Herschel Walker's response to @SollenbergerRC's report that he paid for an abortion could get worse.

But it has.

A historic political train wreck.

🧵

@SollenbergerRC Walker appeared this morning on Hugh Hewitt, a very sympathetic radio host.

First, Walker said that he had not paid for an abortion but IF HE HAD DONE IT he would have been "forgiven" so everyone should stop talking about it

@SollenbergerRC Hewitt then asked if he knew who was making the accusation. Walker, inexplicably, said he had "no idea at all."

The woman has identified himself as the mother of one of Walker's children.

So it's one of those four women.

Pretending it's a mystery makes zero sense.

In other words, Walker is obviously lying when he says he has "no idea at all" who is accusing him of paying for an abortion.

This is a poor choice when you are denying a damaging story and trying to get people to believe you.

Then things got worse.

Walker criticizes @thedailybeast and @SollenbergerRC for not retracting their earlier story that Walker had four children, but had only acknowledged one publicly.

AFTER THAT STORY, WALKER ADMITTED HE HAD FOUR CHILDREN

Now he's calling for The Daily Beast to retract that story?

@thedailybeast @SollenbergerRC The Walker said that he hadn't spoken to his son Christian since the first Daily Beast report about his other kids because Christian "started believing that I had other kids" and that was "totally not true."

WALKER HAS THREE OTHER KIDS!

WTF!

@thedailybeast @SollenbergerRC At this point, Hewitt recognizes the interview is going extremely poorly for Walker and tries to clean stuff up for him.

Walker responds with a word salad.

@thedailybeast @SollenbergerRC At this point, Hewitt recognizes the interview is going extremely poorly for Walker and tries to clean stuff up for him.

Walker responds with a word salad.

Hard to imagine how a softball interview could go any worse.