Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Georgia’s Senate seat who said in July that people aren’t concerned about the state’s six-week abortion ban— reportedly paid for his ex-girlfriend’s abortion. In May, Walker told reporters he wanted to ban abortion without exceptions: “There’s no exception in my mind...Like I say, I believe in life. I believe in life.” He’s also described exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the pregnant person as “excuses.” He joins a list of several Republican politicians outed as urging partners to get abortions or paying for the procedure.
According to the Daily Beast, Walker got a woman pregnant in 2009, told her it was “not the right time” for him to have a baby, urged her to get an abortion, and then reimbursed her for the September 2009 procedure. The woman, who also didn’t want a child, asked the outlet not to identify her out of concerns for her privacy, but also brought the receipts to back up her allegations. Per the Daily Beast:
Agreed. To Liberals, the right being full of hypocritical shitbags is just a source of Smug Points which can also act as a pressure release valve for people tired with their bullshit. It's fundamentally in their interests to keep this still within the confines of Culture War squabbling and not on Class.
Okay, Gerry Manderheim is a morally-repugnant ghoul who speaks in bad faith and doesn't follow even an ounce of what he says. Now what? Shouldn't we properly assess adjust our worldview and tactics to properly deal with him since he obviously doesn't care that we know?
Yes absolutely! Liberal culture war gotchas function as a false catharsis, it's all part of an ideology where voting and going to a police-sanctioned
paradeprotest is the height of political action.