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Don Lemon ‘Stunned’ by Claim That Herschel Walker Is Anti-Abortion: ‘He Can’t Be, He Paid for It!’<!-- wp:html --><p>CNN</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-announces-don-lemon-poppy-harlow-and-kaitlan-collins-will-lead-new-morning-show">Don Lemon</a> was perplexed by a GOP strategist’s assertion Wednesday that Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is anti-abortion, despite The Daily Beast revealing that Walker <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/she-had-an-abortion-with-herschel-walker-she-also-had-a-child-with-him?ref=home">paid for the mother</a> of one of his children <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-life-herschel-walker-paid-for-girlfriends-abortion-georgia-senate">to have one in 2009</a>.</p> <p>Lemon asked Alice Stewart, a former campaign operative for several Republicans including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, whether she can still support the football player-turned-candidate.</p> <p>Walker “has a lot of explaining to do,” Stewart replied. Yet she maintained that as a Republican, her policy preferences are more aligned with Walker’s than those of Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/don-lemon-stunned-by-claim-that-herschel-walker-is-anti-abortion-says-he-cant-be-he-paid-for-it?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Don Lemon was perplexed by a GOP strategist’s assertion Wednesday that Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is anti-abortion, despite The Daily Beast revealing that Walker paid for the mother of one of his children to have one in 2009.

Lemon asked Alice Stewart, a former campaign operative for several Republicans including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, whether she can still support the football player-turned-candidate.

Walker “has a lot of explaining to do,” Stewart replied. Yet she maintained that as a Republican, her policy preferences are more aligned with Walker’s than those of Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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