Walker concedes giving check to ex-partner, denies knowing it was for abortion - The Washington Post

Walker said it was his signature connected the cheque but rejected the allegation from the woman, who is the parent of 1 of Walker’s children, that it was to wage for an abortion.

“It’s a lie,” said Walker, who has opposed termination successful each cases arsenic a Senate candidate. “Prove that I did that. Just to amusement maine things similar that does thing for me.”

He besides said helium has “no thought what that could beryllium for” erstwhile presented with a transcript of the check.

Asked wherefore voters should spot him, Walker said, “I’ve been precise transparent astir everything I’ve done.”

The pistillate said that Walker paid for her to person an termination successful 2009 and that helium ended a narration with her successful 2011 aft she refused to person the process again. The pistillate has told The Washington Post that reports successful the Daily Beast, which archetypal reported the story, and the New York Times accurately described her experiences. She spoke connected the information of anonymity to support her privateness and that of her child, who is present 10.

Walker has denied that helium paid for an termination oregon knew astir 1 astatine the time. The pistillate and 1 of Walker’s big children by a antithetic pistillate person accused him of failing to beryllium contiguous arsenic a father.

Walker has campaigned arsenic an hostile of termination successful each cases, including rape, incest and to support the beingness of the mother. He besides has endorsed a connection by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) for a national prohibition connected termination astatine 15 weeks.

But Walker has shifted his presumption successful caller days portion insisting that helium hasn’t changed his views.

During his debate with Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.) connected Friday night, Walker said helium supported a Georgia termination prohibition with exceptions. But days later, helium denied that helium was reversing his “no objection successful my mind” stance.

“I volition ever enactment life, but I besides enactment what the people’s dependable is,” Walker said. “The people’s dependable is the Georgia heartbeat bill, which has exceptions successful it. Well, I’m a legislator for the people. And I said, 1 of the problems we person [is that] senators successful Washington forgot astir the radical who enactment them there.”

In the NBC interview, which was conducted implicit the weekend, Walker besides defended pulling retired a sheriff’s badge during a statement Friday, calling the badge “legit.”

“This is from my hometown. This is from Johnson County from the sheriff from Johnson County, which is simply a legit badge,” Walker said successful the NBC interview.

Walker displayed the badge — which seemingly is honorary successful quality — during Friday’s statement aft Warnock said that Walker had “pretended to beryllium a constabulary officer,” a notation to claims by Walker astir moving with the FBI and a section constabulary department.

Rather than verbally responding, Walker pulled retired the badge, drafting a rebuke from a moderator for utilizing a prop, which was not allowed nether statement rules.

“Everyone tin marque fun, but this badge gives maine the close … if thing happened successful this county, I person the close to enactment with the constabulary successful getting things done,” Walker said successful the NBC interview.

“I ne'er embellish,” Walker added. “I’ve ne'er done it. I enactment successful instrumentality enforcement.”