New Walker story creates 'three problems' for Georgia Republicans: conservative

On Friday's edition of MSNBC's "Deadline: White House," conservative writer Charlie Sykes reacted to the New York Times report that former NFL star and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker was accused of trying to persuade a woman he impregnated multiple times to have a second abortion. "I think the problem for Herschel Walker is, what is before the voters of Georgia is his extreme views on abortion in the final five weeks," said anchor Nicolle Wallace. ALSO IN THE NEWS: FBI investigating if Trump stashed docs at Trump Tower or Bedminster golf club: report Republicans stand to lose a number of key states beyond Georgia, argued Sykes, including Michigan, a state that voted for Trump in 2016, and is now "slipping away from Republicans" — driven further by a voter referendum this November to codify abortion rights in the state. "When it comes to Herschel Walker, I guess one of the reasons why I'm cynical and jaded is not just watching voters being lied to, not just seeing this hypocrisy on display, but seeing the entire Republican Party and the vast majority of Republican voters saying, and yeah, we're okay with that, that's something that we are willing to embrace.