‘Train wreck’: Herschel Walker criticized for new ad claiming God helped him ‘overcome’ mental illness

After a damning article claiming he paid for one of his girlfriend’s abortions, Republican U.S. Senate nominee for Georgia, Herschel Walker, is out with a new ad that claims he has “overcome” his mental illness thanks to God, while he attacks his incumbent opponent, Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, who he baselessly says “doesn’t even believe in redemption.” Walker’s own campaign compared the Daily Beast’s report – that says Walker even signed a card mentioning the abortion he reportedly paid for – to Donald Trump’s 2016 “Access Hollywood” video, which almost cost him the election. “Reverend Warnock’s running a nasty, dishonest campaign,” Walker says in his new ad, not mentioning – not even denying – that he paid for his girlfriend to have an abortion. “Warnock’s a preacher doesn’t tell the truth, he doesn’t even believe in redemption,” Walker says, a claim he has repeatedly made despite offering nothing to support the claim. CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski, the head of its fact-checking unit, says the new ad, “presumably in response to Daily Beast story, mentions his book ‘Breaking Free’ being about redemption story — it is worth noting the alleged abortion took place a year after the book was released.” Speaking of redemption, Walker’s repeated attack that Warnock does not believe in redemption appears wholly false.