for marijuana position is a massive be fd. too many lives have been upended by our failed approach to marijuana. it s time we right these wrongs. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the herschel walker story keeps getting worse for herschel walker. earlier this week, of course, the daily beast first reported that walker, the trump endorsed the republican nominee for georgia s senate seat, had paid for a woman s abortion in 2009. the report contains a lots of contemporaneous evidence that has not been reviewed by us here at nbc news. it included the literal receipt for the procedure, that check walker sent to a woman, and even they get well card walker apparently mailed her, complete with what sure looks like his signature. now, as we ve said, nbc news is not independently verified the stories, this is a the daily beast or. walker vehemently denied the allegation when it first broke. he said he had no idea who the woman making the al
could be. that seems a little difficult to believe, though, because according to a new report in the daily beast, and that woman who says walker paid for her abortion is also the mother of one of his children. again, nbc news has also not verified this most recent report. in a statement, walker said there was no truth to it or any other daily peace report. to be clear, there s absolutely nothing wrong with a woman chosing to terminate a pregnancy, nothing wrong with that person s partner offering to pay for the procedure. the problem comes when the partner in question, herschel walker, is running on one of the most extreme, anti-abortion platforms in the country months after the supreme court got rid of roe. walker said he supports a national abortion ban without any exceptions, including for rape and incest. he has compared abortion to murder. it is that crushing hypocrisy with real world consequences that inspired the mother of one of his children to come forward with this
and if i did do it, would that really be so bad? is there anything you need to be forgiven for vis-à-vis a woman whose name you do not know. do you know this woman s? that s what s so funny. because of all the things i did with my ex-wife and all that. things i did i had my problems with mental health. i ve been born again, i have a new life. i am moving forward. if that had happened, i would have said there is nothing to be a shamed of their. people have done that. i know nothing about it. if i knew about it, i would be honest to talk about it. but i know nothing about that. he was nodding his head
is there anything you need to be forgiven for vis-à-vis a woman whose name we do not know. do you know this woman s? that s what s so funny. i m not saying it could be forgiven because of all the things i did with my ex-wife and all that. things i did, [inaudible] i want to my book, with the guys i wouldn t pops of my mental health. and i ve been i ve been born again, but i have a new life. i have been moving forward. if that had happened, i would have said there is nothing to be a shamed of there. people have done that. i know nothing about it. if i knew about it, i would be honest to talk about it. but i know nothing about that. he was nodding his head there, tracking better than i was. i m having difficulty following.