Herschel Walker is caught in another lie. Why the GOP's reaction this time is eye-opening

Rather than pull back from a candidate who is "by his and their logic, now accused of murder," Republicans have deemed that secondary to their political fortunes, Michael A. Cohen writes. [View in browser]( [Image]( October 7, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] //link.msnbc.com/click/29297249.89474/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9oZXJzY2hlbC13YWxrZXItc2NhbmRhbC1kZXN0cm95cy1hbnRpLWFib3J0aW9uLXZvdGVycy1tb3JhbC1zdGFuZGluZy1uMTI5OTM5MT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIyMTAwNyZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B8e223a99[Herschel Walker is caught in another lie. Why the GOP's reaction this time is eye-opening]( by Michael A. Cohen It's not really surprising that Herschel Walker, Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, stands accused of paying a girlfriend to have an abortion. "After all, this is the same candidate who once inveighed against absent fathers — before it was revealed that he's fathered four children with four women," [writes Michael A. Cohen](. "But what is most revealing," he says, "is that these latest allegations haven't dented Walker's support among conservative, nominally 'pro-life' voters." "Few Republicans, who generally wear their anti-abortion position on their sleeves, have expressed any doubts about backing Walker," Cohen [notes](. "Instead, they've offered him unconditional support." Rather than pull back from a candidate who is "by his and their logic, now accused of murder," Republicans have deemed that secondary to their political fortunes. It's just another instance, Cohen concludes, where the GOP avoids "true introspection about the implications of blanket opposition to abortion." Read Michael A. Cohen's [full analysis](//link.msnbc.com/click/29297249.89474/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9kZW1vY3JhdHMtc3RyYXRlZ3ktYm9vc3QtbWFnYS1yZXB1YmxpY2Fucy12aW5kaWNhdGVkLW4xMjk5MTE2P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIxMDA3JnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Bf37d76a9//link.msnbc.com/click/29297249.89474/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9qLXItbWFqZXdza2ktcy1hZmdoYW5pc3Rhbi1saWVzLXNob3ctYmlnZ2VyLWdvcC1wcm9ibGVtLW4xMjk5MDU5P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIxMDA3JnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B81ebe112//link.msnbc.com/click/29297249.89474/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi93aHktdHJ1bXAtcy1zcGVjaWFsLW1hc3Rlci1wbGF5LW1heS1ub3QtZGVsYXktZmJpLW4xMjk5MDA2P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIxMDA3JnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Bc416a2f5//link.msnbc.com/click/29297249.89474/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi92aXJnaW5pYS1lbGVjdGlvbi1pbnRlZ3JpdHktcGxhbi1yZXB1YmxpY2FuLWdvdmVybm1lbnQtd2FzdGUtbjEyOTg4NDc_Y2lkPWVtbF9tZGFfMjAyMjEwMDcmdXNlcl9lbWFpbD1kN2RjNzQ1MTcyOTdiMzk3MWFhMTRkNmYzMzExMzVhMDg3OGY4ZjY0MGZhMWExMDE5ZjE1N2I2NWMxYjVkZDFk/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B676bfacc in your Friday [MSNBC Daily](. Stay informed with curated match-ups, race updates and key midterms analysis from experts like Steve Kornacki in our new pop-up elections newsletter: Countdown to Midterms. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP](   TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [Trita Parsi]( Biden bent a knee to MBS. And got stabbed in the back.]( Saudi Arabia's 'hostile act' proves Biden critics right — and his advisers very wrong. [Read more.]( [Dave Zirin]( [Thursday Night Football is a menace that's leaving NFL players broken]( Tua Tagovailoa's injury belongs to the Dolphins and the entire NFL. [Read more.]( [Ja'han Jones]( [No one should weep for Kanye West]( He was never the pro-Black icon he's been made out to be. [Read more.]( [Steve Benen]( [Why Trump told the National Archives, 'I want my documents back!']( Donald Trump has now launched an offensive against the National Archives. It's clearly not going well. [Read more.](   TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [Alex Wagner Tonight]( [Risk of nuclear 'Armageddon' is highest since Cuban Missile Crisis, Biden warns]( [Hallie Jackson]( [Biden to pardon thousands convicted of marijuana possession under federal law]( [Deadline White House]( [Stacey Abrams: Hypocrisy between Kemp and Walker in Georgia is 'unconscionable']( [The Beat With Ari]( [Some FBI agents see indictable tax case against Hunter Biden, Washington Post reports](   MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] On Monday, listen to the first two episodes of MSNBC's newest original podcast series, 'Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.' Rachel is back at the mic to tell an all-but-forgotten true story of American extremism getting supercharged, connecting the dots between sitting members of Congress aiding and abetting a plot to overthrow the government and the lengths they would go to in order to cover their tracks. Follow 'Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra' [here.]( Seth Rich was a young DNC staffer in Washington, DC who was tragically murdered early one morning in 2016. Our WITHpod guest this week described him as smart, ambitious, telegenic and someone who might run a presidential campaign someday. In the absence of an arrest, questions remain about who killed Rich. Unfounded theories about the motives for his murder continue to circulate on social media, including ones that enmeshed the Clintons and other high-profile figures. The search for answers, and this age of widespread disinformation, is the subject of “A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy,” written by ProPublica reporter Andy Kroll. The true-crime story unravels this saga of murder, deceptions about what happened, and the role of conspiracy mongers in disparaging Rich’s memory. Kroll, who actually knew Rich, joins WITHpod to discuss Rich’s life, death and what happened to his story once it got into the hands of numerous bad actors.   [Image] [Image]   [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)