Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, will meet Friday night for their only debate in Georgia's marquee Senate contest, just days before in-person early voting begins.
Walker, a staunch anti-abortion politician recently accused by a former girlfriend of encouraging and paying for her 2009 abortion, accused Warnock of misstating his position by saying Walker had supported a national ban on abortion, without exceptions.
Walker insisted his position is the same as Georgia's state law, the so-called heartbeat bill that bans abortion at six weeks, before many women know they're pregnant. But Walker had insisted at various points throughout the campaign that he supported a national abortion ban, without exceptions. "That’s a problem" that there is no national ban, he said at a campaign stop in July.But on the debate stage, Walker tried to shift the question to Warnock. Walker blasted Warnock for being a Baptist pastor who supports abortion rights.
"On abortion, you know, I’m a Christian. I believe in life. ... I’ll be a senator that protects life," Walker said, later suggesting that Warnock doesn't care about abortions in the Black community. Both men are Black.Warnock insisted he can support abortion rights as a Christian and as a pastor. "God gave us a choice and I respect the right of women to make a decision.
The matchup is forcing both men to answer attacks — personal and political — that have flooded voters’ television screens and social media feeds for months.
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