GOP Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan criticized his state’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Herschel Walker, on Wednesday, after reports in the Daily Beast allege Walker paid for the abortion of a woman who is also the mother of one of his children.

A woman told the Daily Beast in a report published Monday that Walker paid for his girlfriend’s abortion in 2009. The Republican Senate candidate has said that backs supports a total abortion ban.

Walker said the story was false, calling the claim a “flat-out lie” on Fox News, and saying he didn’t know who the woman could be. He also said he will sue the outlet.

In follow-up piece on Wednesday, however, the Daily Beast reported the woman who made the allegations against Walker is also the mother of one of his children.

Republican Senate candidate for Georgia, Herschel Walker speaks to media at a campaign event on September 9, in Gwinnett, Georgia. GOP Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan criticized Walker, on Wednesday, after reports in the Daily Beast allege Walker paid for the abortion of a woman who is also the mother of one of his children.
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Appearing on CNN on Wednesday evening, Duncan said: “Even the most staunch Republicans, I think, are rattled at the continued flow of information.”

“I think every Republican knew that there was baggage out there. But the weight of that baggage is starting to feel a little closer to unbearable at this point,” Georgia’s lieutenant governor said.

Duncan also said that “at the end of the day, I think the most attractive feature of a great leader is being intellectually honest.

“And if we’re being intellectually honest, Herschel Walker won the primary because he scored a bunch of touchdowns back in the ’80s, and he was Donald Trump‘s friend. And now we’ve moved forward several months on the calendar and that’s no longer a recipe to win,” he continued.

Newsweek has reached out to Walker’s campaign, and Duncan for comment.

According to media reports, in response to the second Daily Beast report, Walker stated: “As I have already said, there is no truth to this or any other Daily Beast report.”

While Duncan blasted Walker following the reports in the Daily Beast, other Republicans have defended the Senate candidate.

In response to the report, Senator Rick Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), said that when “the Democrats are losing, as they are right now, they lie and cheat and smear their opponents.”

“Herschel has denied these allegations and the NRSC and Republicans stand with him, and Georgians will stand with him too,” Scott said.

Former President Donald Trump said in a statement that Walker “is being slandered and maligned by the Fake News Media and obviously.”

“It’s very important for our Country and the Great State of Georgia that Herschel Walker wins this Election,” he added.

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