Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) said that he is standing with U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker despite domestic violence and abortion claims.
Gingrich spoke up for the Georgia candidate a day after The Daily Beast reported that Walker had funded an abortion for a woman he was dating.
That news was followed by a tweet from Walker's son Christian accusing his father of "violence" against the family.
"You're not a 'family man' when you left us to bang a bunch of women, threatened to kill us, and had us move over 6 times in 6 months running from your violence," his son wrote.
But Gingrich told CBS News that the claims were part of a "vicious" campaign against Walker.
The former Speaker said that he had spoken to Walker recently and the candidate was "showing remarkably positive spirit."
Commenters online pointed out that Gingrich has a history of adultery and hypocrisy.
