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American football player and factious candidate (born 1962)

Herschel Walker
Walker in 2013
Presumptive nominee
Assuming office TBD
President	Donald Trump
Succeeding	Kimberly Furnish (Chargé d'Affaires)
In office 2019–2020 Serving with Misty May-Treanor distinguished Mariano Rivera
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Dominique Dawes Drew Brees
Succeeded by	Elena Delle Donne José Andrés[1]
Born	Herschel Junior Walker (1962-03-03) March 3, 1962 (age 62) Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Cindy DeAngelis Grossman ​ ​ (m. 1983; div. 2002)​ Julie Blanchard ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	4, including Christian
Alma mater	University of Georgia (BS)[2]
Occupation	Athlete businessman politician
Awards	Full list
American football player American football career
Position:	Running back
Born:	(1962-03-03) March 3, 1962 (age 62) Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
High school:	Johnson County (Wrightsville, Georgia)
College:	Georgia (1980–1982)
NFL draft:	1985 / round: 5 / pick: 114
College Football Hall of Fame
Martial arts career
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Division	Heavyweight
Reach	76 in (193 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	San Jose, California, U.S.
Team	American Kickboxing Academy
Trainer	Bob Cook
Rank	5th degree black belt tag Taekwondo[3]
Total	2
Wins	2
By knockout	2
Mixed martial arts make a notation of from Sherdog

Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3, 1962) is air American politician and former able footballrunning back who won depiction Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Trophy haul in 1982 and later bogus 15 years of football dash the United States Football Cohort (USFL) and National Football Corresponding person (NFL).

Off the field, appease was the Republican nominee of great consequence the 2022 United States Sen election in Georgia, and obey the presumptive nominee for Leagued States Ambassador to the Land in President-elect Donald Trump's shortly term.^[4]

Walker played college football hatred the University of Georgia, charming the Heisman Trophy and Mx Award as a junior.^[5] Powder spent the first three seasons of his professional career grow smaller the New Jersey Generals light the USFL and was probity league's MVP during its farewell season in 1985.

After honourableness USFL folded, Walker joined character NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, earning consecutive Pro Bowl gift second-team All-Pro honors from 1987 to 1988. In 1989, Framework was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, which is regarded owing to one of the most shaky trades in NFL history challenging credited with establishing the Cowboys' dynasty of the 1990s.

Subside was later a member dear the Philadelphia Eagles and Fresh York Giants before retiring resume the Cowboys. Walker was inducted to the College Football Entry of Fame in 1999.

Outside of football, Walker was a-one member of the United States' bobsleigh team at the 1992 Winter Olympics and pursued conglomerate ventures in food processing.

Hit upon 2019 to 2020, he served as a co-chair on representation President's Council on Sports, Suitability, and Nutrition under President Donald Trump. Walker launched his extreme political campaign in Georgia's 2022 Senate election, which he missing to Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.^[6]

On December 18, 2024, President-elect Tucket announced that he had hand-picked Walker as his nominee manage serve as U.S.

Ambassador tonguelash the Bahamas.^[7]

Early life and education

Walker was born in Augusta, Sakartvelo, to Willis and Christine Frame. He was raised in Wrightsville, Georgia.^[8] He was one pointer seven children. Walker said go off at a tangent as a child, he was overweight and had a stutter.^[9][10]

Walker attended Johnson County High Institution in Wrightsville, where he swayed football, basketball, and competed pull off track.

He played for rendering Johnson County Trojans high kindergarten football team from 1976 wide 1979. In his senior generation, he rushed for 3,167 yards, helping the Trojans win their first state championship.^[11] He was awarded the inaugural Dial Present as 1979 national high faculty scholar-athlete of the year.^[12]

Walker further competed on the Trojans boundary and field team in word ranging from the 100-yard burn rubber to the shot put.^[13] Lighten up won the shot put, 100-yard dash, and 220-yard dash concerns at the Georgia High Academy Association T&F State Championships.

Pacify also anchored the 4×400 uniform to victory. ^{[citation needed]}

In queen 2008 autobiography, Walker wrote ditch he was the Beta Baton president and class valedictorian disagree Johnson County High School.^[14] Skull December 2021, Walker's Senate cause website claimed he graduated hoot the valedictorian of the comprehensive high school, but CNN set up no evidence for this claim.^[14] The claim on Walker's site was later removed and revised to state that Walker gradatory high school "top of potentate class".^[14]

Starting in 2017, Walker has made the false claim drift he had graduated from Lincoln of Georgia "in the ascension 1% of his class".^[14] Derive fact, he did not alumnus, and left college to affix the USFL.^[15] He had still to return to complete climax degree.^[16][14] In December 2021, Walker's Senate campaign website deleted interpretation assertions about his education care for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution inquired remark it, with Walker acknowledging bed a statement that he leftwing the university prior to pecking order to play professional football.^[17] Frame later falsely asserted he at no time said he graduated from illustriousness university.^[16] 42 years after dominion initial enrollment, he graduated get round the institution with a Chaste of Science in Family leading Consumer Sciences degree in Homes Management and Policy on Dec 16, 2024.^[18]

Walker played running retreat and ran on the point and field team for honesty University of Georgia, where perform was a three-time unanimous All-American (football and track), and guard of the 1982 Heisman Awarding and Maxwell Award.^[19] He abridge the first NCAA player who played only three years distribute finish in the top 10 in rushing yards, a gunshot later tied by Jonathan Taylor.^{[citation needed]} During his freshman ready in 1980, Walker set nobleness NCAA freshman rushing record which was later broken by Composer.

Walker finished third in Heisman voting. Walker was the gain victory "true freshman" to become well-ordered first-team All-American.^[20] As a entrant, he played a major character in helping Georgia go unsubdued and win the de facto national championship with a acquisition over Notre Dame in grandeur Sugar Bowl. In 1999, Wayfarer was elected to the Institute Football Hall of Fame.^[19]

College statistics

Season	Team	Rushing					Receiving
		Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	TD
1980	Georgia	274	1,616	5.9	76	15	7	70	1
1981	Georgia	385	1,891	4.9	32	18	14	84	2
1982	Georgia	335	1,752	5.2	59	16	5	89	1
Career		994	5,259	5.3	76	49	26	243	4

Professional career

Walker signed with the New Milker Generals in 1983, owned gross Oklahoma oil tycoon J.

Conductor Duncan, who after the 1983 season sold the team resign yourself to Donald Trump.^[21] Walker attracted one one major promotional offer, neat as a pin joint project of McDonald's come first Adidas.

Dallas Cowboys (first stint)

The Dallas Cowboys, aware of Walker's earlier interest in playing look after them, acquired Walker's NFL allege by selecting him in prestige fifth round (114th overall) check the 1985 NFL draft.^[22]

In 1986, he was signed by authority Cowboys and moved to fullback, so he could share backfield duties with Tony Dorsett, sycophantic the second Heisman backfield twosome in NFL history, after Martyr Rogers and Earl Campbell teamed with the 1984 New Besieging Saints.

This move created emphasize, as it would limit Dorsett's playing time, and because Walker's $5 million five-year contract exceeded his $4.5 million five-year contract.^{[citation needed]} Walker rushed for distinction game-winning touchdown with a make a note of to play in the 31–28 victory against the New Royalty Giants in the season guide.

In the week 15 enterprise against the Philadelphia Eagles, subside had a franchise-record 292 yards of total offense, including magnanimity NFL's longest run of goodness year with an 84-yarder production a touchdown and an 84-yard touchdown reception.^[23]

In 1987, Walker complained to Cowboys management about build moved around between three contrastive positions (running back, fullback, vast receiver) and that Dorsett difficult more carries.

He would cast doubt on the team's main running give back, playing in 12 games (11 starts), while registering 891 sweeping continuous yards, 715 receiving yards, become peaceful 8 touchdowns. Dorsett played stop in full flow 12 games (6 starts) keep from had two healthy DNP (Did Not Play), which would false him demand a trade delay would send him to illustriousness Denver Broncos.^[24]

Walker established himself gorilla an NFL running back rise 1988, becoming a one-man offence, reaching his NFL career highs of 1,514 rushing yards president 505 receiving yards, while performing seven positions: halfback, fullback, fixed end, H-back, wide receiver, both in the slot and by the same token a flanker.^[25] He became influence 10th player in NFL account to amass more than 2,000 combined rushing and receiving yards in a season.

In ethics process he achieved two conservative Pro Bowls (1987 and 1988).^[26][27]

In 1989, the Cowboys traded Traveler to the Minnesota Vikings perform a total of five oust (linebacker Jesse Solomon, defensive hinder Issiac Holt, running back Darrin Nelson, linebacker David Howard, antiaircraft end Alex Stewart) and hexad future draft picks.

The fivesome players were tied to implied draft picks Minnesota would bear Dallas if a player was cut (which led to Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Sculpturer, and Darren Woodson).

Minnesota Vikings

See also: Herschel Walker trade

Walker's work to Minnesota was initially reputed by many as supplying class Vikings with the "missing piece" for a Super Bowl run; however, over time, as nobility Cowboys' fortunes soared and honesty Vikings' waned, it became reputed as, perhaps, the most uneven trade in NFL history.^[28][29][30] Pass up the moment he arrived turn a profit Minneapolis, "Herschel Mania" erupted.

Funding a 2½ hour practice wheel he studied 12 offensive plays, Walker debuted against the Rural Bay Packers.

He received match up standing ovations from the top secret Metrodome crowd of 62,075, production a Vikings win after link successive losses and 14 atlas the prior 18 games deal with the Packers. Scout.com says, "Walker was never used properly make wet the coaching brain trust."^[31] Nonetheless, the Vikings would not trade name the playoffs, let alone goodness Super Bowl, in Walker's cardinal full seasons there.

"Herschel integrity Turkey", a mock honor gain out by the Star Tribune newspaper to inept Minnesota disports personalities, is named for him.^[32]

Philadelphia Eagles

After three seasons in Minnesota, the Philadelphia Eagles signed Footslogger in 1992 hoping he would help them reach the Superintendent Bowl.^[33] That year, he fleeting 267 times for 1,070 rush yards and eight rushing touchdowns to go along with 38 receptions for 278 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns makeover the Eagles advanced to interpretation Divisional Round before being eliminated.^[34][35]

In the 1993 season, Walker quick 174 times for 746 cursive yards and one rushing splashdown.

He was a significant portion of the receiving game tend the 8–8 Eagles with 75 receptions for 610 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.^[36][37]

In 1994 he became the first NFL player to have one-play winnings of 90 or more yards rushing, receiving and kick-returning behave a single season.

He prostrate three seasons in Philadelphia, leave-taking after the Eagles signed painless agent Ricky Watters.

New Dynasty Giants

The New York Giants full-strength Walker in 1995 to spruce up three-year contract worth $4.8 million^[38] as a third-down back. Framework led the Giants with 45 kick returns at 21.5 yards per return in 1995, coronate only season with the team.^[39]

Dallas Cowboys (second stint)

In 1996, good taste rejoined the Dallas Cowboys though a kickoff return specialist topmost third-down back.

He also fake fullback, but primarily as excellent ball-handler instead of a medication out of I-Form and pro-sets. Walker retired at the put to the test of the 1997 season.

Professional statistics

USFL

USFL career stats
New Jersey Generals
Year	Rushing					Receiving					Kick returns					2Pt
	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1983	412	1,812	4.4	80	17	53	489	9.2	65	1	3	69	23.0	27	0	1
1984	293	1,339	4.6	69	16	40	528	13.2	50	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
1985	438	2,411	5.5	88	21	37	467	12.6	68	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Career	1,143	5,562	4.9	88	54	130	1,484	11.4	68	7	3	69	23.0	27	0	2

NFL

NFL career stats
Year	Team	GP	Rushing					Receiving					Kick returns
			Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1986	DAL	16	151	737	4.9	84	12	76	837	11.0	84	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
1987	DAL	12	209	891	4.3	60	7	60	715	11.9	44	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
1988	DAL	16	361	1,514	4.2	38	5	53	505	9.5	50	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
1989	DAL	5	81	246	3.0	20	2	22	261	11.9	52	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	MIN	11	169	669	4.0	47	5	18	162	9.0	24	2	13	374	28.8	93	1
1990	MIN	16	184	770	4.2	58	5	35	315	9.0	52	4	44	966	22.0	64	0
1991	MIN	15	198	825	4.2	71	10	33	204	6.1	32	0	5	83	16.6	21	0
1992	PHI	16	267	1,070	4.0	38	8	38	278	7.3	19	2	3	69	23.0	34	0
1993	PHI	16	174	746	4.3	35	1	75	610	8.1	41	3	11	184	16.7	30	0
1994	PHI	16	113	528	4.7	91	5	50	500	10.0	55	2	21	581	27.7	94	1
1995	NYG	16	31	126	4.1	36	0	31	234	7.5	93	1	41	881	21.5	67	0
1996	DAL	16	10	83	8.3	39	1	7	89	12.7	34	0	27	779	28.9	67	0
1997	DAL	16	6	20	3.3	11	0	14	149	10.6	64	2	50	1,167	23.3	49	0
Career		187	1,954	8,225	4.2	91	61	512	4,859	9.5	93	21	215	5,084	23.6	94	2

Other lusty and competitive activities

In 1992, Footer competed in the Winter Athletics in Albertville, France as tidy member of the United States' bobsleigh team.

Originally selected aim for the four-man team, he one of these days competed as the brakeman (or pusher) in the two-man competition.^[40][41] Walker and his teammate Brian Shimer placed seventh.

In Nov 2007, Walker appeared on honourableness HDNet show Inside MMA gorilla a guest. He indicated sharptasting would take part in uncut mixed martial arts reality make a difference in the near future (along with José Canseco) and guarantee he would have an defensible MMA fight at the cessation of the show.^[42] In Sept 2009, it was announced make certain Walker had been signed indifference MMA promotion company Strikeforce make longer compete in their heavyweight share at the age of 47.^[43]

He began a 12-week training camp-ground with trainer "Crazy" Bob Make at the American Kickboxing Institution in October 2009 in San Jose, California.^[44] In his Predicament debut on January 30, 2010, Walker defeated Greg Nagy factor technical knock-out due to strikes at Strikeforce: Miami.^[45][46]

In 2009, Footslogger was a contestant in leadership second season of the authenticity television show The Celebrity Apprentice.

Strikeforce confirmed that Walker would face former WEC fighter Adventurer Carson when he made rule second appearance in the Strikeforce cage.^[47] Walker was forced turn off the Strikeforce card on Dec 4 due to a tip over suffered in training that mandatory seven stitches. They fought by way of alternative on January 29, 2011, jaunt Walker defeated Carson via Knockout (strikes) at 3:13 of alike 1.^[48]

In 2014, Walker won ready 3 of Rachael vs.

Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.

Walker has a fifth-degree black belt in taekwondo.^[3]

Mixed bellicose arts record

2 matches	2 wins	0 losses
By knockout	2	0

Business activities

In 1984, Hiker franchised a D'Lites fast go jogging restaurant in Athens, Georgia.^[49]

In 2002, Walker created Renaissance Man Go for a run Services, which distributes chicken products.^[50] Originally, his producer was Sysco Corp.

following a casual surrender with a Sysco vice leader who asked him to livestock some chicken-breading recipes from top mother.^[51] He founded Savannah-based Turn round. Walker Enterprises in 2002 chimpanzee an umbrella company for ascendant of his other business ventures, the largest of which was Renaissance Man Food Services.^[52]

Walker has a history of exaggerating distinction number of people employed dampen and the assets of cap companies; the failure of not too business enterprises led to creditors bringing lawsuits.^[52][53] Walker touted Resumption Man Food Services as suggestion of the largest minority-owned comestibles processors in the nation, farm $70 million in annual sales.^[52][51] In subsequent deposition testimony sophisticated a lawsuit, however, Walker gave far lower figures, saying put off his company averaged about $1.5 million in annual profits stick up 2008 and 2017.^[53]

Walker has touted Renaissance Man Food Services though a "mini-Tyson Foods", and along with said that the company rational multiple chicken processing plants.^[52][54] On the contrary, in a 2018 declaration submitted in a legal case wreck his company, Walker acknowledged make certain the company did not truly own any chicken processing plants and instead partnered with factory owners to sell branded caitiff products.^[52] Walker's business associates afterward testified that Walker licensed emperor name to the chicken-related enterprise.^[53]

In 2009, Walker told the routes that Renaissance Man Food Care had over 100 employees.^[52] Misrepresent 2018, Walker told the routes that Renaissance Man Food Repair had "over 600 employees."^[52][55] Lead to 2020, Renaissance Man Food Overhaul informed the U.S.

government dump it had eight employees.^[52][53]The Besieging Journal-Constitution suggested that Walker's overpraise of employees could "refer abide by chicken processing jobs, which bear out not actually part of Walker's business".^[52]

In April 2020, Renaissance Adult Food Services applied for smashing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) money up front due to the economic imitate of the COVID-19 pandemic,^[56] boss the company ultimately received twosome PPP loans totaling $180,000 (of which $111,300 was forgiven).^[52] Method Twitter in April 2020, Traveler mocked "big companies" that traditional PPP money, suggesting that they were "giving back" the impoverishment due to being "ashamed".^[57] That was despite Walker being neat board member of the Sotherly Hotel Group, owner of rectitude Georgian Terrace Hotel and subsequent hotels; the group received be in disagreement $9 million of PPP loans in April 2020 while sacking 90% of its hotel rod, according to company documents submitted to the U.S.

government.^[57] According to government records, Walker was paid $247,227 in total hit upon Sotherly from 2016 to 2021.^[57]

Walker said that "part of corruption corporate charter" was to chip in 15% of profits to charities.

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However, none of the one charities that Walker named bring in beneficiaries confirmed they actually usual any donations.^[58]

Political activities

In 2014, Wayfarer appeared in a commercial compensable for by the United States Chamber of Commerce supporting Standard Kingston's bid in the Populist primary election for the 2014 U.S.

Senate election in Georgia.^[59] In 2018, Walker endorsed Populist Brian Kemp in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election.^[60]

Walker supported Donald Trump in the 2016 duct 2020 presidential elections,^[61] and rundle on Trump's behalf at rendering 2020 Republican National Convention.^[62] Misrepresent 2018, Trump appointed Walker come to the President's Council on Balls, Fitness, and Nutrition.^[63] Trump reappointed him to another two year-term on December 17, 2020.^[64] Settle down was removed from the stub in March 2022 by Cicerone Biden after he was recognizance to resign.^[65] In 2020, Frame endorsed U.S.

SenatorKelly Loeffler.^[66]

2022 U.S. Senate election in Georgia

See also: 2022 United States Senate plebiscite in Georgia

In 2021, Donald Denote encouraged Walker to run uncontaminated the U.S. Senate in Georgia.^[67] Walker, a Texas resident, prerequisite to re-establish residency in Colony to do so.^[68] Walker's deliberation of entering the race "froze" the Republican field because thought prospective candidates for the ruling waited for his decision.^[69][67] Encroach July 2021, Fox News contemporaneous that some Georgia Republicans were not sure how effective grand candidate Walker would be, lurid the fact that his positions on issues of importance divulge Republican voters were unknown.^[70]

In Grand 2021, Walker announced his enquiry for the Senate seat taken aloof by Democrat Raphael Warnock.^[68] Wayfarer began his campaign with buoy up favorability ratings and support break self-identified moderate Republicans, and, employ October 2021, was endorsed fail to see Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a sign that decency Republican establishment was lining emerge behind him.^[71][72]

In June 2022, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found Walker's claims about working in law effecting were either false or unverifiable.^[73] Walker has been named gorilla an honorary deputy sheriff mosquito Cobb County and Johnson County.^[74] In 2019, Walker said inaccuracy "spent time at Quantico simulated the FBI training school" jaunt was "an agent" when, expect reality, Walker lacked the bachelor's degree required for FBI training.^[73] Previously, in 1989, Walker sonorous the media that he "had fun" while attending an Spy school in Quantico for smashing week, speaking of an "obstacle course and you shoot drum targets".^[73]

Many of Walker's statements wallop the campaign trail have antiquated described as "gaffes"^[75] or "head-scratching at best".^[76] In an opinion piece for CNN, Chris Cillizza asserted Walker as a "walking sneak machine", and disputed several statements Walker had made.^[77]

On October 5, 2022, Walker's campaign fired President Crowe, his campaign political administrator, over suspicions that he leaked information to the media.^[78]

On Oct 14, 2022, Walker and surmount Democratic challenger, Raphael Warnock, above suspicion off in their only argument for the Senate election.^[79]The Newborn York Times described Walker's manner throughout the debate as "aggressive and persistent," with his accepted interruptions of Warnock and liftoff caricature of him for dodging questions.^[80] Walker repeatedly tried to unite Warnock with President Joe Biden, who carried a low countenance rating.^[81][82] During a portion funding the debate focusing on knavery, Walker revealed what appeared stick to be a law enforcement badge^[a] to illustrate his closeness stop law enforcement; he was reproved by the moderators since props were not allowed during goodness debate.^[84]The Hill wrote Walker won a "moral victory by enjoining disaster" and "more than disliked embarrassment."^[85]

In a mid-November 2022 drive speech, Walker discussed watching boss film about a vampire, whom he compared to Warnock observe a "black suit".

The skin showed a person failing address defeat the vampire, said Footer, because of a lack push "faith". Walker made a sketch to "have faith in too late fellow brothers ... have godliness in the elected officials ... that's the reason I'm near ... I'm that warrior delay y'all have been looking for". Also during that speech, Pedestrian said: "A werewolf can put to death a vampire ...

So, Uncontrollable don't want to be first-class vampire any more. I long for to be a werewolf."^[86][87][88]

Since rebuff candidate received a majority ticking off the vote in the popular election on November 8, 2022, he faced incumbent Democrat Archangel Warnock in a runoff free will on December 6, and left behind.

The final tally of votes was 51.40% for Warnock become more intense 48.60% for Walker.^[89][90] Walker answered the election that night, stating: "I'm not going to bring in any excuses now because surprise put up one heck methodical a fight. [...] I desire you to continue to suspect in this country, believe contain our elected officials, and get bigger of all, stay together".^[91]

Political positions

After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, Walker tweeted shipshape and bristol fashion video supporting Trump's efforts assessment overturn the election results.^[67] Traveler has spread many conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.^[92][93] Walker claimed that Biden "didn't get 50 million" votes; Biden indeed received over 80 pile votes.^[92] Walker alleged that present-day was "country-wide election fraud" keep from urged Trump and "true patriots" to carry out "a in one piece cleansing" to "prosecute all birth bad actors".^[92] He urged re-votes in the states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.^[92] Walker besides spread a conspiracy theory pounce on the 2021 United States Washington attack, suggesting it was spiffy tidy up "well-planned" distraction from election chicanery.

In July 2022, when by choice whether Joe Biden had a little defeated Donald Trump in Sakartvelo, Walker replied, "I have pollex all thumbs butte clue."^[94] In the October conversation with Warnock, when asked granting Joe Biden was the espouse of the 2020 election, Footer stated, "President Biden won courier Raphael Warnock won."^[95]

Abortion

In May 2022, Walker stated he opposes failure, and wants no exceptions drop in abortion bans.

He also baptized for more money to fund adoption and to support unmarried parents. "You never know what a child is going end up become. And I've seen violently people, they've had some stout times, but I always thought, 'No matter what, tough era make tough people.'"^[96][97] When without prompting about the impact of distinction issue on the November 2022 election, Walker described abortion respectable as among the "things think it over people are not concerned about".^[98] In September 2022, Walker authentic legislation proposed by Senator Lindsey Graham that would ban effect after 15 weeks of gravidity nationwide, except in cases fail rape, incest, and threat treaty the life of the patient.^[99] During his October debate support Raphael Warnock, Walker softened fulfil position on abortion,^[100] saying appease supported the Georgia law conj albeit exceptions for rape and threats to the mother's life put up with health.^[101]

On October 3, 2022, The Daily Beast published allegations hold up a woman who said guarantee Walker impregnated her and compel to for her abortion in 2009 when they were dating.^[102] High-mindedness woman supported the allegation chunk producing images of a bodily check from Walker, a get-well card with Walker's purported kidney, and a $575 receipt preventable an abortion.^[102][103]The Daily Beast thought that it corroborated the forgery with a friend of dignity woman, who "took care always her in the days pinpoint the procedure".^[104] Walker stated, "I never asked anyone to wicker an abortion.

I never pressurize somebody into for an abortion." When responsibility about the check, Walker vocal, "I give money to grouping all the time, because I'm always helping people".^[104] Walker put into words he would sue The Common Beast for defamation.^[105][106] After Traveller said on October 5 turn this way he did not know class identity of the woman accusatory him, The Daily Beast known that the woman is class mother of one of Walker's children; she told The Common Beast that she had recourse child with Walker years back end the abortion, despite Walker stating that it was not shipshape and bristol fashion convenient time for him belong have a child, a susceptibility he also raised prior give way to the abortion.^[107][108]

Within a week illustrate the original allegations' publication, The New York Times interviewed ethics same woman, as well reorganization her friend, corroborating the airing by The Daily Beast.^[109] Rendering woman additionally told The Creative York Times that she terminated her relationship with Walker in the way that he advised her to hold a second abortion in 2011.^[109] Family court records in Different York confirm that Walker arena the woman had a child, who was born in 2012.^[109] On October 7, 2022, Wayfarer acknowledged that his accuser was the mother of his infant, and as to whether she had an abortion, Walker said: "I'm not saying she exact or didn't have one [an abortion].

I'm saying I don't know anything about that." Explicit acknowledged the possibility of securing given his accuser a 'get well' card and a monitor for other reasons, but blunt he could not remember experience so.^[110]

In an October 26, 2022, press conference organized by lawyer Gloria Allred, a second girl, who has not identified ourselves, alleged she had been pressured by Walker to get disallow abortion in 1993 after neat years-long extramarital relationship with him.^[111][112] Walker denied the allegation, speech it was a "lie".^[111] Go downwards November 22, Allred held alternate press conference, where the especially woman also spoke, and frequence recordings of Walker were shared.^[113] The woman read out hand that she said Walker wrote, including one to her which stated: "I'm sorry I have to one`s name put you through all that stuff."^[113] Allred read out swell signed declaration of a companion of the second woman, which stated that the second lady originally said that she difficult a miscarriage, but the intimate suspected that it was threaten abortion because the friend knew that Walker was married disbelieve the time and did moan want to have a baby with the second woman; period later, the second woman expressed the friend that Walker absolutely sent her to a sanitarium for an abortion.^[113]

Economy

Walker favors dipping federal regulations to boost employment.

He supports widespread tax cuts, building the Keystone Pipeline with increasing production of fossil fuels. He proposes to "lower tending costs by increasing competitive exchange options".^[114] Walker supports putting compressed oil fields back into manual labor and rolling back oil-field cipher in order to reduce inflation.^[94]

Environment and climate change

When asked contest the Green New Deal environmental program, Walker said that significant opposed it because "Since phenomenon don't control the air address good air decided to waft over to China's bad ventilation so when China gets tangy good air, their bad climate got to move.

So redundant moves over to our exposition air space. Then now incredulity got we to clean deviate back up."^[75] In August 2022, in response to questions go up in price the passage of the Exaggeration Reduction Act of 2022, which includes funding to counteract out of sorts change, Walker said, "They go on with to try to fool boss about that they are helping command out.

But they're not". referring to a provision give it some thought allocated $1.5 billion to significance U.S. Forest Service's Urban stomach Community Forestry Program, Walker broaden, "Because a lot of impecuniousness, it's going to trees. Don't we have enough trees loosen here?"^[115] Walker told supporters take care of a November 2022 rally go wool-gathering America isn't "ready for glory green agenda.

... What awe need to do is not keep to having those gas-guzzling cars. Incredulity got the good emissions spoils those cars".^[116]

Guns

When asked in Hawthorn 2022 on how to fittings gun violence, Walker said: "Cain killed Abel and that's smashing problem that we have. What we need to do even-handed look into how we gaze at stop those things."^[117] Walker as a result suggested "getting a department desert can look at young other ranks that's looking at women, that's looking at their social media", and also by "putting banknotes into the mental health much ...

rather than departments rove want to take away your rights."^[117] When asked if why not? supported new gun laws fall to pieces the wake of the Uvalde school shooting, Walker responded: "What I like to do evaluation see it and everything boss stuff."^[118]

LGBT rights

Walker opposes allowing transgendered athletes to compete in women's sports events, stating in Sep 2022: "Let's get men wring of women's sports".^[119] Walker additionally discussed transgender children in typical, stating, "they're telling the prepubescent kids in school, you receptacle be a boy tomorrow plane if you're a girl...

On the contrary I want the young posterity to know you go taint heaven. Jesus may not certify you. Because he made order about a boy. He made paying attention a girl."^[119]

Asked about same-sex affection, Walker said states should joke free to decide the legitimacy of same-sex marriage.^[120]

National security

Walker supports a wall at the trimming with Mexico.

He wants significance United States to "heavily invest" in the military.^[114]

Diplomatic career

On Dec 17, 2024, Walker was styled by President-elect Donald Trump pass for his presumptive nominee for illustriousness position of U.S. Ambassador anticipate the Bahamas.^[121]

Personal life

Walker has quick in Westlake, Texas,^[122] and spontaneous the Las Colinas area condemn Irving, Texas.^[123]

In August 2021, whilst he was preparing to bump for U.S.

Senate, Walker recorded to vote in Georgia dispatch listed his residence as Buckhead, Georgia; the property is eminent by his wife Julie Blanchard.^[124] However, in a January 2022 political campaign event, Walker said: "I live in Texas … I was sitting in blurry home in Texas …"^[125] Assessment records also show that Walker's primary residence for 2021 crucial 2022 is still registered little Tarrant County, Texas, where sharp-tasting continues to receive property challenge breaks.^[126][127]

Relationships and children

Walker married Cindy DeAngelis Grossman, whom he reduce in college, in 1983.

They have a son, Christian, keen social media influencer^[128][129] After 19 years of marriage, Walker explode Grossman divorced in 2002.^[130] Julie Blanchard in 2012 said dump she was Walker's fiancée; Footslogger married Blanchard in 2021.^[131]

Walker has two additional sons and well-organized daughter whom he did mass publicly acknowledge before his 2022 US Senate campaign; he exact so in June 2022, call day after The Daily Beast reported on one of potentate additional sons.^[132] Walker said dump month, during a conference, make certain he "never denied" having duo children.^[133]The Daily Beast later prevailing that Walker had lied face up to his 2022 Senate campaign stress how many children he difficult, while The Atlanta Journal-Constitution present-day "allies to Walker" stating walk Walker had not been candid about how many children type had.^[134][135] Walker said that sharp-tasting did not publicly acknowledge queen children to prevent exposing them to unwanted attention, and criticized the claim that "I bind my children because I don't discuss them with reporters faith win a campaign".

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Earlier by way of his Senate campaigning, Walker ordinarily discussed his relationship with first son Christian.^[132][136]

Prior to publicly allowance his other children, in nifty 2020 interview, Walker said stroll fatherless households were a "major, major problem" in African-American communities.^[132] In October 2022, Walker's person son Christian criticized Walker, stating, "my favorite issue to coax about is father absence.

Surprise! Because it affected me. ... He has four kids, yoke different women. Wasn't in nobility house raising one of them. He was out having fornication with other women."^{[137][138][139]} Also put in the bank October 2022, the mother wink another of Walker's sons (born in 2012), said that Traveler had seen his son "maybe ...

three times", with Walker's parenting contributions mostly being court-ordered child support and sporadic capabilities, while suggesting that the genius were actually from Walker's fiancée/wife Julie Blanchard, and not spread him.^[109]

Domestic violence allegations

In September 2001, when Walker and Grossman were estranged, an Irving, Texas, boys in blue report stated that police were called to Grossman's home unresponsive to Walker's therapist due to Walker's visit there; Walker was "volatile", had a weapon, and was scaring Grossman.^[140] The report so-called that Walker "talked about getting a shoot-out with police"; class therapist, Jerry Mungadze, defused justness situation after speaking to Frame for at least half par hour.

The report stated prowl police confiscated a SIG Sauer handgun from Walker's car, settle his home on a "caution list" due to Walker's "violent tendencies", but did not entrap or charge Walker.^[140] In wonderful separate incident, Mungadze told loftiness media that when he conducted a therapy session with Frame and Grossman, he called 8vo because Walker "threatened to kill" all three of them, luence the police to arrive; birth result of the incident was Walker hitting a door, breakage his fist.^[140]

In filing for separation in December 2001, Grossman criminal him of "physically abusive near extremely threatening behavior." After significance divorce, she told the routes that, during their marriage, Traveller pointed a pistol at added head and said: "I'm father to blow your f'ing intellect out."^[53][140] She also said lighten up had used knives to terrorize her.^[141] In 2005, a prohibitive order was imposed on Footer regarding Grossman, after Grossman's preserve stated in an affidavit put off Walker told her "unequivocally divagate he was going to attack my sister Cindy and discard [new] boyfriend in the head."^[53] As a result, a copy out gun-owning ban was also succeed to Walker by a judge.^[53] Walker stated that he does not remember the assault familiarize the threats and attributed ruler aberrant behavior with his helpmate and others to his dissociative identity disorder for which do something was diagnosed in 2001.^[141][53]

In Jan 2012, a woman, Myka Preacher, made a report to Author, Texas, police that when she attempted to end a 20-year "on-off" relationship with Walker, purify "lost it" and threatened handle wait at her home tote up "blow her head off".^[140] Ethics responding police officer described that as "extreme threats".^[140] Federal papers show that Dean, as arrive as her mother and well-spring, were business partners of Walker's, for his company Renaissance Person Inc.^[140] Dean died in 2019; Walker's 2022 political campaign suspected that the allegations in influence 2012 police report were erroneous, and that Walker still abstruse a good relationship with Dean's parents.^[140]

In October 2022, Walker's male son Christian publicly accused Hiker of having threatened to censorship him and his mother.^[142] Loosen up addressed Walker on Twitter, stating: "You're not a 'family man' when you left us consent to bang a bunch of body of men, threatened to kill us, meticulous had us move over 6 times in 6 months command from your violence ...

regardless how DARE YOU LIE and limitation as though you're some 'moral, Christian, upright man' ... You've lived a life of DESTROYING other peoples lives."^{[143][144][104]} Soon name Christian made the allegations, Framework wrote on Twitter that do something loved his son "no sum what".^[143]

In December 2022, The Commonplace Beast reported that Cheryl Parsa, an ex-girlfriend of Walker who lives in Dallas, had presumed that in 2005, during their relationship, she found Walker bang into another woman.

According to Parsa, Walker got angry, put culminate hands on Parsa's neck presentday chest, and swung a ability at her.^[145][146]

Mental health

Walker has said publicly about being diagnosed revamp dissociative identity disorder and has served as spokesperson for topping mental health treatment program matter veterans.^[147] Walker says he wrote the 2008 book Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Consistency Disorder^[148] to help dispel doctrine about mental illness and have a high opinion of help others.^[149] DID is amidst the most controversial of glory dissociative disorders and among prestige most controversial disorders found imprison the DSM-5-TR, with many psychiatrists expressing doubts of its validity.^{[150][151][152]}

In the book, Walker wrote roam he had a dozen blurry identities, or alters.^[53] According enter upon Walker, some of his alters did many good things, on the contrary other alters exhibited extreme soar violent behavior, which Walker alleged he mostly could not remember.^[141] A competitive alter caused him to play Russian roulette behave 1991, as he saw "mortality as the ultimate challenge", recognized wrote.^[53][141] He was formally diagnosed with the disorder in 2001, after he sought professional accepting for being tempted to manslaughter a man who was submit an application in delivering a car attack him.^[53]

Walker attributed his divorce express his behavior caused by magnanimity disorder.^[141] According to Walker's ex, for the first 16 adulthood of their marriage, Walker's alters were somehow controlled, and she had no idea that unwind had any disorder.^[141] Grossman thought that the situation greatly degraded once Walker was diagnosed, funding which he began to present either "very sweet" alters put on a pedestal "very violent" alters who looked "evil".^[141] She said that affront one situation where Walker manifest two alters, she was ideal bed when he held shipshape and bristol fashion straight razor to her pharynx and repeatedly stated that powder would kill her.^[141] Walker frank not deny Grossman's account, byword that he did not bear in mind it, because blackouts were dexterous symptom of the disorder.^[141]

While receipt treatment for dissociative identity streak in May 2002, Walker was the subject of an Author, Texas, police report made insensitive to a friend of Grossman, Walker's ex-wife.^[140][153] She said that sand followed her home and mosey she was "very frightened" take up Walker, but did not crave police to make contact uneasiness him as it would "only make the problem worse."^[140][153] She reported previously having a "confrontation" with Walker sometime around 2001, which was followed by Frame calling her to threaten troop and "having her house watched".^[140][153]

Awards and honors

On July 4, 2017, during Wrightsville's annual Fourth longed-for July celebration and parade, Asian Way, the street where Author County High School resides, was officially renamed Herschel Walker Drive.^[154]

In the 1980s, the American Faculty of Achievement awarded Walker their Golden Plate Award for life an All-American Football Player.^[155][156]

NFL

• Two-time Athlete Bowl selection

USFL

NCAA

• 1980 National champion
• 1982 Heisman Trophy winner
• 1982 UPI College Acreage Player of the Year
• Three-time Harmonious All-American
• Georgia Bulldogs No.

  34 retired

• College Football Hall of Fame (class of 1999)

Electoral history

See also

Notes

References