{"id":1400294,"date":"2022-03-25T11:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400294"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:44:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:44:38","slug":"herschel-walkers-son-rips-biden-for-firing-his-dad-from-fitness-council-whos-gonna-replace-him-lia-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herschel-walkers-son-rips-biden-for-firing-his-dad-from-fitness-council-whos-gonna-replace-him-lia-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Herschel Walker\u2019s Son Rips Biden For Firing His Dad From Fitness Council: Who\u2019s Gonna Replace Him, Lia Thomas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fherschel-walkers-son-rips-biden-for-firing-his-dad-from-fitness-council-whos-gonna-replace-him-lia-thomas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1235196788.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After President Joe Biden fired famed NFL running back and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker from a volunteer position on the White House Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, the former athlete\u2019s son shot back on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cWho is Biden going to replace my dad [Herschel Walker]<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, a Heisman trophy winner, Olympian, NFL and MMA star, with on the Presidential council of fitness and sports? Lia Thomas?\u201d mocked Christian Walker, a conservative activist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thomas, a biological male who identifies as a woman, has been cheered by the Left for dominating women\u2019s collegiate swimming. Last week, Thomas handily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/emma-weyant-praised-as-real-winner-after-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-takes-first\">took first<\/a> over biological female competitors in the NCAA Women\u2019s Swimming Championship 500 yard freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Christian\u2019s tweet was shared widely and racked up more than 30,000 likes on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who is Biden going to replace my dad <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerschelWalker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HerschelWalker<\/a>, a Heisman trophy winner, Olympian, NFL and MMA star, with on the Presidential council of fitness and sports? Lia Thomas?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Walker (@ChristianWalk1r) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristianWalk1r\/status\/1507116895001927684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Walker, who is currently running to be a senator in Georgia, forced Biden to fire him from the voluntary position he took under former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden is so scared about us beating Raphael Warnock that he has asked me to resign from my unpaid position on the President\u2019s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition,\u201d Walker wrote. \u201cI\u2019m not a quitter so you are going to have to fire me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration apparently fired him on Wednesday, MarketWatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/why-president-biden-fired-herschel-walker-and-dr-mehmet-oz-from-a-federal-fitness-council-11648145113\">reported<\/a>, claiming Walker violated a personal \u201cpolicy\u201d of the president:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i>A White House official told MarketWatch that it\u2019s against\u00a0President Biden\u2019s policy<\/i><i>\u00a0for candidates vying for federal office to serve on such boards. So Biden asked Walker and [Dr. Mehmet] Oz to resign or face termination on Wednesday.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden is so scared about us beating Raphael Warnock that he has asked me to resign from my unpaid position on the President\u2019s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not a quitter so you are going to have to fire me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Herschel Walker (@HerschelWalker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerschelWalker\/status\/1507016038851899404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Walker on Thursday evening, though, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/walker-reacts-biden-firedbiden-doubling-down-making-country-terrible\">told<\/a> Fox News host Laura Ingraham that he has yet to receive anything from the Biden administration about his firing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith so much going on in this country, I cannot believe he\u2019s (Biden) going to think that Herschel Walker is going to quit,\u201d\u00a0Walker told Ingraham.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not going to quit, so I reckon they\u2019re going to fire me, but I haven\u2019t got the letter that they fired me yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker went on to criticize the administration for \u201cdoubling down\u201d and \u201cnot trying to make anything better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re going back and blaming everyone else, instead of blaming themselves,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cRight now, we can be energy independent. They don\u2019t even wanna do that. They continue to hurt Georgia, they continue to hurt the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is trying to put America \u201csecond,\u201d Walker argued.\u00a0\u201cWell, America is not second, and I\u2019m not gonna settle for second,\u201d he told Ingraham. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna settle for second place, this is the greatest country in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/herschel-walker-slams-olympic-protests-if-people-dont-like-the-rules-here-why-are-you-here\">Herschel Walker Slams Olympic Protests: \u2018If People Don\u2019t Like The Rules Here, Why Are You\u00a0Here?\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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