{"id":2381218,"date":"2024-12-18T00:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-herschel-walker-joins-trump-admin\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T00:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:13:22","slug":"breaking-herschel-walker-joins-trump-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-herschel-walker-joins-trump-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Herschel Walker Joins Trump Admin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fbreaking-herschel-walker-joins-trump-admin%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=2381218&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--><p>President-elect Donald Trump has appointed \u2064Herschel Walker, a former NFL player and Georgia\u200b senatorial candidate, as teh U.S. Ambassador\u2062 to the Bahamas.In his proclamation, Trump praised Walker for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-lgbtq-pride-products-carried-by-retailers-this-year\/\" title=\"5 LGBTQ \u2018Pride\u2019 Products Carried By Retailers This Year\">long-standing commitment<\/a> to youth, military personnel, and sports \u200badvocacy, highlighting his triumphant career\u2063 as \u200ba\u200d businessman, philanthropist, and Heisman Trophy winner.Walker has maintained \u200ba close\u200c relationship\u200c with Trump, \u2062supporting \u200chim since \u200dhis 2016 presidential campaign and serving in the\u2062 President&#8217;s Council on sports, Fitness, and Nutrition during Trump&#8217;s first term.Walker&#8217;s political aspirations included a Senate run in Georgia, during which he faced scrutiny \u2064over \u2063his past \u200bbut gained \u2062Trump\u2019s backing. Ultimately,he\u200d lost\u200c a runoff election to\u2063 incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump has named a close ally as his ambassador to the Bahamas: former NFL legend and Georgia senatorial candidate Herschel Walker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Herschel has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gallego-endorsed-by-40-republicans-and-independents-as-democrats-hone-in-on-arizona-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gallego endorsed by 40 Republicans and independents as Democrats hone in on Arizona - Washington Examiner\">spent decades serving<\/a> as an Ambassador to our Nation&rsquo;s youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stark-difference-trumps-2016-2024-time-magazine-covers-proves-won-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> said in a Tuesday night statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A successful businessman, philanthropist, former Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL great, Herschel has been a tireless advocate for youth sports,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;During my First Term, he served as Co-Chair of the President&rsquo;s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Trump taps NFL legend Herschel Walker for U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NvkZklh9Yt\">pic.twitter.com\/NvkZklh9Yt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1869205703329722589?\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Walker has been associated with Trump since the earliest days of his professional playing career &mdash; and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arizona-state-rep-issues-call-to-withhold-states-electoral-college-votes-to-joe-biden-due-to-significant-evidence-of-fraud\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arizona State Rep Issues Call to Withhold State&#039;s Electoral College Votes to Joe Biden Due to Significant Evidence of Fraud\">political career<\/a> has run through Trump&rsquo;s team, as well.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the Heisman Trophy and national championship as a junior at the University of Georgia, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">star running back opted<\/a> to sign professionally with the premier franchise in the rival United States Football League &mdash; which, unlike the NFL at the time, signed players who had not played four years in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-kamala-flounders-for-40-priceless-seconds-trying-to-name-a-single-rapper\/\" title=\"Flashback: Kamala Flounders for 40 Priceless Seconds Trying to Name a Single Rapper\">college &#038;mdash<\/a>; the New Jersey Generals, in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>In 1984, the team was sold to Donald Trump, who added other stars to the Generals &mdash; including Boston College great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doug-flutie-opens-up-on-just-how-tough-cfl-will-be-for-manziel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Flutie<\/a> &mdash; although they never won a championship. The league collapsed after the 1985 season, in which Walker was the league MVP, despite the USFL featuring other future NFL greats like Steve Young, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jim-kellys-wife-jill-asks-prayers-posts-photo-nfl-great-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Kelly<\/a>, Reggie White, Sam Mills and Gary Zimmerman.<\/p>\n<p>Walker then joined the NFL&rsquo;s Dallas Cowboys, where he was again one of the league&rsquo;s biggest stars and his team&rsquo;s biggest talent before being sent to the Minnesota Vikings in a blockbuster trade in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>While he would never regain the form he had in Dallas, he retired at the end of the 1997 season with over 8,000 yards in rushing, two All-Pro selections, and two Pro Bowl selections.<\/p>\n<p>Walker was one of the first big names to endorse Trump during his presidential run in 2016; in August of 2015, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2015\/08\/29\/herschel-walker-donald-trump-presidential-support-election-2016\/71378646\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s not a doubt in my mind right now he is my frontrunner,&rdquo; despite the fact that his candidacy was being eyed dubiously by the media at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to say anything negative about him because it&rsquo;s not true,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump returned the favor; in addition to including him in his first administration, the former president ended up endorsing him in 2021 for the GOP nomination in Georgia&rsquo;s 2022 Senate race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Herschel Walker is a friend, a Patriot, and an outstanding American who is going to be a GREAT United States Senator. He embodies &lsquo;America First&rsquo; and the winning spirit of Georgia,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-offers-total-endorsement-nfl-great-herschel-walker-georgia-us-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump said in a statement<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Walker won the nomination. However, questions from the left about Herschel&rsquo;s past &mdash; including whether he had been fully honest with voters about his r&eacute;sum&eacute; &mdash; dogged him throughout the race, and he ended up losing a runoff to a well-funded campaign run by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-senate-runs-georgia-progressive-campaign-herschel-walker-collapsing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incumbent Democrat Sen. 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