President-elect Donald Trump has a brand new recreation plan for Herschel Walker, his longtime buddy, ally and former soccer star.
Three years after Trump handpicked Walker to run for the Senate in his house state of Georgia in a vital, combative, costly and high-profile Senate race, the president-elect is now choosing his buddy to function the U.S. ambassador to the Caribbean nation of the Bahamas.
“Herschel has spent a long time serving as an envoy to our nation’s youth, our women and men within the army, and athletes at house and overseas,” Trump mentioned in an announcement Tuesday evening on social media, as he pointed to Walker’s resume, which incorporates serving as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports activities, Health, and Vitamin throughout Trump’s first time period within the White Home.
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Former faculty soccer star Herschel Walker, proper, speaks at a political rally as former President Donald Trump applauds, in Perry, Georgia, on Sept. 25, 2021. (REUTERS/Dustin Chambers)
Walker is a former skilled and faculty soccer star operating again who gained a Heisman Trophy and helped propel the College of Georgia to a nationwide championship.
His friendship with the previous and future president goes again to his days enjoying for the Trump-owned New Jersey Generals USFL soccer group within the Nineteen Eighties. Walker additionally was a significant Trump supporter and surrogate within the 2020 presidential election.
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In August 2021, Walker launched a Republican Senate marketing campaign in Georgia after months of help and encouragement from Trump to run for workplace.
Walker, a first-time politician, was dogged throughout his Senate run by controversial statements and damaging revelations about his private life and enterprise profession.
Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker of Georgia holds a marketing campaign rally on Oct. 27, 2022 in Cumming, Georgia. (Fox Information – Paul Steinhauser)
The race between Walker and Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock ended up being one of the vital intently watched Senate battles within the 2022 midterms. The competition went into time beyond regulation, with Walker ending up narrowly shedding to Warnock in a runoff election in December of that yr.
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This yr, Walker joined Trump on the marketing campaign path in Georgia days earlier than Election Day, as the previous president carried the important thing southeastern battleground state after narrowly shedding it to President Biden 4 years in the past.
Former NFL operating again and former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker addresses the gang at a rally for former President Donald Trump, on Nov. 3, 2024 in Macon, Georgia. (John Moore/Getty Photos)
Walker turns into the third Republican who misplaced a current Senate race in Georgia to be nominated by Trump for a put up in his second administration.
Former Sen. David Perdue, who misplaced his seat to Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff within the 2020 cycle, was chosen by Trump to function ambassador to China, and former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who misplaced to Warnock within the 2020 cycle, was picked by Trump to run the Small Enterprise Administration.
Trump’s naming of Walker as ambassador to the Bahamas is the second time this month the previous soccer star made headlines.
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This previous weekend, Walker graduated from the College of Georgia, 42 years after he final attended the varsity.
