Trump Pressured Herschel Walker into Georgia Senate Race over Family’s Objections, Christian Walker Says

Former president Donald Trump demanded for months that Herschel Walker enter the U.S. Senate race in Georgia, and the scandal-plagued football star obliged despite pleas from his family not to run, Walker’s adult son, Christian, said in a Tuesday night tweet storm in the wake of his father’s loss to Democrat Raphael Warnock.

Christian Walker, a conservative activist, also accused Republicans of playing identity politics in choosing his father as their candidate, called his father a liar and a backstabber, and praised his mother, who he said “had her name and image dragged through the media unwillingly.”

The younger Walker’s Twitter tirade on Tuesday night came two months after a similar outburst in early October, after a one-time girlfriend of Herschel Walker came forward and accused the pro-life candidate of paying her to get an abortion. In the October tweets, Christian Walker called his father a liar who doesn’t walk his family-values talk.

In a series of tweets Tuesday night, Christian Walker said that “Trump called my dad for months DEMANDING that he run. Everyone with a brain begged him: “PLEASE DON’T DO THIS. This is too dirty, you have an insane past… PLEASE DON’T DO THIS.”

But he said his father responded by giving them the “middle finger.”

Many in the GOP were concerned about Walker’s candidacy from the outset, but Trump declared that Walker “would be unstoppable, just like he was when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and in the NFL.”

As a result of Herschel Walker’s candidacy, a decade-old interview of Christian’s mother, in which she said Herschel Walker pointed a gun at her head and threatened to “blow my brains out,” became a focus of Walker’s opponents, who used it in television ads. Herschel Walker said his violent past stemmed from his well-publicized struggles with dissociative identity disorder.

“She wanted no part of this,” Christian Walker said of his mom. He then tweeted a photo of her. “She married my amazing stepdad and lives a quiet life. I’m so happy she can rest now, and this bull crap is over with.”

Christian Walker accused Republicans of playing identity politics by running his dad, “mainly because he was the same skin color as his opponent with no background other than football.” He said a “boring old Republican” could have defeated Warnock, who won narrowly Tuesday, despite running against a deeply flawed opponent.

If Republicans want to win, Christian Walker wrote, they should nominate candidates who “Don’t beat women, hold guns to people’s heads, fund abortions then pretend your pro-life, stalk cheerleaders, leave your multiple minor children alone to chase more fame, lie, lie, lie, say stupid crap, and make a fool of your family.”

In the past, Herschel Walker has touted his relationship with Christian, and Christian Walker has praised his father and participated in at least one campaign event with him. The Daily Beast reported earlier this year that Christian Walker was selling swag promoting his dad’s candidacy on his personal website. But during his October Twitter tirade, Christian Walker said he hasn’t been involved in the campaign, which he described as “buffoonery, nut-job land.”

Many saw Christian Walker’s October tweets against his father as a defining point in the race.

On Tuesday night, Christian Walker said that he was called a “backstabber” for those comments. He said Herschel Walker is the real backstabber. “But he’s not a backstabber for leaving his 2 minor children he kept secret to grow up without a dad as he chases more fame and power?” Christian Walker tweeted. “Pathetic. Raise your kids.”