Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker said he wants to see the NFL bring in both Republicans and Democrats to address social justice, as several teams have canceled practices following the shooting of Jacob Blake.
“What the NFL should do is do both sides,” Walker said on Fox News on Sunday. “I hope this is not slanted only to support the Democratic side because if you want social justice … [you must] bring both parties together. You know, one thing that I have noticed and I continue to decry, and I’m going to shout it from the rooftop is if you want to make changes, you got to have the Democratic and the Republican people to come together.”
“I hope, hope, hope, and I pray that you bring both sides together,” the former NFL player added.
“This president, this administration, he has reached out to say, ‘Hey, come meet, let’s meet, let’s talk,’ but no one has decided to do it, so I’m praying that that’s what they’re going to do,” Walker said.
His comments come after several NFL teams, including the Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears, and New York Jets, canceled practices last week in protest of police brutality.
“With yet another example of racial discrimination with the shooting of Jacob Blake, and the unlawful abuse of peaceful protesters, we MUST unify as a society,” the Baltimore Ravens said in a statement. “It is imperative that all people — regardless of race, religion, creed or belief — come together to say, ‘Enough is enough!’”
Walker delivered a speech during the Republican National Convention last week, lauding President Trump as a friend and denouncing those who have called him a “racist.”
“It hurt my soul to hear the terrible names that people called Donald,” Walker said during his remarks last Monday. “The worst one is racist. I take it as a personal insult that people would think I’ve had a 37-year friendship with a racist. People that think that don’t know what they’re talking about. Growing up in the Deep South, I’ve seen racism up close. I know what it is. And it isn’t Donald Trump.”
