Former NFL running back Herschel Walker slammed former President Barack Obama’s outreach to the black community, arguing he did “nothing” to address racial issues during his administration.
“I hear all of the racial statements they’re making today, and I’m like, ‘You were in office for eight years, what did you do to change anything?’” Walker said on Fox News Radio Wednesday after first pointing out, “I love the Obamas.”
“You didn’t do anything to change anything for anybody,” he continued. “So don’t come out now talking about it because you had an opportunity [as] the most powerful man in the world, and you did absolutely nothing.”
Walker, who won college football’s Heisman Trophy in 1982 while playing for the University of Georgia, also criticized Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s record with the black community.
“It doesn’t matter where you’re from. It matters what you do. And you ask yourself, what has he done for any African American community? Let’s be honest,” Walker said.
Walker has been a vocal supporter of his longtime friend President Trump and has specifically taken issue with those who refer to the president as “racist.”
“It hurt my soul to hear the terrible names that people called Donald,” Walker said during his speech at the Republican National Convention in August. “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.”
