Herschel Walker Takes Credit for Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka's 'Intelligence'

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A video of Herschel Walker taking credit for Donald Trump's children's intelligence has resurfaced on social media.

The Republican U.S. Senate candidate for Georgia said that he spent time with Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. while they were growing up and was responsible for their intelligence.

Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a campaign event on November 6, 2022, in Hiram, Georgia. Walker said that he spent time with Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. while they were... Getty

Walker made these statements while speaking to civilian staff members and military personnel at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the state of Washington in 2019, before his leap into politics, according to a report by multimedia company Black Enterprise.

The clip of Walker was posted by the Twitter account PatriotTakes on December 1 and has so far been viewed more than 55,000 times.

In the clip, Walker said: "I don't know if y'all know this, but I knew Donald [Trump] before he became 'The Donald.' Matter of fact, little Ivanka and little Donald lived with me for a week, for five years, during the summer. Every amusement park, Disney World, Sea World—every place they went, I was the one to take them.

"I kept them for a week, so the intelligence of those two kids right there—not from Donald."

Walker then pointed at himself to suggest he was responsible for the Trump kids' intelligence and the crowd can be heard laughing.

Last month, another clip of Walker from the same event went viral.

Also posted by Patriot Takes, on November 24, a video of Walker insulting his son garnered over 320,000 views.

The caption read: "Speaking to soldiers, Herschel Walker described his 'dumb as a brick' -streetwise son, Christian, as an 'ugly' baby with a 'long head' that 'looked like an alien' from the 'X-files,' and blamed his wife's 'awful genes.'"

In the video, Walker said: "I still remember this, when I delivered him, he had this long, long head. Seriously, he looked like an alien. I told my wife, your parents got some awful genes and stuff. They say no matter how ugly your child is, you still think they are pretty. So they cleaned Christian up and stuff, I then go 'he is not that bad.' I'm so proud of my little dude and I remember wheeling him into the nursery."

He went on to say: "[At the nursery] I wheeled little Christian up to the window because I am so proud of my little boy. But he got this long head, the poor little dude, and all of a sudden I remember this little girl right next to him, this round head [with] all this hair, beautiful little girl.

"Normally little kids are ugly when they are born at first, but this little girl was pretty. I am looking at Christian, and I am looking at her, and I go, 'wow I am going to slide her over a little and stuff because everybody's gonna come to that window and go, 'Wow, that's a beautiful little girl,' and then they're gonna look at Christian Walker—'Woah, X-Files,' like he's an alien."

Laughter could then be heard from the crowd as Walker made a cross with his fingers.

Walker is currently awaiting a runoff election in Georgia on December 6 against Democrat opponent Senator Raphael Warnock.

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Gerrard Kaonga is a Newsweek U.S. News Reporter and is based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on U.S. news, politics, world news, local news and viral videos. Gerrard joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked at Express Online. He is a graduate of Brunel University. Languages: English.

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