Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker mistakenly told voters to vote on Tuesday for "Donald Trump Jr." and "Jonald J. Trump."
Speaking at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Macon, Georgia, on Sunday, the former NFL running back encouraged the audience to cast their votes.
"And it is time for it to stop, and it stops on Tuesday when we vote for my friend, and your friend, Donald Trump Jr.—Donald Trump. Jonald J. Trump," Walker said, before walking off the stage.
A clip of the flub was posted on X by user @Acyn, a senior digital editor for the Trump-critical news network MeidasTouch Sunday night. It had been viewed 3 million times by Monday morning.
It was reposted by several prominent accounts, including Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign account @KamalaHQ, and the official account for campaign group Republicans against Trump, garnering over 1 million additional views.
Freelance writer Louis Peitzman wrote on X, "Bringing back Herschel Walker is the kind of s*** I would do if I were trying to lose an election but what do I know."
Constitutional law professor Anthony Michael Kreis wrote on X, "Herschel Walker's introduction of Trump in Macon might be the funniest thing I've seen in a minute. You had one job, Herschel."
Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign via email for comment.
Walker, a staunch ally of Trump, was mentioned by the presidential candidate in his speech at the same rally. Trump said, if elected, he would "build a missile defense shield" and "put Herschel Walker in charge of that little Sucker."
Walker's failed 2022 Senate campaign in Georgia was mired by numerous controversies, gaffes, and confusing statements, including saying that there are 52 states, falsely claiming that he "graduated from [the University of Georgia] with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice," falsely claiming that he was once an FBI agent, wondering how apes could still exist if humankind evolved from apes, and giving a speech about vampires and werewolves.
He also made numerous confusing speeches opposing Democratic environmental policy, stating that if the United States reduced air pollution, the clean air would "float over to China" and be replaced by China's "bad air."
Walker was also embroiled in accusations that he paid a former girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009, and was questioned over his alleged history of domestic abuse. He denied that he paid for the abortion, and said of the domestic violence accusations that he does not remember the events.
His performance in the Senate race was the worst by a Georgia GOP Senate candidate in over two decades.
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