Herschel Walker confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: October 7, 2025 / 9:51 PM EDT


The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former football star Herschel Walker to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.

President Trump nominated Walker for the diplomatic post last year, after the retired running back entered the political fray by running as the Republican nominee in Georgia's 2022 Senate race. He lost to incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock by 2.8 points in a runoff. Walker is the first Senate-confirmed ambassador to the Bahamas in over a decade.

Walker won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 with the University of Georgia Bulldogs, and played professionally for three years for the U.S. Football League's New Jersey Generals — a team that Mr. Trump bought toward the end of Walker's career with the upstart league. After the USFL folded, Walker played in the NFL for more than a decade.

He ran for Senate three years ago with Mr. Trump's backing. Walker's campaign was dogged by accusations that he paid several women to get abortions in the 1990s and 2000s, despite his opposition to the procedure while on the campaign trail. Walker vehemently denied the allegations.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/herschel-walker-trump-ambassador-bahamas-senate/

[mdbl]

1. Another colossal waste of taxpayer money.

[gab13by13]

2. That man is dumber than Sarah Palin but not dumber than Tommy Tuberville.

[Harker]

4. It's pretty difficult to settle on rankings when they continue to speak and act.

There's always another level, it seems.

[COL Mustard]

14. I don't know...

TT always wanted to be #1...of course I think of him as a # 2.

[Harker]

3. Ambassadors in the Trumpsky regime are a cruel punishment to all good people of the world.

[twodogsbarking]

5. The plan? You betcha.

[Coldwater]

6. Herschel Walker in his autobiography,

admits he's been diagnosed with “dissociative identity disorder” (DID) formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD).

So really just how much damage can Sybil do in the Bahamas

[Historic NY]

7. does he get a badge?

[Coldwater]

11. If he doesn't, I'm sure he'll purchase

one online

[QueerDuck]

8. "I don't want to be a vampire anymore. I want to be a werewolf."

"Our good air decides to float over to China's bad air. So when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move."

"Inflation is like a women's issue because they've got to buy groceries."

He does not believe in evolution, nor does he believe that systemic racial discrimination exists.

Many people believe that he has chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)... a condition caused by continual impact to the brain. It is a progressive, degenerative disease that results from repeated head trauma.

[yardwork]

10. I think he probably does have CTE.

It's very sad.

[Javaman]

9. yet another fail up. nt

[hlthe2b]

12. A truly great running back, but damn... probably the least articulate Heisman winner ever...

But, given the overwhelming proportion of the population that are slave descendants--including those who suffered genocide at the hands of the Spanish, maybe Herschel will LEARN SOMETHING and finally take a look at Trump and MAGA with some clarity. I'd like to think so...

[COL Mustard]

13. When his term is up...

Can they keep him?

[twodogsbarking]

15. My money says Hershel can't even spell Bahamas.

[Bayard]

16. Laughable

His qualifications are about as great as all other trump appointees.

[The Wizard]

17. Herschel played too much football sans helmet.

Perfect for the Trump cartel.