Christian Walker, the son of former football star and Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, is being criticized after he body-shamed reproductive rights activists.
Walker's remarks came as the nation continues to reel from the news that a leaked draft opinion indicated the Supreme Court's ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization will move to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that protects a person's right to choose reproductive healthcare without excessive government restriction.
Walker claimed that pro-choice women who've called for a nationwide "sex-strike" in response to Roe v. Wade's likely reversal "look like they need to go on a strike from Burger King."
All of the pro-choice women saying they\u2019re going on a \u201csex-strike\u201d look like they need to go on a strike from Burger King.— Christian Walker (@Christian Walker) 1651869230
He went even further a little while later after, posting a video in which he stated that if any hypothetical woman is going to go on a sex-strike, then "were you getting any to begin with, ma’am?"
You can hear what he said in the video below.
GA Senate candidate Herschel Walker\u2019s son says pro-choice women don\u2019t have to worry about whether abortion is legal or not because they probably aren\u2019t having sex.pic.twitter.com/aRlghmzO6X— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1651870497
Walker said:
“If you’re gonna get an abortion, you do have to get banged, so all of the blue-haired pro-choice protesters don’t need to worry much about abortions. I’m sorry, I just had to say that."
“It’s easy to give something up when you don’t have it. It’s easy to give up shopping when you’re broke, like we all are under Joe Biden."
“So for everyone saying they’re going on a sex strike, were you getting any to begin with, ma’am? Cuz it doesn’t look like it."
“It looks like you’ve been in the drive-thru. Not in the drive up to his house category, more in the ‘I’ll take a ten-piece fried chicken. That's where it looks like you've been."
Walker, a former competitive cheerleader who has praised former President Donald Trump in prior social media posts and has objected to being called "gay"–preferring instead to refer to himself as “a conservative who likes men”–was harshly criticized.
Many have condemned him for what has been widely perceived as overtly misogynistic rhetoric.
What a self absorbed entitled misogynist pri*k this young man is. How disappointing\u2026\nWell done Herschel for raising such a fine Republican like you!https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1522681346325422080\u00a0\u2026— Martina Navratilova (@Martina Navratilova) 1651940086
No one can convince me this isn\u2019t a CGI mashup of every annoying person in the worldhttps://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1522681346325422080\u00a0\u2026— Mike Royce (@Mike Royce) 1651899068
There is only one person more ignorant than Hershel Walker, and they are related.https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1522681346325422080\u00a0\u2026— WIREDforFISHING (@WIREDforFISHING) 1651930609
lol at conservative gay people having no understanding of the floodgates the reversal of Roe openshttps://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1522681346325422080\u00a0\u2026— Kimberly Nicole Foster (@Kimberly Nicole Foster) 1651930691
Imagine being this flippant and cruel to others...https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1522681346325422080\u00a0\u2026— Jane Fleming Kleeb (@Jane Fleming Kleeb) 1651934493
Believe it or not, this kid\u2019s father is even more offensive & screwed up than this\u2026https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1522681346325422080\u00a0\u2026— Jon \u201cBowzer\u201d Bauman (@Jon \u201cBowzer\u201d Bauman) 1651894925
Saying women aren\u2019t worthy of sex bc of eating fast food\u2026 Right after he just went through the drive thru\u2026. https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1522681346325422080\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/RXZjguw3Xv— Kellyn Bechtold (@Kellyn Bechtold) 1651983516
Walker's attacks denigrating reproductive rights activists' appearances brings to mind a similar one in the last week, this one from Florida Republican Representative Matt Gaetz.
Gaetzwas heavily criticized after he referred to pro-choice activists as "over-educated, under-loved millennials" and suggested they're only angry about a rightward shift in reproductive rights because they can't get matches on dating apps.
Writing on Twitter, he said women protesting the fall of Roe will likely "sadly return from protests to a lonely microwave dinner with their cats" and "no matches" on Bumble, a popular online dating application.
