--- title: Republican Convention: Donald Trump Thanked Scott Walker description: After Gov. Scott Walker's speech at the Republican convention, Donald Trump gave him a shoutout on Twitte, but he used the wrong handle. canonical: https://time.com/4416332/republican-convention-donald-trump-scott-walker/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T01:58:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:25:06.748Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Thanked the Wrong Scott Walker on Twitter og:description: A New Orleans news anchor. og:url: https://time.com/4416332/republican-convention-donald-trump-scott-walker/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt541ad47f2e5b81f6/69889cef428a9e4ef8cd3824/scott-walker-rnc-republican-national-convention-donald-trump-45.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Thanked the Wrong Scott Walker on Twitter twitter:description: A New Orleans news anchor. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt541ad47f2e5b81f6/69889cef428a9e4ef8cd3824/scott-walker-rnc-republican-national-convention-donald-trump-45.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Thanked the Wrong Scott Walker by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 21, 2016 1:58 AM UTC  Former Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, on July 20, 2016. Former Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, on July 20, 2016.Brian Snyder—Reuters by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 21, 2016 1:58 AM UTC Republican nominee Donald Trump thanked the wrong Scott Walker on Twitter Wednesday. After Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s speech at the Republican National Convention, Trump gave him a shoutout on Twitter. One problem: He used the wrong handle. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/755936066448875520) The man he tweeted at is a news anchor for WDSU-TV in New Orleans. “I’ve gotten it a lot over the past several years,” Walker told TIME, but this is “by far” the biggest confusion. He said when the Governor was running for president, he got a lot of hate tweets intended for the candidate. > [](https://twitter.com/ScottWalker6/status/755939200671817728) “The notifications just keep coming,” Walker said, adding he had a minor jump in number of Twitter followers. Walker said he was getting ready for a newscast, but the Trump tweet disrupted the night. Walker said he has interviewed the governor before in Wisconsin. 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