--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Thanked the Wrong Scott Walker > Sponsored content. 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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. For the record, Governor Walker is on Twitter at [@ScottWalker](https://twitter.com/scottwalker) and [@govwalker](https://twitter.com/govwalker). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4416332/republican-convention-donald-trump-scott-walker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4416332/republican-convention-donald-trump-scott-walker/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Thanked the Wrong Scott Walker","datePublished":"2016-07-21T01:58:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:25:06.748Z","description":"After Gov. 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