Scott Walker begrudgingly gives Donald Trump a lukewarm endorsement


Scott Walker gave the most tepid of endorsements on Wednesday to someone who may or may not be Donald Trump.
"Last August, I said I'd support the GOP nominee. It's now clear who the RNC delegates will vote to nominate. And he is better than she is," the Wisconsin governor and onetime Republican presidential candidate vague-tweeted. While he didn't name names, there's no need to call a master code cracker — Walker was talking about Trump and Hillary Clinton.
What is unclear is why Walker, obviously so pained by Trump being the presumptive nominee that he can't even type his name, felt the need to make this statement. Sure, he probably wants people to know he's a man of his word, but hardly anyone even remembers he was one of the roughly 893 people who ran on the Republican side, let alone recalls him making that pledge. Unless he knew for sure that people were stalking his Twitter page, constantly refreshing to see if he finally posted a 140-character-or-less message of support for Trump, he should have refrained from saying anything. Let this be a lesson to us all: It is more commendable to share your true feelings than to go through with something that obviously makes you uneasy. Also, delete your Twitter.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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