Former NFL superstar and current Senate hopeful Herschel Walker is asking Olympians protesting the United States why they traveled to Tokyo to represent a country they find reprehensible in the first place. Walker, who also competed on the Olympic bobsled team in 1992, said that his experience representing the country made him more patriotic.

According to The Daily Wire:

“People think I’m very harsh when I say this,” Walker said Friday on Fox News. “This is the United States of America, and if people don’t like the rules here — and there’s no doubt we can make some things better — but if people don’t like the rules here, why are you here?”

Walker said the Olympics is not “the right place” for U.S. athletes to protest America since there are foreign athletes “who would love to represent the United States of America” if they could.

“It’s very sad to me because any other country… I can promise you… they would not be representing that country,” he added. “I totally disagree with it, but they have the right to do it, even though I think it’s wrong. We have to have leaders that… are going to stand up and say the right thing. You can feel a certain way and I think that’s great, but this is the United States Olympics… . I’m not sure that’s the time or place.”

“When I started seeing the United States flag and started seeing the people, the uniform, all my teammates from all different sports coming into that stadium — it almost brought a tear to my eye when I started thinking of where I grew up as a boy in my little hometown, and now having the chance to represent the United States of America,” Walker said. “I couldn’t have been more proud of anything.”

Walker is currently mulling a bid to run against Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock. Walker, who is a longtime friend of Donald Trump, already has his endorsement should he run for Senate but has yet to officially announce his campaign.