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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker likened Donald Trump's attacks against him to attacking beloved Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. | Getty Walker: Trump attacking me was like going after Brett Favre

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took to Charlie Sykes' Milwaukee radio show on Wednesday morning to revel in the big victory of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in his state. He also jabbed at Donald Trump for insulting him, comparing it to going after the Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, who spent the majority of his two decades in the NFL under center for the Green Bay Packers.

The governor was asked by the conservative radio host, a Cruz supporter who caught Trump unawares in an interview last week, about what Sykes called Trump’s “bizarre decision that he was going to attack you.” Sykes asked whether that hurt the Manhattan businessman.

“There’s no doubt about it,” Walker responded. “It would be like coming into Lambeau Field and taking a whack at not only Aaron Rodgers…but at someone like Brett Favre as much as some of us were frustrated when he went to the Vikings, in the end he’s still a Packer, we still love him.”

“That would be like coming in and somehow attacking Brett Favre in Lambeau Field in Green Bay, that just would not have worked,” Walker elaborated, adding that Trump also went after House Speaker Paul Ryan as well, who is also from the state.

While on the campaign trail in Wisconsin, Trump repeatedly hit Walker and his record in Wisconsin, and often poked fun at Walker riding motorcycles.

While Walker is a controversial figure with Democrats in the state, he has created a united front with Republicans. Sykes, too, worked hard to exert his influence in the state to make sure Trump did not win.

Cruz won Wisconsin with 48 percent, Trump follows with 35 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich got 14 percent. Cruz received 36 delegates, while Trump earned only six.