Former NFL star Antonio Brown blasted the media as “crazy” when he took the stage for Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, but he reserved special treatment for Kamala Harris’ running mate.
Tim Walz is known as “coach” in the Harris campaign for his years as a high school football and basketball coach.
“He’s not a real football coach,” said Brown, who made his name as a spectacular receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “He couldn’t protect me.”
Brown was wearing a MAGA hat when he took the stage before Trump’s appearance in front of thousands of fans at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, about an hour’s drive from Pittsburgh.
The former Steelers star, who left Pennsylvania in 2018 when he was traded to the Raiders, addressed the crowd of Trump supporters after mocking his appearance on social media earlier this week.
Former NFL star Antonio Brown blasted the media as “crazy” when he took the stage on behalf of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers players Antonio Brown, left, and Le’Veon Bell, right, are seen on stage as Brown spoke in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, during a campaign rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
He compared his own rise against the odds as a lowly sixth-round pick to Trump’s unlikely emergence as president.
But before making the case for electing Trump in November (and getting stumped by a crypto currency), the star had a message for reporters at the event.
“I know the media is going to call me crazy… Trump is crazy for making me talk here,” said a man who once made as many headlines for his strange behavior as for his exploits on the field.
But I want to make this clear. We are not. They are.’
The Super Bowl winner arrived alongside his former Steeler teammate, Le’Veon Bell, who donned a T-shirt with photos of Trump and his opponent Kamala Harris with the slogan ‘Trump or the Hobo?’
Antonio Brown sticks out his tongue while appearing to enjoy Trump’s rally
The former Steelers star, who left Pennsylvania in 2018 when he was traded to the Raiders, addressed the crowd of Trump supporters after mocking his appearance on social media.
The former football couple waved to the crowd as they posed for selfies with supporters waiting in line to enter the rally just under three hours before it began.
Brown had hinted that he would give a speech earlier this week in a social media post, which contained a screenshot of an email purportedly from the Trump campaign.
“It’s time to help make REAL change,” he wrote alongside the photo. ‘It’s time to make a difference. It’s time.’
Brown has been open about his support for the 45th president online, recently accusing NBC of conspiring against fellow Trump supporter Elon Musk at a Steelers game earlier this month.
The X boss had sent Pittsburgh fans into a frenzy while attending a prime-time game at Acrisure Stadium, a day after joining Donald Trump on stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Despite the 53-year-old’s attendance at the Steelers’ Week 5 matchup, Musk couldn’t get the Taylor Swift treatment as NBC’s coverage didn’t appear to show him in the stands.
Brown claimed that the network intentionally avoided Musk on its broadcast as a form of media censorship against the Trump campaign.
“Another reason to go out and vote,” he posted. “Media censorship is real and will only get worse unless it is changed.”
There is no evidence to suggest that NBC intentionally avoided showing Musk as Brown alleges. DailyMail.com has contacted NBC Sports for comment.
Brown publicly endorsed Trump for the first time in May and even promised to help him win a second term.
“I will endorse Trump,” Brown told Outkick. ‘I never met him. I admire his business moves and study his father, Fred Trump.
“But I think Donald Trump is a good businessman, comes from a good family and has been a good president.
He added: “You know he likes black people running campaigns, preferably football players.” So Donald Trump, you heard it right here from the AB man: inauguration, send me my bag or whatever…’
Brown also praised Trump for the “great things” he had done “for a lot of my brothers in the music industry.”
Brown publicly endorsed Trump for the first time in May and even promised to help him win a second term.
Brown has openly expressed his support for the 45th president online.
Even in retirement, the 35-year-old has rarely been out of the headlines due to financial problems and a series of controversial social media outbursts in which he has mocked the likes of Caitlin Clark and Tom Brady.
Last month, he mocked Taylor Swift amid her romance with Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce.
The former receiver referred to Swift’s anatomy before appearing to suggest Kelce should date a black woman.
Before that, he wrote alongside a photo of Taylor and Brittany Mahomes hugging: “White people for Trump.”
It came after Brittany, the wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick and a close friend of the pop star, faced backlash for liking a Trump-related post.
In March, he shared what appeared to be an AI-generated cartoon image of himself wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey, kissing the singer, who is wearing a light blue cheerleader uniform.
‘Step aside Jizelle, what are these Swifties talking about? #CTESPN,” he wrote alongside the image on X, formerly known as Twitter, referring to Tom Brady’s ex-wife, Gisele Bundchen.
Brown appeared to be attempting to irritate Taylor’s fans, known as ‘Swifties’, known for their fierce loyalty and protectiveness towards the Anti-Hero hitmaker.
Former NFL star Antonio Brown speaks during Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Brown gestures while on stage during the rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon.
Brown was one of the best players at his position during the 2010s. But the end of his career is remembered for the way he was traded to the Oakland Raiders, but left before playing a game and then clashed with the leadership. of his next two teams.
Brown was one of the best players at his position during the 2010s.
But the end of his career is remembered for the way he was traded to the Oakland Raiders, but left before playing a game and then clashed with the leadership of his next two teams, being cut after winning the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but then pulling away. out of his uniform and leaving the field during a game against the New York Jets.
However, in Pittsburgh he remains a record-breaking star who made explosive plays.
Trump is betting on Pennsylvania this weekend.
On Sunday, he’s tending a McDonald’s fries stand near Philadelphia, hosting a town hall meeting in Lancaster and attending the Pittsburgh Steelers game in the evening.
Of the seven battlefields, Pennsylvania is the most important.
The state is likely to provide the turning point in the election. Their 19 electoral college votes could push one candidate or the other over the threshold for victory on November 5.
To win, Trump needs high turnout in the deeply red counties around the blue-collar city of Pittsburgh to offset Harris’ support in large urban areas.
JL Partners surveyed 800 likely voters in Pennsylvania about their voting intentions Oct. 5-8 using a variety of methods. The results have a margin of error of 3.5 percent.
Trump won the state in 2016 by fewer than 70,000 votes. He lost it four years later by just a little more.
The latest DailyMail.com/JL Partners poll shows it couldn’t be closer.
If the election were tomorrow, each candidate would get 47 percent of the vote.
Harris spent Saturday at a get-out-the-vote event in Detroit, Michigan, alongside Michigan-born rapper Lizzo on the first day of early voting.
He was then due to travel to Atlanta, Georgia, for a rally with pop singer Usher.