NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre will join former President Donald Trump at a rally in Wisconsin next week.
As the race for the White House enters its final stretch, the legendary quarterback, who recently revealed his Parkinson’s diagnosis, has thrown his support behind the Republican candidate.
The 55-year-old Packers icon will appear in Wisconsin next week, just days before voters go to the polls on Nov. 5, to address crowds in Green Bay as a guest speaker, the Trump campaign announced .
Favre has been a strong supporter of Trump, endorsing him in 2020 when he ran against Joe Biden, citing the president’s support for the first and second amendments, as well as the police and military for their support.
Last year, the Super Bowl winner claimed the nation was a “better place” when Trump occupied the Oval Office.
Hall of Famer Brett Favre will join former President Donald Trump at a rally in Wisconsin.
The former quarterback will address the crowd in Green Bay next week, days before Election Day.
“I think our country was in better shape with him,” he told Jason Whitlock on the ‘Fearless’ podcast.
“I think Donald was an apolitical president and I liked that about him. Was it perfect? At all. Am I perfect? At all. I have flaws like the rest of them. We all have defects. But I really felt like he had our country in a better place and he really cared about our people in our country.
‘Black, white, Hispanic, Asian, whatever. I think if you were an American citizen, he would care about you first and foremost. I don’t know if our current president has the same mentality.
‘I wouldn’t even call myself a Republican, Democrat or Independent; I just know what I believe in. I think the people who are in this country should come first. The attention, focus and vision should be on bettering the people of this country and I don’t know if that’s the case now.’
Meanwhile, last month, the three-time MVP took a shot at Taylor Swift, the pop star girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, after she endorsed Kamala Harris.
Immediately after last week’s Trump-Harris TV debate, Swift took to Instagram and told her 284 million followers that she planned to vote for Harris.
The former Super Bowl winner has been a strong supporter of the former president
The three-time MVP spent 16 seasons in Green Bay and won the Super Bowl in 1997.
The megastar said she would vote for the vice president “because she fights for the rights and causes that I believe need a warrior to defend them.”
It came after Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Kelce’s teammate Patrick Mahomes, liked a post about Trump.
Favre responded to a Patrick Mahomes video by remaining politically neutral by taking aim at Swift.
He published in X: ‘Good shot by Mahomes. I see a lot of celebrities trying to influence their audience instead of letting people think for themselves.
“If the best option for them is not clear and they are easily influenced by their favorite pop artist, it will not be a good thing.”
Many were quick to call out Favre’s hypocrisy after he used his platform to endorse Trump in 2020.
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‘In these elections we have freedom of choice, which we must all respect. For me and these principles, my vote is for (Donald Trump).’
The NFL legend took aim at Taylor Swift for her endorsement of Kamala Harris last month.
Many were quick to call out Favre’s hypocrisy after he endorsed Donald Trump in 2020.
Favre was criticized for saying he “had a hard time believing” that Derek Chauvin intended to kill George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. He also criticized NFL players for distracting themselves from football by kneeling during the national anthem to protest racism. .
Meanwhile, in September, a federal appeals court declined to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against Shannon Sharpe.
Favre filed the lawsuit over comments Sharpe made in 2022 on a Fox Sports show amid an unfolding welfare scandal in Mississippi involving millions of dollars diverted to rich and powerful people.
Mississippi State Auditor Shad White said Favre improperly received $1.1 million in speaking fees to go to a volleyball stadium at the University of Southern Mississippi, where Favre had played soccer and where his daughter played. volleyball.
Swift took to Instagram and told her 284 million followers that she planned to vote for Harris.
The fees came from a nonprofit that spent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money with approval from the state Department of Human Services.
Sharpe said Favre was “stealing from the underserved,” that he “stole money from people who really needed that money” and that someone would have to be a repentant person “to steal from the lowest of the low.”
Favre was not charged with violating the law and had returned $1.1 million. White said in a court filing in February that Favre still owed $729,790 because interest caused an increase in the original amount he owed.
Favre sued Sharpe for his criticism of the show. A federal district judge dismissed the lawsuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Favre’s appeal on Monday. The ruling said Sharpe’s comments were constitutionally protected opinions based on publicly known facts.