{"id":1091,"date":"2024-07-22T23:14:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T23:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2024-07-22T23:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T23:14:40","slug":"former-nfl-qb-brett-favre-makes-it-obvious-who-hes-voting-for-in-2024-u-s-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL QB Brett Favre Makes It Obvious Who He\u2019s Voting For In 2024 U.S. Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Green Bay Packers legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/brett-favre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brett Favre<\/a>\u00a0has made it obvious who he\u2019ll vote for in the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<p>Brett Favre\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrettFavre\/status\/1322154221584732163?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a>\u00a0Donald Trump for reelection in 2020 on X\/Twitter. Several other prominent former athletes, such as Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr and golf icon Jack Nicklaus, also endorsed Trump that year.<\/p>\n<p>When Favre spoke on Jason Whitlock\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/05\/16\/brett-favre-usa-better-shape-president-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cFearless\u201d podcast<\/a>\u00a0last year, Favre opined that the nation was in better hands with Trump. He also questioned if President Joe Biden cares about Americans \u201cfirst and foremost\u201d the same way as Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI think Donald was a non-political president, and I liked that about him. Was he perfect? Absolutely not. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. I\u2019m flawed just like the rest of \u2019em. We\u2019re all flawed. But, I really felt like he had our country in a better place and really cared about our people in our country.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the summer of 2020, Favre was seen playing a round of golf with Trump at one of the latter\u2019s courses, Trump National, in Bedminster, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In 2007, Brett Favre tossed TD number 421 of his career, moving past Dan Marino for the most passing Touchdowns of all-time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AtiQ5PAsTr\">pic.twitter.com\/AtiQ5PAsTr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football\u2019s Greatest Moments (@FBGreatMoments) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBGreatMoments\/status\/1814352093488070910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 election, marking the first time where the incumbent was defeated since 1992, when Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush. Trump won the Republican nomination this year and is looking to become just the second U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms, along with Grover Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>The 81-year-old Biden announced on Sunday that he\u2019s withdrawing from the presidential race. This made him the first president since Lyndon Johnson (in 1969) to not seek reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. The party is undergoing a review to determine their candidate.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-brett-favre-is-one-of-many-notable-athletes-supporting-trump\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brett Favre Is One Of Many Notable Athletes Supporting Trump<\/h2>\n<p>As previously noted, Favre isn\u2019t the only high-profile athlete (past or present) to endorse Donald Trump. Aside from Nicklaus and Orr, Trump had the backing of John Elway, Jim Brown, Herschel Walker, Mike Ditka, Mike Piazza, Darryl Strawberry, Mariano Rivera, Curt Schilling, Bob Cousy,\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/mike-tyson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Tyson<\/a>\u00a0and Greg Norman, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also received donations from plenty of\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0owners, including\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jerry-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Jones<\/a>\u00a0(Dallas Cowboys), Shad Khan (Jacksonville Jaguars), Stan Kroenke (Los Angeles Rams) and Stephen Ross (Miami Dolphins).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Bay Packers legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer\u00a0Brett Favre\u00a0has made it obvious who he\u2019ll vote for in the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election. 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