Former NFL star Antonio Brown campaigned for former President Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Brown spent most of his career in Pittsburgh as a star player for the Steelers until his controversial departure from the team. He returned to the city to cheers from the crowd, saying he was “likely to bring about positive change.”
The former All-Pro wide receiver took to the stage on Trump's behalf and spoke while mocking Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
“Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, did you really know they wanted to leave tampons in the men's room?” Brown asked the crowd. “That’s really insane, isn’t it?”
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Walz, who has been the governor of Minnesota since 2019, has announced that in 2023, public schools will pass a “Minnesota law that would require all students in Minnesota who are menstruating to receive free tampons in restrooms regularly used by Minnesota students.” After signing the petition, he was nicknamed “Tampon Tim” by his Republican opponents. 4th grade to 12th grade” (including male students)
The Harris-Waltz campaign is also working to link Walz's candidacy to his time as an assistant coach for the Mankato West High School football team in Minnesota in the 1990s. During Walz's tenure as an assistant on the staff, the team won a state championship in 1999.
But Brown showed no respect for his former assistant's brief coaching career in his speech Saturday.
“By the way, Tampon Tim Walz, he's not a real football coach. He could never protect me,” Brown said. “Business will boom against Tampon Tim Walz.”
Brown also brought to the stage his former Steelers teammate Le'Veon Bell, who wore a T-shirt to show his support for Trump.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers players Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell were arrested after Brown spoke in support of former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, at a campaign rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on October 19, 2024. left the stage. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Brown, a Pro Bowler and seven-time Super Bowl champion, played the first nine years of his career in Pittsburgh before being traded to the Raiders in 2019 due to a feud with former quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. In his speech Saturday, Brown said: He exclaimed to Roethlisberger that he was still his “favorite quarterback.”
Brown was out of the NFL for much of 2019 and until the start of the 2020 season following a series of controversies in 2019, including sexual assault allegations. However, Brown returned to Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and helped them win the 2021 Super Bowl during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brown's career in Tampa Bay ended when he threw equipment into the crowd during a game against the New York Jets in Week 17 of the 2021 season. He hasn't played in the NFL since.
Since then, multiple arrest warrants have been issued for Brown, who has also been involved in controversial social media activity and the creation of his own unofficial brand called “CTESPN,” which aims to explore the trauma experienced by athletes. I've spent time on. Brown suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) due to repeated brain injuries from playing soccer, and suggests his erratic behavior is a result of that illness.
Former NFL star and Trump supporter Antonio Brown joins voter registration drive in battleground state
Former professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. sits with former NFL player Antonio Brown during the second half of the Miami Heat vs. Brooklyn Nets game on March 26, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Jacen Binlove/USA Today Sports)
CTE is a degenerative brain disease that develops after repeated concussions or other traumatic brain injuries. The disease can cause behavioral and mood problems, difficulty thinking, and can lead to dementia. However, CTE can only be diagnosed by post-mortem brain autopsy.
Many of Mr. Brown's fans live in western Pennsylvania and could vote critically in November.
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Brown has been a vocal supporter of former President Trump during the current campaign. The former football star said he supports Trump in an interview with Outkick's Nick Adams in May, praising the former president's career and contributions to the hip-hop industry figure.
“I've never met him. I admire his business moves and have studied his father, Fred Trump. But I don't think Donald Trump is a good businessman. , I think he comes from a good family and has lived a good life, “President,'' Brown said. “Lil Wayne, regarding Kodak (a black man), I think he's done great things for our brothers in the music industry.”
Brown has frequently expressed support for Trump on social media platforms through memes and more direct political messages.
After an assassination attempt on Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July, Brown praised the former president's resilience.
“If we get enough men together by age 50, we could win the 10-year legend into the Presidency by a landslide,” Brown wrote in X.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers players Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell were arrested after Brown spoke in support of former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, at a campaign rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on October 19, 2024. left the stage. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Brown announced on October 4 that he would be participating in a voter registration drive in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state. Since then, Brown has increased his pro-Trump messages on social media and has met with Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance, and the Donald. trump jr.
According to the latest Fox News poll of Pennsylvania voters, Harris leads Trump by a narrow 2 percentage points (50% to 48%) among registered voters, but tied with likely voters at 49%. There is.
President Trump's most loyal supporters include men, whites without college degrees, independents, and rural voters. He has nearly doubled his lead among men and a small number of independents since July.
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