Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is scheduled to attend former President Donald Trump's campaign rally on Wednesday, but he appears to be coming to grips with the harsh realities of this election cycle.
Favre posted his reaction on social media on Monday, just a week before most voters head to the polls to cast their votes in presidential and other elections.
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Brett Favre speaks at former President Donald Trump's campaign rally on October 30, 2024. (Shelley Mays/USA TODAY NETWORK)
“In all the elections I've ever seen, I've never seen so much hatred,” Favre wrote of X. “It's certainly sad.”
The Trump campaign announced Favre as a guest speaker during Trump's visit to Green Bay on Wednesday. The event will be held at the Resch Center.
Favre has been an ardent defender of Trump and supported him in 2020 when he faced off against Joe Biden. Trump lost his bid for re-election at that point.
He said last year that the United States was in a “better place” when Trump was president.
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Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre appears before the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“I think our country is better off because of him,” he told Jason Whitlock on the “Fearless” podcast. “I think Donald was an apolitical president, and I liked that about him. Was he perfect? Absolutely not. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. Me and others. We're all flawed.'' But I really felt like he was leading our country to a better place and really cared about the people of our country. .
“Black, white, Hispanic, Asian, you name it. If you were an American citizen, I think he cared about you first and foremost. I wish our current president had the same mindset. I don't know if it is.
In 2020, Favre supported Trump after a summer of racial unrest following the death of George Floyd, citing the president's stance on free speech, gun rights, and support for the military and police. did.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre calls on audible during the second quarter of a game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at Monster Park in San Francisco. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK)
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“My vote is for what makes this country great: freedom of speech and religion, the Second Amendment, hard-working tax-paying citizens, police and military. In this election, we don't have a choice. There is freedom and it should be respected by all. For me, “and based on these principles, my vote is for (Donald Trump),'' Favre wrote in X magazine at the time.
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