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The Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre was one of the highest supporters of President Donald Trump during his re -election campaign from 2024 from the sports world.
The Packers legend spoke at one of Trump’s events in Green Bay, Wisconsin before the election took place. Trump eventually defeated the then Vice President Kamala Harris in the election of the people and led Wisconsin to the victory.
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Favre said in a recent interview with sports personality Sage Steele that he took a “common sense” approach when it came to his decision to support Trump.
Brett Favre speaks during a campaign management for Donald Trump at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 30, 2024. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
I thought of the rally in Green Bay when he asked if I would come and talk. There were those who said, ‘You know people are throwing dagger on you anyway, they really want to throw dagger on you.’ So I thought about it. I weighed advantages and disadvantages. I really thought I don’t know if I want to influence it at this point, “he said.” There has been a hard line drawn in the sand and you are either on one side or the other. I was thinking about if you persuade five voters and who knows, it can be a difference of five votes. Then I would be next to myself if I didn’t take advantage of it.
“It wasn’t my cup of tea. I’m not a public speaker. I’m definitely not a political public speaker. But it was an honor that I was asked. And do I agree with all that President Trump says or does? No. Does he agree with everything I do? No. No. Nor with someone on the other side. But from a healthy sense, do you really think boys in girls and it is fair?
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Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre speaks before Republican President nominated former President Donald Trump at a campaign management at the Resch Center, Wednesday, October 30, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
He said he also wondered if supporters on the left were thinking about whether the country’s direction was really something they wanted to support further. He said he couldn’t be one of the supporters who rested on his laurels in the hope that things would get better.
“Some of the things that you are on the left say is normal, ever sees in the mirror when no one is looking, and it’s just you and you’re going, ‘Are we out of our damn mind?'” He said. “So I felt like the conservative audience generally sitting on our hands, and I sometimes think I was as if you just expect people to do the right thing and make decisions about common sense.
“So you sit on your hands and you expect it and it doesn’t happen and it continues to get worse. And the Left has no problem talking. They don’t shut up, and they blame it all on everyone else. And I think you know, just as if we don’t start standing up and defending ourselves, not that we should have, that’s what it is if we don’t start taking a stand.”
Favre said he had no plans to drive to the office, but wouldn’t tone his voice down either.
Green Bay Packers Quarterback (4) Brett Favre warms up before playing against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. (Tom Szczerbowski/USA Today Sports)
“I want to run out into the sunset and enjoy life, but we have to fight. I would love to sugar coat but they don’t go away,” he said.
