Antonio Brown is seeking to make a distinction.
The previous Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star broad receiver introduced in a submit on X on Friday that he’s seeking to get Pennsylvania voters registered for the upcoming election. Brown additionally urged that he can be making an in-person look on the Steelers sport towards the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday evening to advertise these efforts.
“Steeler Nation see you on Sunday on the sport. Earlier than then ensure that to enroll to vote on this yr’s election,” Brown wrote.
Brown even posted an alleged screenshot with Trump’s operating mate JD Vance, during which Vance expressed hope to satisfy the previous NFL star quickly.
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As a former star with the Steelers, lots of Brown’s followers reside in western Pennsylvania and will forged crucial votes in November.
Brown has been a vocal supporter of former president Trump all through the present election cycle. The previous soccer star stated he would formally endorse Trump, again in Could, throughout an interview with OutKick’s Nick Adams, praising the previous president’s background and contributions to figures within the Hip-Hop trade.
“I’ve by no means met him. I’ve obtained admiration for his enterprise strikes and I examine his dad, Fred Trump. However, I believe Donald Trump is an efficient businessman and are available[s] from a superb household and has been a superb president,” Brown stated. “I believe he does some nice issues for my brothers within the music trade with reference to Lil Wayne, Kodak [Black].”
Within the days main as much as the 2020 presidential election, five-time Grammy Award winner Lil Wayne met with Trump at a Florida golf membership. Just some weeks after the assembly, Wayne was charged with felony gun possession. He proceeded to enter a responsible plea. On the time, the music star confronted as much as a decade in jail.
However Wayne’s sentencing by no means occurred, because the hip-hop artist was among the many 143 pardons and commutations introduced by the previous president on his closing day in workplace. On Jan. 21, 2021, Wayne thanked Trump for granting his pardon. Kodak Black was additionally pardoned by the previous president simply earlier than he left workplace after the rapper was sentenced to virtually 4 years in jail in 2019 for making a false assertion to purchase a firearm.
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Former skilled boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. sits with former NFL participant Antonio Brown throughout the second half between the Miami Warmth and the Brooklyn Nets. (Jasen Vinlove-USA At present Sports activities)
Legal professional Bradford Cohen, who represents each Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, advised Rolling Stone journal: “President Trump and his administration have been tireless advocates on behalf of the African-American group.
“These pardons are an ideal instance of this administration following up on its reforms and commitments.”
Desiree Perez, the CEO of Jay-Z’s leisure firm Roc Nation and Loss of life Row Information co-founder Michael “Harry O” Harris, have been additionally on the record of people who acquired pardons or commutations.
Brown, a controversial determine on social media, has often expressed his assist for Trump within the type of memes and extra simple political messaging on the previous NFL star’s social media platforms in recent times.
When Taylor Swift was seen hugging Brittany Mahomes on the U.S. Open in early September, Brown made a submit on X that learn, “White Folks for Trump,” referencing Mahomes being linked to shows of assist for Trump on social media.
After the assassination try towards Trump throughout a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in August, Brown counseled the previous president for his resilience.
“Cue up Many Males by 50 and we gonna win the presidency in a landslide F—ing Legend of the Decade,” Brown wrote on X.
Former President Trump is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after gunfire rang out throughout a marketing campaign rally on the Butler Farm Present in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
Brown’s efforts to assist Trump in Pennsylvania can be aiding one of the vital vital swing-state floor video games of the whole election.
Pennsylvania is considered by many as the largest swing state of this cycle, as Trump received the state in 2016 to primarily clinch the presidency that yr, however misplaced in 2020.
Trump can be returning to Butler on Saturday to provide one other rally, and billionaire tech mogul and X proprietor Elon Musk is anticipated to affix the previous president on stage.
“I can be there to assist!” Musk wrote on X late Thursday in response to a picture Trump shared selling the upcoming occasion.
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A voter fills out a mail-in poll on the Board of Elections workplace within the Allegheny County Workplace Constructing on Nov. 3, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Pictures)
A brand new Fox Information survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Harris narrowly forward of Trump by 2 factors (50-48%) amongst registered voters, whereas the race is tied at 49% every amongst seemingly voters.
The July outcomes, performed shortly after President Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris, however earlier than she was conclusively the nominee, have been deadlocked at 49% every. However even in March, when Biden was the presumed nominee, the competition was near even.
Since July, Harris has widened her lead amongst girls (by 9 factors), nonwhite voters (+8), and voters beneath age 30 (+17). Her assist has held regular amongst two different sources of power: faculty graduates and concrete voters. Ninety-two % of Harris supporters are sure of their vote versus 86% of Trump supporters.
Trump’s greatest teams embrace males, Whites with out a faculty diploma, independents and rural voters. He has almost doubled his lead amongst males and the small group of independents since July.
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