Green Bay Packers quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is among the many notable athletes (past and present) who isn’t shy when it comes to discussing his political beliefs.
Before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Brett Favre posted on Twitter (now “X”) that he was voting for incumbent Donald Trump. Democrat nominee Joe Biden went on to win the election.
On Sunday, Biden stunned the world by announcing that he’s withdrawing from the 2024 presidential election. Though it hasn’t been officially announced, all signs point to Vice President Kamala Harris running against Trump in the 2020 election.
Brett Favre endorsed a new conspiracy theory about Biden’s resignation that Collin Rugg shared on X. If you go to Favre’s profile, you’ll see that he reposted Rugg’s tweet (citing the New York Post) alleging that democrats “blackmailed” and “threatened” Biden to resign:
NEW: Biden was blackmailed into dropping out of the race after top democrats threatened to remove him from office with the 25th Amendment according to the New York Post.
It’s becoming clear that the coup was a well-orchestrated plan by Democrats.
Biden’s June debate appeared to… pic.twitter.com/T34Pu2vh60
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 23, 2024
Favre has been a vocal critic of Biden since the latter assumed office in 2021. Favre has remained a vocal supporter of Trump since Biden’s term began.
Biden’s decision to withdraw from the race makes him the first U.S. president not to seek reelection since Lyndon Johnson, who served in office from 1963 to 1969. Republican Richard Nixon scored a narrow victory over Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 election.
Brett Favre Is Among Many Athletes Who Support Donald Trump
There is no shortage of notable athletes who have publicly voiced their support for Trump since he entered politics nine years ago. Along with Favre, big-named athletes like Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Mike Ditka, Mariano Rivera, Curt Schilling, Mike Piazza, Bob Cousy, Mike Tyson, Colby Covington and Hulk Hogan have also endorsed Trump.
If the 78-year-old Trump wins this election, he’ll become just the second U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Grover Cleveland served as president from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 after Benjamin Harrison’s four-year tenure in office.
