Aaron Rodgers mocks endorsements from 'celebrities bought buy China' ahead of presidential election

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers knows what's astatine involvement connected Tuesday. 

During an quality connected ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" connected Friday, 1 nighttime aft his team's large triumph implicit the Houston Texans, Rodgers discussed the upcoming election. 

The backmost revealed that helium is present registered to ballot successful New Jersey. But Rodgers and the show's co-hosts besides noted that Tuesday is besides important due to the fact that of the NFL commercialized deadline. During the extremity of Rodgers' appearance, they referred to Tuesday arsenic the "trade deadline" portion discussing governmental issues similar FEMA and fiscal assistance to Ukraine. 

While referring to that day, Rodgers appeared to instrumentality a jab astatine celebrities who person made endorsements this year. 

"If you don’t cognize what to bash connected commercialized deadline, conscionable inquire your favourite celebrity," Rodgers said. "My favourite is erstwhile the personage is bought and paid for by China."

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) throws a walk against the Houston Texans during the archetypal fractional astatine MetLife Stadium. (Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images)

Rodgers' remark comes amid a flury of last-minute personage endorsements for Vice President Kamala Harris successful the week starring up to the election. NBA prima LeBron James and adjacent the main formed of Marvel's Avengers films, including Robert Downy Jr. and Scarlett Johansson, person announced their endorsements for Harris successful the past week. Pop stars similar Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez person besides made their stance successful enactment of Harris precise wide up of a historically high-stakes predetermination time adjacent week.

There are nary notable personage endorsements for NFL commercialized deadline decisions to report. 

But Rodgers didn't halt there. 

He besides vocally criticized the determination by the U.S. authorities to nonstop billions of dollars successful assistance to Ukraine, which has occurred nether the Biden-Harris administration, portion countless American citizens successful the southeastern portion of the state person been affected by hurricane harm successful caller months. 

"I don’t person a occupation with Ukraine, astatine all, I conscionable deliberation determination are a batch of problems successful the United States that $180 cardinal could possibly assistance alternatively of warring a proxy war," Rodgers said. "You know, similar earthy disasters, and there’s FEMA is confiscating bottles of h2o and nutrient supplies from radical trying to help, similar possibly let’s assistance those radical out, and evidently FEMA doesn’t person the champion grounds erstwhile you spell backmost to 2005 and Katrina, but I deliberation there’s a batch of problems successful the states, and there’s radical hurting could usage much than $600, $700."

Rodgers appeared to notation to the Biden-Harris administration's caller effect to Hurrican Helene, which brought billions of dollars successful spot harm to Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina and parts of Florida, Tennessee and Virginia. 

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers speaks astatine a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Buffalo Bills successful East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

The U.S. has sent $66.9 cardinal arsenic of Oct. 21, according to the Department of State. 

Meanwhile, a Department of Homeland Security Inspector General study from August stated that FEMA has $7 cardinal that tin beryllium directed to assistance with betterment from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which deed the region, particularly Florida, aboriginal that month. However, FEMA disputes that each the wealth is recoverable, signaling that lone astir $4.5 cardinal is not obligated and could perchance beryllium reprogrammed.

But Fox News Digital antecedently reported that the August Inspector General study "gives an incomplete picture" of however overmuch wealth is available. 

Rodgers has antecedently criticized the Democratic Party. He dismissed the governmental strategy arsenic a "sham" during a podcast interrogation from Lake Tahoe this summer. Rodgers specifically called retired Hillary Clinton's infamous email ungraded and the conception that the 2016 DNC superior was rigged successful favour of Clinton implicit Bernie Sanders. 

"Politics, I’ve said from the beginning, is an implicit sham. And if we’ve seen thing whether what they did to Bernie Sanders successful 2016, that we saw successful the (John) Podesta emails oregon the information that thing truly ever changes . . . each they speech astir is what they’re gonna do, and past beingness doesn’t really get amended for immoderate of america – whether it’s a Republican oregon a Democrat. And we’re inactive doing the aforesaid f---ing two-party system. Not letting Bobby get successful oregon anybody else," Rodgers said during an interrogation connected "Pardon My Take" connected July 22. 

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus, besides said her party's 2016 superior was "rigged" against Sanders, during an interrogation connected CNN successful November 2017.

In that aforesaid episode, Rodgers besides suggested that erstwhile Democrat Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi engages successful insider trading. 

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) celebrates successful beforehand of New England Patriots cornerback Marcus Jones (25) and cornerback Christian Gonzalez (0) aft Jets moving backmost Braelon Allen ran for a touchdown successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, successful Foxborough, Mass.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Rodgers besides criticized the inability of a third-party campaigner to beryllium capable to get connected the ballots for the election.

Kennedy failed to meet the requirements of the statement betwixt President Biden and erstwhile President Trump, which influenced apical Democratic politicians and donors to impulse Biden to driblet retired of the 2024 race.

"We person Bobby, who doesn’t adjacent get a accidental to beryllium successful the debates. If you knew the insides of however ridiculous it is for a third-party campaigner to get connected the ballots successful 50 states – it’s a f---ing sham," Rodgers said. "It’s definite colors successful immoderate states. There’s definite radical you gotta taxable it to successful different states. It’s a definite magnitude of votes successful definite states. It’s a f---ing joke."

Rodgers was floated arsenic a imaginable Kennedy moving mate earlier Kennedy ended up picking Nicole Shanahan. Rodgers admitted that helium "thought about" joining Kennedy's ticket, but alternatively opted to "live his life."

Kennedy has since withdrawn from the contention and endorsed erstwhile president Trump. 

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