Ex-Jets star praises Trump victory, has reservations over NY ballot measure's impact on women's sports

Former NFL backmost Boomer Esiason praised Donald Trump’s statesmanlike predetermination triumph connected Wednesday morning, adding that helium believes the results from Tuesday volition person a affirmative interaction connected the aboriginal for his 4 grandchildren. 

But contempt his wide optimism, the one-time league MVP besides expressed reservations astir a circumstantial ballot measurement that passed in New York that could person an interaction connected women's and girl's sports successful the state. 

Boomer Esiason (Dylan Buell/Getty Images/File)

During Wednesday’s occurrence of WFAN’s "Boomer and Gio," Esiason discussed his thoughts connected the predetermination and however helium believed the result could interaction the state crossed governmental lines. 

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"I’m not gloating this morning, but I volition accidental this: I americium precise happy. I’m precise blessed for 4 reasons: they’re my 4 grandkids. That’s wherefore I’m happy. I’m blessed that – I judge – that we volition get backmost connected track, and it volition beryllium bully for everyone," Esiason said.

"When the system is good, we each win. Every azygous 1 of america wins. When the owe rates spell down, involvement rates spell down, we arsenic the American colonisation wins. And I deliberation that we got distant from ourselves these past 3.5 years, and I would accidental present successful New York it’s astir apt inactive getting distant from america successful a batch of antithetic ways, arsenic we person a politician getting acceptable to spell connected a corruption proceedings and a fig of things happening present wrong the city." 

Esiason, who said helium is simply a registered independent, was referencing the upcoming national corruption lawsuit involving New York City Mayor Eric Adams. His indictment includes ligament fraud, bribery and conspiracy charges. The proceedings is acceptable to statesman successful April.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (AP Photo/Seth Wenig/File)

"If the Republicans bash triumph the House of Representatives, past it volition beryllium a wide a---kicking landslide, and it volition beryllium America sending a connection that we privation to get backmost to what we judge our American values are and that state and liberty and accidental for everyone, not conscionable a definite conception of the colonisation but for everyone," helium continued. 

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"I consciousness fulfilled this morning. I consciousness blessed this morning, but I besides cognize that we person definite issues present successful New York that were voted connected that didn’t spell the mode that I would’ve liked them to go. But what americium I going to do? I’m conscionable going to person to judge it if I’m going to unrecorded here, and I’m going to person to perceive to radical supporting definite programs that I don’t surely judge in, but connected the national level – connected the nationalist level – this was a resounding victory, and it truly genuinely was."

The contented Esiason seemingly referenced was Proposition 1, oregon the "Equal Rights Amendment," which passed Tuesday night. Supporters of the connection argued it would support termination rights successful the state, portion opponents argued it broadened the extortion of transgender rights successful women’s sports.

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci/File)

"Proposition 1 present I voted against. I didn’t similar it. I don’t similar the Trojan equine facet of it, and we’re going to person to woody with that erstwhile definite issues popular up, and it's going to beryllium truly absorbing to spot however this adversely affects people," Esiason said. 

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"But I volition accidental possibly that prop was enactment connected the ballot due to the fact that of what [Nassau County Executive] Bruce Blakemen did successful Nassau County erstwhile it came to transgender athletes connected region land. I deliberation this was evidently a absorption to that, astatine slightest that’s the mode I spot it. I whitethorn beryllium wrong, but I consciousness that mode astir it."

The amendment to the state’s constitution adds connection stating that idiosyncratic cannot beryllium denied civilian rights due to the fact that of their nationalist origin, age, disability, intersexual orientation, sex identity, sex expression, pregnancy, gestation outcomes oregon "reproductive healthcare and autonomy." Previously, the constitution prohibited favoritism based connected race, creed oregon religion.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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