Former NFL star and Trump supporter Antonio Brown joins voter-registration effort in key swing state

Antonio Brown is looking to marque a difference. 

The erstwhile Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers prima wide receiver announced successful a station connected X connected Friday that helium is looking to get Pennsylvania voters registered for the upcoming election. Brown besides suggested that helium would beryllium making an in-person quality astatine the Steelers crippled against the Dallas Cowboys connected Sunday nighttime to beforehand these efforts. 

"Steeler Nation spot you connected Sunday astatine the game. Before past marque definite to motion up to ballot successful this year's election," Brown wrote. 

Brown adjacent posted an alleged screenshot with Trump's moving mate JD Vance, successful which Vance expressed anticipation to conscionable the erstwhile NFL prima soon. 

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As a erstwhile prima with the Steelers, galore of Brown's fans reside successful occidental Pennsylvania and could formed captious votes successful November. 

Brown has been a vocal protagonist of erstwhile president Trump passim the existent predetermination cycle. The erstwhile shot prima said helium would officially endorse Trump, backmost successful May, during an interrogation with OutKick's Nick Adams, praising the erstwhile president's inheritance and contributions to figures successful the Hip-Hop industry. 

"I've ne'er met him. I've got admiration for his concern moves and I survey his dad, Fred Trump. But, I deliberation Donald Trump is simply a bully businessman and come[s] from a bully household and has been a bully president," Brown said. "I deliberation helium does immoderate large things for my brothers successful the euphony manufacture successful regards to Lil Wayne, Kodak [Black]."

In the days starring up to the 2020 statesmanlike election, five-time Grammy Award victor Lil Wayne met with Trump astatine a Florida play club. Just a fewer weeks aft the meeting, Wayne was charged with felony weapon possession. He proceeded to participate a blameworthy plea. At the time, the euphony prima faced up to a decennary successful prison.

But Wayne's sentencing ne'er happened, arsenic the hip-hop creator was among the 143 pardons and commutations announced by the erstwhile president connected his last time successful office. On Jan. 21, 2021, Wayne thanked Trump for granting his pardon. Kodak Black was besides pardoned by the erstwhile president conscionable earlier helium near bureau aft the rapper was sentenced to astir 4 years successful jailhouse successful 2019 for making a mendacious connection to bargain a firearm.

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Former nonrecreational boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. sits with erstwhile NFL subordinate Antonio Brown during the 2nd fractional betwixt the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets. (Jasen Vinlove-USA Today Sports)

Attorney Bradford Cohen, who represents some Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, told Rolling Stone magazine: "President Trump and his medication person been tireless advocates connected behalf of the African-American community.

"These pardons are a cleanable illustration of this medication pursuing up connected its reforms and commitments."

Desiree Perez, the CEO of Jay-Z's amusement institution Roc Nation and Death Row Records co-founder Michael "Harry O" Harris, were besides connected the database of individuals who received pardons oregon commutations. 

Brown, a arguable fig connected societal media, has often expressed his enactment for Trump successful the signifier of memes and much straightforward governmental messaging connected the erstwhile NFL star's societal media platforms successful caller years. 

When Taylor Swift was seen hugging Brittany Mahomes astatine the U.S. Open successful aboriginal September, Brown made a station connected X that read, "White People for Trump," referencing Mahomes being linked to displays of enactment for Trump connected societal media. 

After the assassination effort against Trump during a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, successful August, Brown commended the erstwhile president for his resilience. 

"Cue up Many Men by 50 and we gonna triumph the presidency successful a landslide F---ing Legend of the Decade," Brown wrote connected X.

Former President Trump is assisted by U.S. Secret Service unit aft gunfire rang retired during a run rally astatine the Butler Farm Show successful Butler, Pennsylvania, connected July 13. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

Brown's efforts to assistance Trump successful Pennsylvania volition beryllium aiding 1 of the astir important swing-state crushed games of the full election. 

Pennsylvania is viewed by galore arsenic the biggest plaything authorities of this cycle, arsenic Trump won the authorities successful 2016 to fundamentally clinch the presidency that year, but mislaid successful 2020. 

Trump volition beryllium returning to Butler connected Saturday to springiness different rally, and billionaire tech mogul and X proprietor Elon Musk is expected to articulation the erstwhile president connected stage. 

"I volition beryllium determination to support!" Musk wrote connected X precocious Thursday successful effect to an representation Trump shared promoting the upcoming event. 

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A elector fills retired a mail-in ballot astatine the Board of Elections bureau successful the Allegheny County Office Building connected Nov. 3, 2022 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

A caller Fox News survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Harris narrowly ahead of Trump by 2 points (50-48%) among registered voters, portion the contention is tied astatine 49% each among apt voters. 

The July results, conducted soon aft President Biden dropped retired and endorsed Harris, but earlier she was conclusively the nominee, were deadlocked astatine 49% each. But adjacent successful March, erstwhile Biden was the presumed nominee, the contention was adjacent to even.

Since July, Harris has widened her pb among women (by 9 points), nonwhite voters (+8), and voters nether property 30 (+17). Her enactment has held dependable among 2 different sources of strength: assemblage graduates and municipality voters. Ninety-two percent of Harris supporters are definite of their ballot versus 86% of Trump supporters.

Trump’s champion groups see men, Whites without a assemblage degree, independents and agrarian voters. He has astir doubled his pb among men and the tiny radical of independents since July.

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