Former NFL star Antonio Brown slams Harris, says 'Tampon Tim' Walz wasn't a real football coach at Trump rally

Former NFL prima Antonio Brown deed the run way for erstwhile President Trump Saturday successful PIttsburgh.

Brown spent the bulk of his vocation successful Pittsburgh arsenic a prima for the Steelers, earlier a arguable exit from the team. He returned to the metropolis to a cheering assemblage arsenic helium "looks to marque a affirmative difference."  

The erstwhile All-Pro wide receiver took the signifier astatine a rally to present a code connected behalf of Trump, portion mocking Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. 

"Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, did you truly cognize they privation to enactment tampons successful the boys' bathroom?" Brown asked the crowd. "That's truly insane, right?"

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Walz, the politician of Minnesota since 2019, earned the nickname "Tampon Tim" from Republican opponents successful 2023 aft Walz signed a Minnesota instrumentality that mandates tampons beryllium provided escaped of complaint successful nationalist schools "to each menstruating students successful restrooms regularly utilized by students successful grades 4 to 12," including antheral students. 

The Harris-Walz run has besides made an effort to necktie Walz's stint arsenic an adjunct manager of the Mankato West High School shot team successful Minnesota successful the 1990s to his candidacy. During Walz's tenure arsenic an adjunct connected the staff, the squad won a authorities title successful 1999. 

But Brown showed nary respect for the erstwhile assistant's abbreviated coaching vocation during his code Saturday. 

"And, by the way, Tampon Tim Walz, helium isn't a existent shot coach. He could ne'er defender me," Brown said. "Business volition beryllium booming going against Tampon Tim Walz."

Brown adjacent brought to the signifier erstwhile Steelers teammate Le'Veon Bell, who showed his enactment for Trump with a T-shirt. 

Former Pittsburgh Steelers players Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell permission the signifier aft Brown spoke successful enactment of erstwhile President Trump, the Republican statesmanlike nominee, during a run rally Oct. 19, 2024, successful Latrobe, Pa. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Brown, a seven-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion, played the archetypal 9 years of his vocation successful Pittsburgh, earlier a feud with erstwhile backmost Ben Roethlisberger resulted successful him being traded to the Raiders successful 2019. During Saturday's speech, Brown gave a shoutout to Roethlisberger, saying helium was inactive his "favorite quarterback."

Brown was retired of the NFL for astir of 2019 and the commencement of the 2020 play aft a drawstring of controversies successful 2019, including allegations of intersexual assault. But Brown returned to articulation Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, helping the Buccaneers triumph the 2021 Super Bowl during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Brown's vocation with Tampa Bay ended aft helium threw his instrumentality into the assemblage during a crippled against the New York Jets successful Week 17 of the 2021 season. He hasn't played successful the NFL since. 

Multiple apprehension warrants person been issued since past for Brown, who has devoted his clip to arguable societal media enactment and forming his ain unofficial marque helium calls "CTESPN," which helium says is meant to research the traumas that athletes person been through. Brown has suggested helium has chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), owed to repeated encephalon injuries from football, and that his erratic behaviour is simply a effect of the disease. 

FORMER NFL STAR AND TRUMP SUPPORTER ANTONIO BROWN JOINS VOTER-REGISTRATION EFFORT IN KEY SWING STATE

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 successful Miami, Fla., March 26, 2022. (Jasen Vinlove/USA Today Sports)

CTE is simply a degenerative encephalon illness that tin make aft repeated concussions oregon different traumatic encephalon injuries. The illness tin origin behavioral and temper problems and trouble reasoning and tin besides pb to dementia. However, CTE tin lone beryllium diagnosed with a encephalon autopsy aft idiosyncratic has died. 

Many of Brown's fans unrecorded successful occidental Pennsylvania and could formed captious votes successful November. 

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Brown has been a vocal protagonist of erstwhile President Trump passim the existent predetermination cycle. The erstwhile shot prima said successful May helium would endorse Trump 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]."

Brown has often expressed his enactment for Trump done memes and much straightforward governmental messaging connected his societal media platforms. 

After the assassination effort connected Trump during a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, successful July, 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 Pittsburgh Steelers players Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell permission the signifier aft Brown spoke successful enactment of erstwhile President Trump, the Republican statesmanlike nominee, during a run rally Oct. 19, 2024, successful Latrobe, Pa. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Brown announced helium would beryllium joining the elector registration effort successful Pennsylvania, a cardinal battleground state, Oct. 4. He has ramped up his pro-Trump messaging connected societal media since past and has adjacent met with Trump's moving mate, JD Vance, and Donald Trump Jr. 

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

Trump’s astir loyal followers 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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