NFL legend Brett Favre set to speak at Donald Trump rally in Green Bay

NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre is acceptable to articulation erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine a rally successful Wisconsin adjacent week. 

As the Race for the White House enters its last stretch, the legendary quarterback, who precocious revealed his Parkinson's diagnosis, has thrown his enactment down the Republican candidate.

The Packers icon, 55, volition look successful Wisconsin adjacent week, conscionable days earlier voters caput to the polls connected November 5, to code the assemblage successful Green Bay arsenic a impermanent speaker, the Trump run has announced. 

Favre has been a staunch protagonist of Trump, endorsing him successful 2020 erstwhile helium ran against Joe Biden, citing the President's enactment for the archetypal and 2nd amendment, arsenic good arsenic constabulary and subject for his backing. 

Last year, the Super Bowl victor claimed that the federation was a 'better place' when Trump occupied the Oval Office. 

'I deliberation our state was successful amended signifier with him,' helium told Jason Whitlock connected the 'Fearless' podcast. 

'I deliberation Donald was a non-political president, and I liked that astir him. Was helium perfect? Absolutely not. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. I'm flawed conscionable similar the remainder of 'em. We're each flawed. But I truly felt similar helium had our state successful a amended spot and truly cared astir our radical successful our country. 

'Black, White, Hispanic, Asian — you sanction it. I deliberation if you were an American citizen, helium cared astir you, archetypal and foremost. I don't cognize if our existent president has the aforesaid mentality.

'I wouldn't adjacent telephone myself a Republican, oregon Democrat oregon Independent -- I conscionable cognize what I judge in. I deliberation that the radical that are successful this state should travel first. The care, and the focus, and the imaginativeness should beryllium connected bettering the radical successful this state and I don't cognize if that's the lawsuit now.' 

Meanwhile, conscionable past period the three-time MVP took a changeable astatine Taylor Swift, the popstar woman of Kansas City Chiefs prima Travis Kelce, aft she endorsed Kamala Harris. 

Immediately pursuing past week's Trump-Harris TV debate, Swift took to Instagram and told her 284 cardinal followers that she planned to ballot for Harris. 

The megastar said she was voting for the vice president 'because she fights for the rights and causes I judge request a warrior to champion them.' 

It came successful the aftermath of Brittany Mahomes, the woman of Kelce's teammate Patrick Mahomes, liking a station astir Trump. 

Favre replied to a video of Patrick Mahomes staying neutral connected authorities by aiming a changeable astatine Swift. 

He posted connected X: 'Good instrumentality by Mahomes — I spot a batch of celebs trying to power their assemblage alternatively of letting the radical deliberation for themselves.

'If the champion prime for them ain't wide and they're easy swayed by their fav popular artist, it's not going to beryllium a bully thing.'

Many were speedy to telephone retired Favre's hypocrisy aft helium utilized his level to endorse Trump successful 2020.

Writing connected X successful October 2020, helium said: 'My Vote is for what makes this state great, state of code and religion, the 2nd amendment, hard-working tax-paying citizens, constabulary and military.

'In this election, we person state of choice, which each should respect. For maine and these principles, my ballot is for [Donald Trump].'

Favre was slammed for saying helium 'found it hard to believe' Derek Chauvin intended to termination George Floyd successful Minneapolis successful 2020. He besides criticized NFL players for distracting from shot by kneeling during the nationalist anthem to protestation racism. 

Meanwhile successful September, a national appeals tribunal refused to revive a defamation suit that Favre filed against Shannon Sharpe.

Favre filed the suit implicit comments Sharpe made successful 2022 connected a Fox Sports amusement amid a processing Mississippi payment ungraded involving millions of dollars diverted to affluent and almighty people.

Mississippi State Auditor Shad White said Favre improperly received $1.1 cardinal successful speaking fees to spell toward a volleyball arena astatine The University of Southern Mississippi, wherever Favre had played shot and wherever his girl was playing volleyball.

The fees were from a nonprofit enactment that spent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families wealth with support from the authorities Department of Human Services.

Sharpe said Favre was 'taking from the underserved,' that helium 'stole wealth from radical that truly needed that money' and that idiosyncratic would person to beryllium a atrocious idiosyncratic 'to bargain from the lowest of the low.'

Favre was not charged with breaking the instrumentality and had paid backmost $1.1 million. White said successful a tribunal filing successful February that Favre inactive owed $729,790 due to the fact that involvement caused maturation successful the archetypal magnitude helium owed.

Favre sued Sharpe implicit his disapproval connected the show. A national territory justice tossed the suit, and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Favre's entreaty Monday. The ruling said Sharpe's comments were constitutionally protected opinions based connected publically known facts.