Steelers legends endorse Kamala Harris ahead of Trump's appearance at game vs Jets

Ahead of Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump's appearance astatine Sunday's Pittsburgh Steelers game, 2 of the franchise's legends, and the household of another, person endorsed his opponent.

Jerome Bettis, "Mean" Joe Greene and the household of the precocious Franco Harris each publically supported Democrat Kamala Harris connected Sunday.

"I cognize this metropolis and I emotion this metropolis – we enactment hard to marque things happen. No blistery air. No bull. This is what defines the Steel City – and it’s the other of what Donald Trump stands for," Bettis said successful a statement. "Donald Trump has made committedness aft committedness to the metropolis of Pittsburgh, and clip aft time, he’s failed to deliver… 

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Running backmost Jerome Bettis of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs with the shot against the Denver Broncos during the AFC Championship Game astatine Three Rivers Stadium, Jan. 11, 1998, successful Pittsburgh. The Broncos defeated the Steelers 24-21. (George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

"And it’s clip for america to elite a person who’s gonna combat for us. Someone who’s gonna rotation up their sleeves and get the occupation done. Not conscionable kick astir it astatine a half-empty venue. There’s lone 1 idiosyncratic successful this contention who fits that bill: Vice President Kamala Harris." 

The household of Franco Harris, the late moving back, added, "Hard enactment and integrity are the bedrock of Western Pennsylvania and are values my begetter instilled successful me. He taught maine that existent greatness is achieved by being a portion of a squad and that enactment is defined by the actions taken to assistance the full squad succeed. He would beryllium greatly honored to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris due to the fact that she shares this belief. She champions ideals my begetter stood for: improving education, gathering bully jobs, supporting labour unions and making definite everyone gets a just shake."

"You got my ballot for sure," added Greene.

Running backmost Franco Harris of the Pittsburgh Steelers carries the shot circa 1972. Harris played for the Steelers from 1972 to 1983. (Focus connected Sport/Getty Images)

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Trump held a rally successful adjacent Latrobe, Pennsylvania, connected Saturday, the location of legendary golfer Arnold Palmer. Former Steelers stars Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell attended the rally, and they are expected to beryllium with Trump connected Sunday night.

The Steelers released a connection Saturday announcing caller security protocols and informing fans astir imaginable delays. 

"With erstwhile President Trump expected to be Sunday night's crippled arsenic a impermanent of an idiosyncratic suite holder, we are moving with Secret Service and section authorities to guarantee the information and information of each our fans," the connection said. "As always, we volition enactment to marque the instrumentality acquisition the aforesaid arsenic it ever is for each Steelers location crippled astatine Acrisure Stadium.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers players Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell permission the signifier aft Brown spoke successful enactment of Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump, during a run rally connected October 19, 2024, successful Latrobe, Pennsylvania. There are 17 days remaining until the U.S. statesmanlike election, which volition instrumentality spot connected Tuesday, November 5, 2024.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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"We promote fans to get aboriginal to the parking tons and to the gates truthful that they tin bask our pregame acquisition and our celebrations passim the crippled that volition grant the 50th day of our Super Bowl IX team."

Trump past attended a large shot crippled connected Sept. 28 astatine the University of Alabama to ticker the Crimson Tide instrumentality connected the Georgia Bulldogs. His beingness astatine the crippled was met with chants of "USA!"

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.