Former NFL kicker reveals why he is backing Trump and the way he is attempting to assist flip a key swing state crimson

Former NFL kicker and “NFL on CBS” broadcaster Jay Feely has endorsed former President Donald Trump within the upcoming election. 

Feely’s endorsement is one among many Trump has acquired from the sports activities neighborhood, additionally incomes help from Hulk Hogan, Dana White and Brett Favre. He opened up about why he’s placing his help behind the previous president throughout an interview on OuKick’s “Do not @ Me with Dan Dakich.” 

“For those who have a look at Donald Trump and also you do it objectively, and also you simply have a look at his three or 4 years in workplace, actually three years prior COVID, and also you have a look at any goal measure in comparison with 4 years of the Biden-Harris administration, and also you discuss concerning the issues that matter to individuals at dwelling, you discuss concerning the financial system, you discuss security, you discuss shelter, their dwelling, the border, the financial system, the issues that matter to the individuals at dwelling, by each goal measure Donald Trump did a greater job than the Biden-Harris administration.” 

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Feely grew up in Florida, however he and his spouse presently stay in Phoenix, the place he first lived when he performed for the Arizona Cardinals from 2010-2013. Feely has 5 kids: Lexi and Delmonte, who’re every married; Jace, who can also be a kicker and performs at College of Colorado below Deion Sanders; and Abby and Olivia, who’re in highschool.

Feely believes that individuals in his state have an opportunity to flip Arizona again to voting Republican within the upcoming presidential election after Trump misplaced the state in 2020 to President Biden. Nonetheless, he has a message to fellow Republicans within the state forward of November. 

“There’s over 200,000 registered Republicans in Arizona that did not vote within the final presidential election … If half of these individuals vote … simply half the registered Republicans in Arizona, [Trump] wins the state of Arizona! It holds true in every of these swing states as effectively. So people who find themselves registered Republicans, they simply have to get out and vote for Donald Trump. I do not perceive to me, the way you would not as a result of the 2 events have by no means been additional aside,” Feely mentioned. 

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“The concepts and what they need to do with our nation are so diametrically opposed to one another, that I do not perceive which might be like ‘effectively I don’t like Donald Trump so I do not assume I’ll vote for him,’ … to me, I do not perceive that. You vote for coverage.” 

A Fox Information election survey printed on Aug. 28 exhibits that Vice President Kamala Harris presently leads the previous president in Arizona by lower than one level. Within the Arizona Senate race, Democrat Ruben Gallego leads Republican Kari Lake by 56%-41%.

Trump received the state in 2016 by 3.5 factors. Arizona had beforehand been received by a Republican in 15 of the final 16 presidential elections relationship again to 1952, solely shedding it as soon as in that span, in 1996. 

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Jay Feely of the Arizona Cardinals kicks an additional level towards the Tennessee Titans at LP Area on Dec. 15, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Photographs)

Nonetheless, much more than election outcomes, Feely is hoping for a cultural change in American politics. 

“I feel we must always be capable of discuss politics and who we like with out individuals casting stones, with out saying ‘oh have been going to cancel anyone,'” Feely mentioned. “For those who’re liberal and also you consider in a sure politician, it’s best to be capable of discuss that, specific your beliefs. For those who like Trump, it’s best to be capable of specific your beliefs.

“Hopefully we are able to get again to that sometime.”

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