Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will tour several swing states this Wednesday, crossing in Wisconsin, where the former president is scheduled to appear in Green Bay with a retired local icon, former NFL quarterback Brett Favre.
Favre, a supporter of Trump and other Republicans, played for most of his career with the Green Bay Packers, winning the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award three times and a Super Bowl. But the American Football Hall of Famer has been in the news lately for a welfare scandal in his home state of Mississippi.
Former American football star Favre has published multiple messages on social media in support of Trump and strong criticism of Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate without a single vote in the primaries.
“In all the elections I have ever seen in my life, I have never seen one where there was so much hate,” Favre posted Monday on the social network X. “It is certainly sad to see.”
With six days until the election, Harris will travel from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, and then back south to Raleigh, North Carolina. Trump will head in the opposite direction, heading to Green Bay after an event in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
The focus on Wisconsin is not surprising. That state has always been contested in presidential races, and has often been decided by a few thousand votes. Trump won it in 2016 by 23,000 votes and lost it in 2020 to the Democrat, Joe Biden, by 20,000 votes.
By leaning on Favre, Trump is taking advantage of the state’s deep and loyal support for the Packers and the team’s former star quarterback.
FUENTE: With information from AP.
