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

NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre will join former President Donald Trump at a rally in Wisconsin next week.

As the race for the White House enters its final stages, the legendary quarterback, who recently revealed his Parkinson’s diagnosis, has thrown his support behind the Republican nominee.

The Packers icon, 55, will appear in Wisconsin next week, just days before voters go to the polls on Nov. 5, to address the crowd in Green Bay as a guest speaker, the Trump campaign has announced.

Favre has been a staunch supporter of Trump and endorsed him in 2020 when he ran against Joe Biden, citing the president’s support for the First and Second Amendments, as well as the police and military for his support.

Last year, the Super Bowl winner claimed the country was a “better place” when Trump occupied the Oval Office.

“I think our country would be better off with him,” he told Jason Whitlock on the “Fearless” podcast.

“I think Donald was a non-political president, and I liked that about him. Was he perfect? Absolutely not. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. I’m flawed just like everyone else. We all have flaws. But I really felt like he had our country in a better place and really cared about our people in our country.

“Black, white, Hispanic, Asian, you name it. I think if you were an American citizen, he cared about you first and foremost. I don’t know if our current president has the same mentality.

“I wouldn’t even call myself a Republican, Democrat or Independent; I just know what I believe in. I think the people of this country should come first. The concern, the focus and the vision should be on improving the people of this country and I don’t know if that is the case now.’

Meanwhile, last month the three-time MVP took a shot at Taylor Swift, the pop star girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, after she endorsed Kamala Harris.

Immediately after last week’s Trump-Harris TV debate, Swift took to Instagram and told her 284 million followers that she planned to vote for Harris.

The megastar said she voted for the vice president “because she fights for the rights and causes that I believe need a fighter to defend them.”

It came after Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Kelce’s teammate Patrick Mahomes, liked a post about Trump.

Favre responded to a video of Patrick Mahomes remaining neutral on politics by aiming a shot at Swift.

He posted on

“If it is not clear what is the best choice for them and they are easily influenced by their favorite pop artist, that will not be a good thing.”

Many were quick to call out Favre’s hypocrisy after he used his platform to support Trump in 2020.

In October 2020, he wrote on

“In these elections we have freedom of choice, which everyone should respect. For me and these principles, I vote in favor [Donald Trump].’

Favre was criticized for saying he “found it hard to believe” that Derek Chauvin planned to kill George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. He also criticized NFL players for diverting attention from football by kneeling during the national anthem to protest racism.

Meanwhile, a federal appeals court declined to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against Shannon Sharpe.

Favre filed the lawsuit over comments Sharpe made on a Fox Sports show in 2022 amid a developing Mississippi welfare scandal involving millions of dollars being diverted to rich and powerful people.

Mississippi State Auditor Shad White said Favre was improperly paid $1.1 million in speaking fees to go to a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi, where Favre had played football and where his daughter played volleyball.

The reimbursements came from a nonprofit organization that issued temporary assistance funds to needy families with approval from the state Department of Human Services.

Sharpe said Favre “took from the less fortunate,” that he “stole money from people who really needed that money” and that someone should feel sorry “to steal from the lowest of the low.”

Favre was not charged with breaking the law and had repaid $1.1 million. White said in a court filing in February that Favre still owed $729,790 because interest caused the growth of the original amount he owed.

Favre sued Sharpe for his criticism of the show. A federal district judge dismissed the case and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Favre’s appeal on Monday. The ruling said Sharpe’s comments were constitutionally protected opinions based on publicly known facts.