Former NFL participant Antonio Brown backs Donald Trump, cites pardons for hip-hop figures

Former NFL participant Antonio Brown is thought for saying nearly something that’s on his thoughts.

The outspoken Tremendous Bowl champion lately sat down for a wide-ranging interview with OutKick. The dialog finally shifted to politics, with writer Nick Adams asking Brown concerning the origins of his perceptive affinity for former President Trump.

“I’ve by no means met him. I’ve obtained admiration for his enterprise strikes and I examine his dad Fred Trump. However, I believe Donald Trump is an effective businessman and are available[s] from a very good household and has been a very good president,” Brown advised Adams.

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Adams later requested Brown if he was backing Trump within the upcoming presidential election.

“Are you endorsing Trump?” Brown declared.

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Brown cited the pardons and commutations Trump granted in his ultimate days within the Oval Workplace in 2021.

“I believe he does some nice issues for my brothers within the music trade with regard to Lil Wayne, Kodak [Black].”

Within the days main as much as the 2020 presidential election, five-time Grammy Award winner Lil Wayne met with Trump at a Florida golf membership. The encounter culminated with a photograph of the rapper standing subsequent to the politician – which was shared on Wayne’s social media account. 

Only a few weeks after the assembly, Wayne was charged with felony gun possession. He proceeded to enter a responsible plea. On the time, the music star confronted as much as a decade in jail.

However, Wayne’s sentencing by no means occurred, because the hip-hop artist was among the many 143 pardons and commutation introduced by the previous president on his ultimate day in workplace. On Jan. 21, 2021, Wayne thanked Trump for granting his pardon.

Desiree Perez, the CEO of Jay-Z’s leisure firm Roc Nation and founding father of Loss of life Row Data, was additionally on the listing of people who obtained pardons or commutations. The string of selections by Trump appeared to cap a prolonged, but difficult relationship between the previous president and the hip-hop trade.

Brown additionally referred to as on Trump to assist “free Younger Thug.” The rapper is at the moment standing trial earlier than an Atlanta jury. The hip-hop star, whose actual title is Jeffery Williams, was arrested in Atlanta in Might 2022 and is charged with conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act for an offense relationship to January 2013, and suspicion of taking part in felony avenue gang exercise. 

“Trump… when you’re watching this it’s essential free Younger Thug when you may assist out,” Brown mentioned.

Solely a sitting U.S. president can grant a pardon or commutation of federal fees. The pardons or commutations don’t apply to state fees or another fees.

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Brown appeared in seven video games with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021. A shirtless Brown famously jogged to the stadium tunnel within the third quarter of a sport towards the New York Jets.

Seven-time Tremendous Bowl winner Tom Brady, who spent two seasons with Brown in Tampa Bay, later acknowledged the extensive receiver would not be a member of the workforce.

“I imply that is clearly a troublesome scenario and I believe all of us need him to – I believe all people ought to discover, hopefully do what they’ll to assist him in ways in which he actually wants it,” Brady mentioned within the postgame press convention. “All of us love him, we care about him deeply, we wish to see him be at his greatest, and sadly it will not be with our workforce.”

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