{"id":2110827,"date":"2023-11-29T11:29:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-and-alabama-player-launches-run-for-new-congressional-district-as-a-republican\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T11:32:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:32:20","slug":"former-nfl-and-alabama-player-launches-run-for-new-congressional-district-as-a-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-and-alabama-player-launches-run-for-new-congressional-district-as-a-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL and Alabama player enters GOP race for new Congressional district"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nfl-and-alabama-player-launches-run-for-new-congressional-district-as-a-republican%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2110827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former NFL and \u2063Alabama Player Launches Run for New Congressional District as a Republican<\/h2>\n<p>A former Alabama football player has become the 21st \u200bcandidate\u2063 to\u2063 announce a \u200crun for a newly drawn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">congressional district<\/a> in his home state.<\/p>\n<p>Former Alabama and NFL defensive end Wallace Gilberry declared his candidacy Wednesday morning, \u200cbecoming the eighth Republican to do so. \u200cThere are also 13 Democrats running for the seat.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m running because \u2062Joe Biden and the liberal\u200b politicians have let down my\u2062 community and failed Alabama. Folks here at home\u200d are hurting\u200c and too many\u2062 politicians don\u2019t \u2062understand\u2062 that\u2063 \u2014 I see\u2062 it every day,\u201d he told\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-nfl-player-launches-bid-newly-drawn-alabama-congressional-district-potential-blow-dems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy mission is simple: we\u2019ve got to fire Joe Biden, beat\u200d back\u200d the \u200cliberals who have held down the Black community for too \u2063long,\u200c put the \u200bpeople of Alabama first, and help President \u200cDonald J. Trump Make America \u200bGreat Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063U.S. District Court for the Northern \u200bDistrict of Alabama ordered new \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-massive-blow-to-democrats-republicans-won-almost-every-house-race-thats-key-to-redistricting\/\" title=\"In Massive Blow To Democrats, Republicans Won Almost Every House Race That's Key To Redistricting\">congressional districts<\/a> on October 5 to \u201cremed[y] racially discriminatory\u2064 vote dilution \u200dthat we found and\u2062 the Supreme Court of \u200cthe United States affirmed in Alabama\u2019s previous plan,\u201d according to a court filing.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dSecond Congressional District of Alabama\u200b now runs from western to the eastern borders of the southern part of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 district \u2062now sits just north of Gilberry\u2019s hometown of Bay Minette in Baldwin County, where Gilberry played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/high-school-football-player-path-college-team-dies-cardiac-arrest-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prep football<\/a> at Baldwin County High School.<\/p>\n<p>The court order, including the redrawn map, is available\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.alabama.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/State%20Districts\/Injunction_Order_and_Court-Ordered_Remedial_Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOut-of-touch, out-of-state Democrats wasted\u200c all kinds of time and money trying to buy themselves another seat in Congress because \u2063they take \u200bblack folks for\u200b granted and think we will all just vote Democrat. Problem for \u2063them\u200b is\u200b that Alabama can\u2019t be bought,\u201d Gilberry told Fox.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA black man is going \u2063to win this race \u2014 but\u2064 it\u2019ll be me, a conservative Republican who puts Alabama first,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fox predicted that the new \u2063district would \u200blikely go to a Democrat in next year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republican-partys-finances-dont-paint-pretty-picture-ahead-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House elections<\/a>,\u200d but that didn\u2019t seem to \u2063faze Gilberry.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to win this race by telling the truth and doing what\u2019s right for Alabama, it\u2019s pretty \u200dsimple,\u201d the nine-year NFL veteran told Fox.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gilberry mentioned a number of issues in his comments to Fox, but elaborated on two: the anti-Americanism of\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/years-supporting-blm-coca-cola-quietly-makes-big-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black\u2063 Lives Matter<\/a> movement and the issue of men competing in women\u2019s sports after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-swimmer-smashes-college-record-switching-womens-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming \u2062to be women<\/a> themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBLM\u200c has way more in\u2062 common with the KKK than they do MLK,\u201d \u2062he told Fox. \u201cWhile\u2063 others were kneeling during the national anthem, my team was standing. We were united as a team, while others were focused on \u200bmedia attention and self-promotion \u2014\u200d it was \u2063wrong then and it\u2019s wrong now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll always stand to honor those who keep us free,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for men competing in women\u2019s sports, Gilberry\u2064 said it would eventually bring an end to women\u2019s sports as they are currently known.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAllowing men to compete against\u200b women, that\u2019s \u2018abolishment\u2019 of women\u2019s sports, plain and simple,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd\u2063 we should never allow men into girls\u2019 \u200dbathrooms and locker \u2064rooms. We have to protect women and girls; we\u200c can\u2019t\u2063 let a sex offender put \u2062on a wig\u2062 and \u2064lipstick and say\u2062 he\u2019s a female.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Riffing on Trump\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-america-first-agenda-trumps-policies-enshrined-whether-wins-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America first<\/a>\u201d mantra \u2014 intentionally\u200b or otherwise \u2014 Gilberry\u2062 said that he, unlike\u2064 other candidates, would have Alabama\u2019s welfare in mind if\u2063 elected.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy focus is\u2064 on lifting up the people of Alabama. I\u2019ve been blessed with incredible \u200dsuccess, success\u2063 that came from playing football.\u2062 I\u2019m\u200d running to have a platform\u200b to help create opportunities for \u200byoung men who look like me that go \u2062beyond\u2063 sports,\u201d \u200dhe told \u2064Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore jobs at local businesses,\u2064 helping entrepreneurs thrive, keeping our\u200c communities safe. In order to\u2062 do that we\u2064 have to get\u200d rid of career politicians, get rid of Joe Biden, and elect people focused on\u200d putting the people of Alabama first.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-nfl-alabama-player-launches-run-new-congressional-district-republican\/\">Former NFL and Alabama Player Launches Run for New Congressional District \u200bas\u2062 a Republican<\/a> appeared\u200b first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u2062Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Gilberry express his patriotism and belief in the country and flag?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ring the national anthem, I stood \u2063with my hand over my heart. I \u200cbelieve in \u2062this country and \u200cI believe in \u200cthe flag that represents it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gilberry also expressed his\u200d concern about the fairness of\u200c allowing\u2063 men \u2062who identify as women to compete in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just not fair to the girls and women who have been training their whole lives \u200bto compete fairly against other females,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to protect the\u200d integrity of women\u2019s sports and ensure \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-female-swimmers-speak-out-about-demoralizing-battle-after-trans-identifying-man-joined-team\/\" title=\"Virginia female swimmers express frustration over 'demoralizing' ordeal following inclusion of transgender man on their team.\">level \u200cplaying field<\/a> for all competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gilberry\u2019s decision \u200dto run\u2062 for Congress comes after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-celebs-dont-hate-herschel-walkers-privilege-they-hate-his-ideas\/\" title=\"Black Celebs Don\u2019t Hate Herschel Walker\u2019s Privilege, They Hate His Ideas\">successful football career<\/a>. He played at the University of\u2062 Alabama \u2062from 2004 to \u200b2007, where he recorded 26.5 sacks and \u200bwas named to the First Team All-SEC twice.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to have a nine<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/propublica-editor-in-chief-who-stirred-up-clarence-thomas-smears-built-his-career-on-false-insinuations\/\" title=\"ProPublica Editor-In-Chief, known for spreading false insinuations, targeted Clarence Thomas.\">-year\u2063 career<\/a> \u2062in the\u2063 NFL, playing for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the \u2064Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<p>Gilberry is not the only former NFL\u2063 player\u2062 to \u2062enter the political arena. Many \u200dplayers\u200b have used their platform and influence to\u200d advocate for various political causes and pursue careers in politics after retiring from football.<\/p>\n<p>If elected, Gilberry would join a growing number of former athletes in Congress,\u2062 including\u2064 former NFL players Anthony Gonzalez,\u2063 who \u200bis currently \u200bserving as a \u2062Representative from Ohio, and Colin \u2062Allred, who represents Texas\u2019 32nd congressional district.<\/p>\n<p>The race for Alabama\u2019s\u200b new congressional district is sure to be highly competitive, with a total of 21 candidates vying for the seat. Gilberry\u2019s background as a former NFL player and his conservative Republican platform\u2063 will likely appeal to many voters in\u2063 the state.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell if Gilberry\u2019s bid for\u2063 Congress is successful, but he is \u200cdetermined to fight for his community and make \u200da difference in Alabama\u2019s political landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Alabama football player, Wallace Gilberry, has joined the race for a newly drawn congressional district in his home state. Gilberry, a former Alabama and NFL defensive end, announced his candidacy on Wednesday. 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