{"id":2242781,"date":"2024-05-12T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-legend-lawrence-taylor-endorses-trump-after-he-has-always-been-a-democrat\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T09:41:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T13:41:56","slug":"nfl-legend-lawrence-taylor-endorses-trump-after-he-has-always-been-a-democrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-legend-lawrence-taylor-endorses-trump-after-he-has-always-been-a-democrat\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL icon Lawrence Taylor switches allegiance to Trump despite long-standing Democratic ties"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fnfl-legend-lawrence-taylor-endorses-trump-after-he-has-always-been-a-democrat%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=2242781&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--><p>Former NFL\u2062 linebacker Lawrence Taylor endorsed \u200cDonald Trump \u200dat the ex-president&#8217;s\u2062 rally in Wildwood, New Jersey. Trump\u200b graciously allowed Taylor to address the crowd, symbolized by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zombie-drug-of-horse-tranquilizer-laced-fentanyl-ravages-us-and-alarms-health-officials\/\" title=\"'Zombie' drug of horse tranquilizer-laced fentanyl ravages US and alarms health officials\">warm hug<\/a> between the two. The gesture signified Taylor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerhouse-hollywood-talent-agency-faces-metoo-reckoning\/\" title=\"Powerhouse Hollywood Talent Agency Faces #MeToo Reckoning\">public show<\/a> of \u2064support for Trump&#8217;s campaign. \u2064Your provided summary\u2063 is concise and\u2064 effectively captures the \u200bkey\u200c points of Lawrence Taylor endorsing Donald Trump at \u2062the\u200b rally in Wildwood, New Jersey.\u200c It emphasizes the significance of the endorsement through the interaction between Taylor and Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NFL<\/a> linebacker Lawrence Taylor offered his full <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/endorsements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsement<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> at the former president\u2019s rally on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was in Wildwood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/New-Jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New Jersey<\/a>, addressing the crowd when he gave up the podium to Taylor. The two shared a hug before Taylor spoke to the crowd himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to say, I grew up a Democrat \u2014 and I\u2019ve always been a Democrat \u2014 until I met this man right here,\u201d Taylor said, gesturing to Trump, \u201cHe will not have to worry about nobody in my family will ever vote for a Democrat again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor played 12 years for the the New York Giants. He won two Super Bowls in that time. NFL running back Ottis Anderson also took the podium and commented on the crowd\u2019s enthusiasm. Anderson did not offer an explicit endorsement for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has suggested \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2991561\/scott-suggests-the-view-hosts-are-scared-of-momentum-among-black-gop-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"four out of 10 black men\">four out of 10 black men<\/a> wanting to vote for the Republican Party, doubling the number of black women interested in voting for the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/biden-trump-black-men-support-election-2024-poll-a7d9da22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> poll<\/a> from last month found 30% of Black voters were planning to probably or definitely vote for Trump over incumbent President Joe Biden. This is a massive swing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2021\/06\/30\/behind-bidens-2020-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 election<\/a>, where Biden swept 92% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING! Trump Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-support-for-democrats-is-slipping\/\" title=\"Black Support for Democrats Is Slipping\">black\u00a0voters\u00a0made<\/a> up 13.5% of all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bombshell-mi-judge-grants-attorney-matt-deperno-permission-to-release-results-of-forensic-examination-on-16-dominion-voting-machines-in-antrim-co-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING BOMBSHELL: MI Judge Grants Attorney Matt DePerno Permission To RELEASE Results Of Forensic Examination On 16 Dominion Voting Machines In Antrim Co.[VIDEO]\">eligible\u00a0voters<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/01\/10\/key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> to the Pew Research Center, they are expected to make up 14% in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL veteran Lawrence Taylor formally backed Donald Trump at a rally in Wildwood, NJ. Trump graciously handed the stage to Taylor, who expressed his support with a hug and a brief address to the audience, highlighting his admiration for the former president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2242782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23003599944164.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23003599944164.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}