{"id":2243336,"date":"2024-05-13T09:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nfl-legend-lawrence-taylor-joins-trump-on-stage-announces-hes-left-the-democratic-party-for-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:21:16","slug":"watch-nfl-legend-lawrence-taylor-joins-trump-on-stage-announces-hes-left-the-democratic-party-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nfl-legend-lawrence-taylor-joins-trump-on-stage-announces-hes-left-the-democratic-party-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Legend Lawrence Taylor announces switch to the Trump camp, leaves Democratic Party behind"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fwatch-nfl-legend-lawrence-taylor-joins-trump-on-stage-announces-hes-left-the-democratic-party-for-trump%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=2243336&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>NFL legend\u2064 Lawrence Taylor recently\u200c switched his allegiance from the Democratic Party to supporting former President Donald\u200c Trump. Taylor\u200c made the\u200d announcement\u2063 at a rally in Wildwood, New \u200dJersey, where \u200che expressed his\u2063 admiration\u2063 for Trump&#8217;s leadership. Joining other notable figures\u2062 on stage, Taylor&#8217;s move highlights\u2062 a trend of\u200b prominent individuals backing Trump&#8217;s policies. NFL icon\u200c Lawrence Taylor has transitioned \u200chis \u200dsupport from the Democratic Party to endorsing former President \u200dDonald Trump. This shift was revealed during a rally in Wildwood, New \u2063Jersey,\u2063 where Taylor \u200bpraised Trump&#8217;s leadership. His decision, alongside\u200d other prominent figures on stage, underscores a growing trend of influential personalities aligning with \u200bTrump&#8217;s initiatives.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/schang\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/schang\/%20\"><span>Samantha Chang<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 13, 2024 at 6:01am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>NFL legend Lawrence Taylor stumped for former President Donald Trump at a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, saying he dumped the Democratic Party because of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to say, I grew up a Democrat. And I\u2019ve always been a Democrat \u2014 until I met this man right here,\u201d Taylor said of the former president as the crowd erupted into cheers.<\/p>\n<p>The former New York Giants great, widely regarded as the best outside linebacker of all time, said his entire family is also done with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-biden-claimed-inflation-9-entered-office-truth-paints-much-different-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you what: He will not have to worry about nobody in my family ever vote for a Democrat again, OK?\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Super Bowl champ was joined on stage by fellow former Giants star O.J. Anderson, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tom-brady-roasts-taylor-swift-chiefs-live-netflix-shake-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Bowl<\/a> MVP who also supports Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump invites football greats Lawrence Taylor and Ottis Anderson onstage in Wildwood, NJ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z4ihpRBH5B\">pic.twitter.com\/Z4ihpRBH5B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RSBN \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RSBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1789439877240516951?\">May 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s ironic that two prominent black Americans are such enthusiastic Trump supporters, given the liberal media\u2019s endless smears attacking the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a scathing rebuke of President Joe Biden\u2019s tone-deaf assertion to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-refers-to-famous-pitcher-as-great-negro-obama-signed-law-banning-government-from-using-negro\/\" title=\"Biden Refers To Famous Pitcher As \u2018Great Negro.\u2019 Obama Signed Law Banning Government From Using \u2018Negro\u2019\">black radio host<\/a> in 2020 that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-tells-black-host-problem-figuring-whether-trump-aint-black\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you ain\u2019t black<\/a>\u201d if you don\u2019t vote for Biden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Which president had done more for the black community?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump electrified the audience at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/artist-furiously-painting-us-flag-trump-rally-begins-peeling-middle-work-crowd-goes-wild-realize-happening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rally<\/a>, which drew an outsized crowd in the deep-blue state of New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Between 80,000 and 100,000 people attended the beachfront gathering, Wildwood spokeswoman Lisa Fagan told <a href=\"https:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/standardspeaker\/article\/59a8073e5a22f7a1e13f1461e9998419\/trump-tells-jersey-shore-crowd-hes-being-forced-endure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, the former president ripped Biden\u2019s failed presidency, which has been marred by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-still-triggering-geraldo-rivera-even-after-both-of-them-have-departed-fox-news\/\" title=\"Tucker continues to provoke Geraldo even after their Fox News departure.\">daily border invasions<\/a> and crippling inflation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of a Biden tax hike, I\u2019ll give you a Trump middle-class, upper-class, lower-class, business-class big tax cut,\u201d Trump said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/donald-trump-wildwood-nj-2024-rally-new-jersey-tickets\/14795695\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPVI-TV<\/a> in Philadephia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-banning-nancy-pelosi-from-stock-trades-its-not-fair-to-the-rest-of-the-country\/\" title=\"Trump Backs Banning Nancy Pelosi from Stock Trades: \u2018It\u2019s Not Fair to the Rest of the Country\u2019\">biggest tax cut<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump senior advisor Dan Scavino posted the entire rally on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ICYMI\u2014THE FULL TRUMP RALLY IN WILDWOOD, NJ\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lj1Vn7VVCA\">pic.twitter.com\/Lj1Vn7VVCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Scavino Jr.\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd85 (@DanScavino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/1789660529289490887?\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Attendees expressed anxiety about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidenomics-inflation-killing-american-dream-100k-no-longer-enough-survive-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">runaway inflation<\/a> and Biden\u2019s border disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s worse all the way around,\u201d rallygoer Nick Carangi told WPVI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderneath Trump, we were able to take vacations, start a business,\u201d Carangi said. \u201cI was just an average, go-to-work-everyday person, and it\u2019s been hard since Biden\u2019s been in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sue Vessette told the outlet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/young-man-stabbed-outside-hotel-turned-migrant-shelter-no-arrests-made\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigration crisis<\/a> that has metastasized under the president is her biggest worry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know who\u2019s being let in our country now,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know if these people are terrorists. We don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know how we can reverse course, ask Lawrence Taylor.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"after-article-tags\">\n<p>  Tags:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" rel=\"tag\">2024 election<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/black-conservatives\/\" rel=\"tag\">Black Conservatives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"tag\">Donald Trump<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\" rel=\"tag\">New Jersey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/new-york-giants\/\" rel=\"tag\">New York Giants<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/nfl\/\" rel=\"tag\">NFL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/politics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sports<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/super-bowl\/\" rel=\"tag\">Super Bowl<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/us-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">U.S. News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/video\/\" rel=\"tag\">Video<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45423\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/schang\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45423\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45423\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45423\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45423\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Samantha Chang is a political commentator, lawyer and financial editor in NYC.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Samantha Chang is a politics writer, lawyer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teacher-investigated-after-movie-she-showed-in-classroom-takes-shot-at-christian-school-board-member\/\" title=\"Teacher Investigated After Movie She Showed in Classroom, Takes Shot at Christian School Board Member\">financial editor based<\/a> in NYC. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL icon Lawrence Taylor endorsed ex-President Trump at a Wildwood rally, revealing his party switch from Democrat to Trump supporter. &#8220;I used to be a Democrat, but&#8230;&#8221; expressed Taylor during the event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":2243337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Taylor-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Taylor-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243336","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\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}