Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers mocks endorsements from ‘celebrities bought buy China’ ahead of presidential election
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers knows what’s at stake on Tuesday.
During an appearance on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Friday, one night after his team’s big win over the Houston Texans, Rodgers discussed the upcoming election.
The quarterback revealed that he is now registered to vote in New Jersey. But Rodgers and the show’s co-hosts also noted that Tuesday is also important because of the NFL trade deadline. During the end of Rodgers’ appearance, they referred to Tuesday as the “trade deadline” while discussing political issues like FEMA and financial aid to Ukraine.
While referring to that day, Rodgers appeared to take a jab at celebrities who have made endorsements this year.
If you don’t know what to do on trade deadline, just ask your favorite celebrity,” Rodgers said. “My favorite is when the celebrity is bought and paid for by China.”
Rodgers’ comment comes amid a flury of last-minute celebrity endorsements for Vice President Kamala Harris in the week leading up to the election. NBA star LeBron James and even the main cast of Marvel’s Avengers films, including Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson, have announced their endorsements for Harris in the last week. Pop stars like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez have also made their stance in support of Harris very clear ahead of a historically high-stakes election day next week.
There are no notable celebrity endorsements for NFL trade deadline decisions to report.
But Rodgers didn’t stop there.
He also vocally criticized the decision by the U.S. government to send billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, which has occurred under the Biden-Harris administration, while countless American citizens in the southeastern part of the country have been affected by hurricane damage in recent months.
“I don’t have a problem with Ukraine, at all, I just think there are a lot of problems in the United States that $180 billion could maybe help instead of fighting a proxy war,” Rodgers said. “You know, like natural disasters, and there’s FEMA is confiscating bottles of water and food supplies from people trying to help, like maybe let’s help those people out, and obviously FEMA doesn’t have the best record when you go back to 2005 and Katrina, but I think there’s a lot of problems in the states, and there’s people hurting could use more than $600, $700.”
Rodgers appeared to refer to the Biden-Harris administration’s recent response to Hurrican Helene, which brought billions of dollars in property damage to Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina and parts of Florida, Tennessee and Virginia.
