(31 Oct 2024)
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Green Bay, Wisconsin – 30 October 2024
1. Trump walking on stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:
"Thank you very much, everybody. And I have to begin by saying 250 million Americans are not garbage."
3. Brett Favre walking on stage
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:
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"And I want to give a special thanks to a man that you may not have heard of, Brett Favre, because."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:
"Thank you, Bret. What a great honor. What a great champion. What a great – And what a beautiful boy and family, incredible wife. Thank you, darling, very much. Great honor to have you. Thank you, Brett. And I came in, I (inaudible) in the plane and I’m watching. And I heard him get applause. And I’m a little upset because I think he got bigger applause than me, and I’m not happy. He had bigger than me. Thank you, Brett."
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STORYLINE:
Donald Trump showered former NFL star Brett Favre with praise on Wednesday at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the former Packers quarterback campaigned for the Republican presidential nominee in the final week before Election Day.
“Thank you, Brett. What a great honor. What a great champion," Trump said shortly after taking the stage at the Resch Center. Describing Favre’s fingers as “like sausages," he said, “No wonder he could throw the ball."
“I’m a little upset because I think he got bigger applause than me, and I’m not happy,” the former president went on, joking about the ovation Favre received in a county that Trump narrowly won in 2020.
Trump, who appeared onstage in an orange safety vest after riding in a garbage truck to draw attention to an offensive comment by President Joe Biden, rallied alongside the football icon in the critical battleground state with just six days until the election.
In relying on Favre, Trump is tapping into the state’s deep and loyal support for the Packers and the team’s onetime star quarterback. But Favre also comes with increased baggage after becoming enmeshed in Mississippi’s welfare spending scandal.
Favre, 55, is not facing any criminal charges, but he is among more than three dozen people or groups being sued as the state tries to recover misspent money. Favre has repaid just over $1 million he received in speaking fees funded by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Mississippi Auditor Shad White, a Republican, has said Favre never showed up for the speaking engagements. White also said Favre still owes nearly $730,000 in interest.
AP video shot by: Mark Vancleave
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