Aaron Rodgers backed unbiased candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president because the 2024 election cycle took off earlier this yr and was even a attainable vice presidential choose of his.
The New York Jets quarterback, nonetheless, dismissed the political system as a “sham” whereas he did a podcast interview from Lake Tahoe earlier this month. Rodgers participated within the American Century Championship – one of many prime movie star golf tournaments within the U.S.
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Aaron Rodgers, #8 of the New York Jets, speaks to the media through the New York Jets OTA Offseason Exercise at Atlantic Well being Jets Coaching Middle on Might 21, 2024 in Florham Park, New Jersey. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
On Barstool Sports activities’ “Pardon My Take,” PFT Commenter made a crack about Rodgers’ golf capacity, saying he noticed his shot go far to the best “like his politics.” Rodgers smiled and recalled all of the instances individuals tried to “cancel” him.
“Politics, I’ve mentioned from the start, is an absolute sham. And if we’ve seen something whether or not what they did to Bernie Sanders in 2016, that we noticed within the (John) Podesta emails or the truth that nothing actually ever modifications … all they speak about is what they’re gonna do after which life doesn’t really get higher for any of us – whether or not it’s a Republican or a Democrat. And we’re nonetheless doing the identical f—ing two-party system. Not letting Bobby get in or anyone else.”
Rodgers additionally criticized the shortcoming of a third-party candidate to have the ability to get on the ballots for the election.
Aaron Rodgers provides a thumbs as much as the gang on the fifteenth gap on day one of many 2024 American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on July 12, 2024 in Stateline, Nevada. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Pictures)
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Kennedy failed to meet the necessities of the controversy between President Biden and former President Trump, which influencer prime Democrat politicians and donors to induce Biden to drop out of the 2024 race.
“We have now Bobby, who doesn’t even get an opportunity to be within the debates. When you knew the insides of how ridiculous it’s for a third-party candidate to get on the ballots in 50 states – it’s a f—ing sham,” Rodgers mentioned. “It’s sure colours in some states. There’s sure individuals you gotta submit it to in different states. It’s a certain quantity of votes in sure states. It’s a f—ing joke.”
Rodgers was floated as a possible Kennedy operating mate earlier than Kennedy ended up choosing Nicole Shanahan.
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NFL soccer participant Aaron Rodgers smokes a cigar on the thirteenth gap on day three of the 2024 American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on July 14, 2024 in Stateline, Nevada. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Pictures)
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“Yeah, I considered it,” he mentioned. “After which I simply stored on dwelling my life.”
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