In the hours after the shooting at Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, reactions poured in from across the sports world.
Former NFL star and current internet provocateur Antonio Brown is one of the athletes who has decided to speak out.
“If we can get enough guys together, up to 50, we can win the most legendary presidential election of the decade in a landslide victory.” Brown wrote Brown’s post was published on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, and as of Sunday afternoon, it had been viewed more than 6 million times on X.
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Antonio Brown watched the second quarter of Super Bowl 56 between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium. (Mark J. Rebillas-USA Today Sports)
The outspoken Super Bowl champion has previously voiced his support for the former president.
“Yes, I support Trump,” Brown said in an interview. At OutKick When asked if he would support Trump in the next presidential election.
Sports stars react to shooting at Donald Trump rally
Brown hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2021, when he was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A shirtless Brown was famously seen jogging to the stadium tunnel during the third quarter of a game against the New York Jets.
Another prominent athlete, four-time NBA champion and USA Basketball head coach Steve Kerr, also commented on the events at the political event, describing the shooting as “a demoralizing day for our country.”
Steve Kerr, head coach of the United States men’s basketball team, speaks to media after the game against the Canadian men’s basketball team at T-Mobile Arena on July 10, 2024 in Las Vegas. (Mercedes Oliver/NBAE via Getty Images)
“It’s a demoralizing day for our country, yet another example of not only political division but gun culture,” Carr said. “A 20-year-old with an AR-15 is trying to shoot a former president. It’s all hard to comprehend, and it’s scary to think what could happen next, given the problems that already exist in this country. So it’s a terrible day.”
Carr’s father, Malcolm, was assassinated while in Beirut in 1984. He was a long-time advocate of gun control.
Former President Trump was quickly escorted off stage during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“It’s a very proud time to go to the Olympics with the American flag on my chest and represent my country,” Kerr told ESPN. “I’ve spoken to our athletes about how important it is to look your best as human beings in order to represent our country with respect and dignity. It makes me want to do that even more because it’s really embarrassing for us to sit here and think about what’s happened and what’s going on in our country.”
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Kerr and the U.S. Men’s National Team are in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, continuing their preparations for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydas contributed to this report.
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