Former Pittsburgh Steelers line up on opposite sides in the Trump-Harris showdown
Former players for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers are lining up behind Harris and Trump in battleground Pennsylvania ahead of Election Day.
PITTSBURGH — Inside Acrisure Stadium, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took the stage last Tuesday to an embrace from one of the team’s former safeties, Will Allen, as supporters waved signs reading “COACH” behind them.
Four days later, not far from the Steelers training camp facility in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, former Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, an ex-teammate of Allen, was deriding Walz as not “a real football coach” onstage at a rally for former President Donald Trump.
“He could never guard me,” Brown added.
As Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris hurry through the fourth quarter of the presidential campaign, the split-screen between Allen and Brown in western Pennsylvania put on display one of the more notable plays being run by both campaigns — their efforts to court and promote former players for the area’s beloved Steelers on the trail.
The endorsements have helped boost overarching themes the campaigns would like to project.
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