Football fans fell for a doctored photo indicating that one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks supports 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump.
On Tuesday night, Donald Trump held a rally in Doral, Florida. Doral, part of Miami-Dade County, is roughly 14.3 miles from Miami. Trump, the 45th president of the United States, is the Republican nominee against President Joe Biden.
Most high-profile NFL players try to avoid discussing politics publicly. That includes Miami Dolphins signal-caller Tua Tagovailoa, but fans were tricked into thinking he was assigned a front row seat for Trump’s rally.
Henry Rodgers of The Daily Caller shared a photo of the front row seats reserved for Donald Trump’s family, just after 2:30 p.m. EST. As you can see, three of these seats were saved for his three sons: Donald Jr., Eric and Barron:
Somehow, a doctored photo showing Tua Tagovailoa’s name on the bottom seat instead of Barron’s went viral. And countless fans fell for it:
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Regardless of how Tua Tagovailoa feels politically, there’s no shortage of big-named athletes (current and retired) who have voiced their support for Donald Trump. These include Jack Nicklaus, Bobby Orr, Johnny Damon, Curt Schilling, Brett Favre, Mariano Rivera, Bob Cousy, Herschel Walker, Mike Ditka, Greg Norman, and Maurkice Pouncey.
Trump has also received donations from plenty of NFL owners, including Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys), Mike Brown (Cincinnati Bengals), Shad Khan (Jacksonville Jaguars), Stan Kroenke (Los Angeles Rams) and Woody Johnson (New York Jets).
Donald Trump & Joe Biden: A Rare Election Rematch
Trump aims to become the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. The only president to have done so is Grover Cleveland, whose two terms (1885-1889 and 1893-97) came before and after Benjamin Harrison’s tenure in office.
As well, Trump vs. Biden is the first presidential election rematch since 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower won his reelection bid against Adlai Stevenson II in the 1956 election.
