NFL legends Lawrence Taylor and Ottis “O.J.” Anderson joined Donald Trump on stage at Saturday’s New Jersey rally in Wildwood.
“I grew up a Democrat, and I’ve always been a Democrat until I met this man [Donald Trump] right here,” Lawrence Taylor said.
“He will not have to worry about nobody in my family ever voting for a Democrat again,” he added.
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Lawrence Taylor: "I grew up a Democrat, and I've always been a Democrat until I met this man [Donald Trump] right here."
New York Giants legends Lawrence Taylor and Otis “OJ” Anderson joined former President Donald Trump at his rally in Wildwood, New Jersey. pic.twitter.com/OVlanPJ6qZ
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) May 11, 2024
“Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor declared Saturday that Donald Trump changed his politics as he joined the former president at a massive rally in New Jersey,” Just the News reports.
NFL great Lawrence Taylor says Trump changed his politics, joins NJ rally https://t.co/ReSHgFMWQd
— Just the News (@JustTheNews) May 12, 2024
Per Just the News:
Taylor is widely viewed as one of the NFL‘s greatest defensive players, starring for the New York Giants who played their home games in New Jersey.
Taylor and Trump were joined by another Giants legend, running back Otis “O.J.” Anderson at the Wildwood, N.J. rally.
Leading in the polls, Trump held the rally as he vowed to expand the election map to blue states like New York and New Jersey.
An estimated 80,000 attendees came to Wildwood for the historic rally.
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BREAKING: 80,000 in attendance at President Trump's rally in Wildwood, New Jersey! pic.twitter.com/sxZU0ZdUMq
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) May 11, 2024
Happening Now: A view from above during the #TrumpRally in Wildwood, New Jersey this evening. #TRUMP2024 🇺🇸🦅 pic.twitter.com/ySJeKu0PM0
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) May 11, 2024
80,000 in New Jersey for Trump! MAGA STRONG!🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9VsPeuB0hF
— Mike Engleman🇺🇲 (@RealHickory) May 11, 2024
Some estimates said possibly 100,000 people attended the rally.
BIGGEST RALLY YET: President Trump takes the stage for a crowd of MORE THAN 100,000 people in Wildwood, NJ 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Vhrfhtuxhp
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) May 11, 2024
JUST IN: Trump crowd reaches up to 100,000 people, breaking historic records in deep blue New Jersey pic.twitter.com/fVMKLCHedA
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) May 11, 2024
NBC10 Philadelphia reports:
Sandwiched between his appearances in court, Donald Trump headed on Saturday to the Jersey Shore, where he repeatedly blamed President Joe Biden for the criminal charges he’s facing as the presumptive nominees prepare to face off in the November election and called his New York hush money case “a Biden show trial.”
Blasting the Democratic president “a total moron,” Trump before a crowd of tens of thousands repeatedly characterized the cases against him as politically motivated and timed to harm his ability to campaign.
“He’s a fool. He’s not a smart man,” Trump said of Biden. “I talk about him differently now because now the gloves are off.”
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, drew what his team called a “mega crowd” to a Saturday evening rally in the southern New Jersey resort town of Wildwood, 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of the New York City courthouse where he has been forced to spend most weekdays sitting silently through his felony hush money trial.
Lisa Fagan, spokesperson for the city of Wildwood, told The Associated Press that she estimated a crowd of between 80,000 and 100,000 attendees, based off her own observations on the scene Saturday, having seen “dozens” of other events in the same space.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) described the event as the “largest political gathering in state history.”