An NFL get-out-the-vote effort for the 2024 election claims to be “nonpartisan” but a peek behind the curtain reveals a different story.
“NFL Votes is a league-wide, nonpartisan initiative that supports and encourages civic engagement among NFL players, and legends, club and league personnel, and fans,” the National Football League’s website page explained.
“The initiative was founded in 2020 as a joint effort between the NFL and NFL Players Association and focuses on three key components of the electoral process: voter education, voter registration, and voter activation,” it continued.
However, not only is the initiative co-sponsored by the left-wing NFL Players Association but other organizations associated with NFL Votes appear to lean left. In fact, they “include some of the most left-wing activist organizations on the election field today,” according to The Federalist, naming Rock the Vote, Rise to Vote, Vet the Vote, and Voto Latino, among others.
So the NFL has rolled out what it calls a “non-partisan” NFL Votes initiative.
The only problem? All the orgs it partners with are Democrat, leftwing GOTV groups!
– Rock the Vote is a leftwing group packed with former Obama officials in leadership.
– Voto Latino has close…
— Charlie Kirk NEWS (@CharlieKNews) September 22, 2024
One of these groups is Rock the Vote which has been around since 1990.
“The group claims to be nonpartisan, but has produced videos throughout the years using celebrities who largely endorse a left-of-center agenda, including abortion rights, liberalizing criminal justice policy, and marijuana legalization,” reported the non-profit tracker InfluenceWatch, which went on to note how the “progressive network is led by a laundry list of former Democrat Party and leftist operatives.”
“Despite framing itself as politically neutral, I am a voter regularly associates with left-of-center celebrities, and Dayana and Messing are well-known for their left-of-center views on matters like racial issues, LGBT issues, and gun control,” InfluenceWatch reported, referring to liberal activist Mandana Dayani and actress Debra Messing who co-founded the group.
The “non-partisan” campaign seems to be getting praise from plants on the left.
Just saw an “NFL Votes” commercial during the Giants-Browns game. Love it! Glad to see so many groups encouraging people to vote. In order to beat Trump, we MUST get out and vote! Don’t take anything for granted!
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) September 22, 2024
A 2019 video for Voto Latino featured far-left ‘Squad” leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The group’s senior adviser is listed as former Obama administration Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro.
In addition, RISE to Vote was started by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, whom The Federalist referred to as “arguably the most partisan Democrat state election official in the country.”
“Democracy is not a spectator sport. We urge everyone who is eligible to cast a ballot in our elections and have a say in our country’s direction and future,” the NFL declared on its website.
Plenty of social media users weighed in:
If people did not realize that the @NFL hated America with its support of BLM and Marxism, I don’t expect this will bother them either.
— Stan Stinson (@Stan_Stinson) September 22, 2024
The NFL is making a huge mistake.
Over 75% of viewers are not into this woke stuff or politics at all in football.
— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) September 22, 2024
We no longer support the NFL, their gangster players or their woke agendas. Watching College ball on tv and supporting local Texas high school football when we can. NFL is never going to come back from where they have gone.
— The Texxan (@TheTexxan) September 23, 2024
Aways about the money. NFL selling its soul.
— texnbob (@texnbob1) September 20, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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