Former Green Bay Packers star Brett Favre said America was "in better shape" under former President Donald Trump while weighing in on the sports world's ongoing transgender debate on the "Fearless with Jason Whitlock" podcast earlier this week.
The National Football League Hall of Fame quarterback noted that he is politically homeless, as he does not identify as "Republican, Democrat, or independent." He also said that he does not agree with "everything Donald Trump does or says," particularly his use of Twitter.
"I think our country was in better shape with him," Favre said of Trump. "I think Donald was a nonpolitical president, and I liked that about him. Was he perfect? Absolutely not. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. I'm flawed just like the rest of them. We're all flawed. But I really felt like he had our country in a better place and really cared about our people in our country."
"Black, white, Hispanic, Asian — you name it," he added. "I think if you were an American citizen, he cared about you, first and foremost. I don't know if our current president has the same mentality."
Favre also weighed in on the continuing transgender debate and said biological males should not be allowed to "use the restroom with girls."
"To think that a young man who identifies as a girl ... can go into a girl's bathroom and use the restroom with girls, and for us to think that's OK, I think is wrong. I'm sorry," Favre said. "I just think some things we're allowing in this country are beyond belief … some of the thoughts and beliefs we're seeing are crazy."
The retired quarterback seemed to agree with Jason Whitlock's belief that biological men should not be allowed to compete against biological women, and he said that too many athletes are afraid to speak out against transgender athletic policies.
"I think maybe [the] vast majority [of athletes] are afraid of what it'll do to their career," Favre said. "And it's not affecting them directly. Not yet, at least. Who knows where this country's going? It may affect them somewhere down the road. Is it too late? I don't know. It's scary."
This isn't the first time Favre has taken a stand on the issue of transgender athletes. In 2021, he spoke out against New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who became the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics.
"It's a man competing as a woman," Favre said then. "That's unfair. It's not fair for a man, even if this person wants to be a woman or feels compelled — if you want to become the opposite sex, that's fine. I got no problem with it. But you can't compete against — males cannot compete against females."
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