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NFL’s ‘nonpartisan’ get-out-the-vote effort leans HEAVILY to the blue team

September 23, 2024 | | Print Article

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.

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.

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.”

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“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:

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