Biden campaign: ‘No, football is not boring’
Looking to capitalize on the start of the 2024 NFL draft, the Biden-Harris campaign just released a football-themed ad.
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Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jordan Matthews, right, meets with then-Vice President Joe Biden before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
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Looking to capitalize on the start of the 2024 NFL draft, the Biden-Harris campaign just released their latest ad, “First Pick: #46.”
The digital ad is a response to four-year-old disparaging comments made by Donald Trump.
“Football is boring as hell,” he said at a campaign rally in 2020 during the first Sunday of the NFL season.
In the ad, video of that is interspersed with videos of Biden in football-related situations, such as receiving a Chiefs blazer presented to him during the team’s visit to the White House and emblazoned with a No. 46 on it — not coincidentally, the same as the number as his turn as president.
Both Biden and Trump attended Army-Navy games during their terms, a tradition for serving presidents.
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