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NFL Quarterback Legend Joins Fox News Boycott After Tucker Carlson's Firing
Athlon Sports ^ | May 8, 2023 | Mailo Taibi

Posted on 05/08/2023 4:53:12 PM PDT by Fiji Hill

In the midst of Brett Favre's legal proceedings against Pat McAfee, the Hall of Fame quarterback finds himself in the news for different reasons altogether.

Favre took to social media to voice support for political pundit Tucker Carlson, who had been dismissed by Fox News on April 24th.

In his first tweet posted thus far in 2023, Favre implored fans to boycott the station until "they [Fox News] come to their senses and let the man speak."

Favre posted his sentiments alongside a clip from The Megyn Kelly Show, in which an insinuation is made that Carlson had been silenced by the station.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: brettfavre; carlson; foxnews; tuckercarlson
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Another celebrity joins the Fox News boycott.
1 posted on 05/08/2023 4:53:12 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Brett Favre has his own issues to contend with.


2 posted on 05/08/2023 4:54:14 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: MotorCityBuck
Brett Favre has his own issues to contend with.

That's besides the point.

Besides, who doesn't have issues?
3 posted on 05/08/2023 5:03:11 PM PDT by adorno
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To: adorno

Yes. Your right. I’m sure the hero of the day Tucker has some doozies also.


4 posted on 05/08/2023 5:05:54 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: Fiji Hill

Fox news spent the last 3 days telling us that Brandon’s poll numbers are low. They had group panels on it and everything. It makes watching paint dry seem exciting!


5 posted on 05/08/2023 5:06:34 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Not as many as Paul Ryan, I’ll bet.


6 posted on 05/08/2023 5:07:00 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Howie66

Don’t forget the Murdocks & Soroesz.
God LordπŸ˜‚


7 posted on 05/08/2023 5:11:07 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: MotorCityBuck

Seriously.


8 posted on 05/08/2023 5:13:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MotorCityBuck
Yes. Your right. I’m sure the hero of the day Tucker has some doozies also.

Just like I said...

Don't you?
9 posted on 05/08/2023 5:13:59 PM PDT by adorno
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To: adorno

Thank you.


11 posted on 05/08/2023 5:15:17 PM PDT by OKSooner (JOE BIDEN IS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER!! And I for one, welcome our new asian overlords!)
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To: adorno

Absolutely. Too many to count. So I stopped.
You?


12 posted on 05/08/2023 5:15:47 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: MotorCityBuck
Absolutely. Too many to count. So I stopped.

People always have issues. If it's not one, it's another. Issues are a part of life.
13 posted on 05/08/2023 5:31:12 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Fiji Hill

John Madden is smiling in heaven πŸ˜‚


14 posted on 05/08/2023 5:31:54 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: adorno

You sound like my therapist.πŸ˜‰


15 posted on 05/08/2023 5:42:52 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: Fiji Hill

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4151626/posts

πŸ˜πŸ‘


16 posted on 05/08/2023 5:50:29 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with thisπŸ’©? πŸš«πŸ’‰)
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To: MotorCityBuck

It seems the Marxists Dems have something on the Murdocks and Fox was ordered to get rid of Tucker.


17 posted on 05/08/2023 6:27:34 PM PDT by chopperk ( )
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Who does the GOP in Wisconsin have to go up against Baldwin in ‘24?


18 posted on 05/08/2023 6:35:01 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Fiji Hill

Brett Favre boycotting Fox News! I thought it was Terry Bradshaw boycotting Fox πŸ€“


19 posted on 05/08/2023 7:30:35 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Never.


20 posted on 05/08/2023 11:43:59 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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