Former NFL kicker Jay Feely is currently running for Congress in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, selling himself as the MAGA Republican choice for voters, but many are starting to notice his history of attacking Trump and supporting Democrats like Hillary and Bill Clinton.
Feely is a 14-year NFL veteran who played kicker during a four-year stint with the Arizona Cardinals before ending his career with the Chicago Bears.
Now, he’s setting his sights on Rep. Andy Biggs’ seat amid the lawmaker’s plans to retire and run for Arizona Governor in 2026.
Feely is currently propping himself up on Fox News as the pro-Trump choice
But his record shows a stark contrast with his conveniently newfound message.
And, as noted by the Post Millennial, Feely is backed by House RINOs, including Rep. Tom Emmer (MN), Rep. Richard Hudson (NC), and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (AZ), who seek to replace House Freedom Caucus member Andy Biggs with a moderate. “If Feely gains more support from Making Effective Republicans, Rep. Emmer’s PAC, First in Freedom PAC, Rep. Hudson’s PAC, Defending The American Dream, Rep. Ciscomani’s PAC, and the Freedom Caucus, they may need an endorsement from President Trump to hold the seat,” the Post Millennial reports.
Meanwhile, his top opponent right now, Daniel Keenan, has pledged to join the House Freedom Caucus and fight for Trump’s agenda in Congress.
Feely has been vocal about his disdain for President Trump since day one, while he praised Obama and Clinton. As noted by the Arizona Daily Independent, Feely, who sells himself as a supporter of Trump since “before it was cool,” actually supported Jeb Bush, John Kasich, and Marco Rubio in public endorsements ahead of the 2016 primary.
In 2016, after Trump decided as the GOP nominee for President, Feely wrote on X that he was “disillusioned” by the political landscape:
When Trump was running for reelection in 2020, Feely, after watching the first debate between Trump and Joe Biden, described the moment as “painful to watch,” later adding in a condemnation of Trump that he “wasn’t proud of anyone.”
Aside from that, Feely has had nothing but praise for Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. During Obama’s final year in office, he described him as “the best orator we have had in the Oval Office.”
He has always had nothing but good things to say about Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation.
Even last year, he posed for a photo with his “old friend,” Slick Willy.
Recently, Feely has even attacked Trump and his supporters over January 6.
Last October, less than two weeks before the 2024 election, Feely appeared on a liberal KTAR podcast panel and secured his title as the politically correct candidate when he virtue-signaled and condemned Trump and his supporters’ “failure” on January 6. “He described January 6 as “a failure in leadership” and a huge mistake on the part of Trump and his supporters, making no mention of the documented proof that leftwing instigators and federal agents were in the crowd, causing the minimal violence that occurred. “It’s easy for me to say that,” he added.
He made no mention of then-speaker Nancy Pelosi or DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s failure in turning down support from the National Guard, despite warnings of a potential Capitol breach. Instead, he took the easy way out and attacked Kamala Harris and Joe Biden for their total incompetence while in office.
He further advocated for mail-in voting, arguing that Republicans who vote by mail are more “educated” and that mail-in voting is “safe,” while refusing to push back on claims that a vote-counting process that exceeds two weeks is “just the way elections work.”
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Trump has renewed his calls to get rid of mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines, before the 2026 midterm election. Trump announced he was going to get rid of mail-in voting and electronic election machines in August, stating, “ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and everybody, IN PARTICULAR THE DEMOCRATS, KNOWS THIS. I, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS.”
Later, on the same network, Feely slammed Trump for pardoning January 6 political prisoners, comparing them to Black Lives Matter rioters.
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