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(The Hill) – Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes is refusing to get involved in this year's presidential election, urging voters in a new interview to do their own research before the election.
“I don't want to pressure anyone to vote for a particular president,” Mahomes said in an interview with Time magazine published Tuesday. “I want people to make their voices heard, no matter who they believe. I want them to investigate.”
Time magazine interviewed the three-time Super Bowl champion as part of its 2024 100 Most Influential People series.
He led his team to victory over the San Francisco 49ers in this year's Super Bowl, earning him his third Most Valuable Player Award.
Mahomes and the Chiefs received even more national attention heading into the championship after pop star Taylor Swift started attending games to cheer on her boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce.
Leading up to the Super Bowl, conservative media sparked an unproven conspiracy theory that the NFL rigged the playoffs to give Kelce's team a victory so Swift could endorse President Biden after the game. Ta. It is unclear whether Swift, who supported Biden in 2020, will support someone in 2024.
Mahomes joined LeBron James' More Than a Vote campaign to increase African American voter turnout in the 2020 election. He told Time magazine that he was still considering plans for the next election, but the magazine noted that four years ago he had not publicly endorsed anyone.
The quarterback joined Biden last year with his teammates after winning the 2023 Super Bowl. The president predicted at the time that Mahomes would become one of the greatest quarterbacks “in any generation.”
Mahomes is not the only celebrity to decline support for a 2024 candidate. Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who endorsed him in 2020, said he would not endorse anyone in this year's election.
“In that spirit, you're not going to get support. I'm not afraid of that at all, but when you have this level of influence, you just want to keep your politics to yourself.” I think that's between me and the ballot box,” Johnson said in an interview with Fox News' Will Cain earlier this month.
