by David P. Greisman
Former four-division world titleholder Adrien Broner says his pick for the next president of the United States of America is the presumptive Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
“Everything he’s saying is crazy, but everything he’s saying is correct,” Broner told syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club on Wednesday morning.
The main reason, he said, relates to the economy.
“What I’m saying is this, he’s going to lower them taxes. That’s what I’m with for real, because taxes been kicking my ass,” Broner said
The show’s hosts asked Broner about what they called Trump’s prejudicial statements, but Broner shrugged that off.
“I don’t care,” he said. “At the end of the day, the rich gonna get richer and the poor gonna stay poor. Oh well.”
Given Trump’s statements about people from Mexico, the hosts told Broner that this would lead to Mexican boxing fans hating the fighter.
“They already do,” Broner said.
Later, however, he clarified that the feeling isn’t mutual:
“I love Mexicans,” Broner said. “I swear to God, I love Mexicans, man.”
As for whether he can vote, Broner has felony charges hanging above him for allegedly robbing and beating a man at gunpoint after losing bowling bets. The fighter says the rest of his past charges won’t keep him from voting.
“The funny thing, though, I’ve been in crazy trouble. My record is crazy, but everything has been acquitted,” he said. I can vote.”
It remains to be seen whether that will stay the case. His recent plea after driving under the influence wasn’t for a felony, which would preclude him from voting.
When BoxingScene.com reported on Broner’s online court records in Hamilton County, Ohio, as of early 2013, they showed more than two dozen case listings in every year from 2007 through 2012, 17 of which were various traffic violations. He has also faced the prospect of criminal trials in some of the other instances, though the county’s court records showed these cases — accusations such as robbery, assault, menacing, domestic violence, and having a concealed weapon — ended in acquittal or with the charges being dismissed.
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