Abdul Carter Blasts Jaxson Dart Over 1-Minute Trump Rally Introduction

10 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · May 23

Abdul Carter publicly rebuked Giants teammate Jaxson Dart after Dart introduced Donald Trump at Rep. Mike Lawler’s rally in Suffern, New York, reposting the clip with: “Thought this s—t was AI. What we doing, man?”
Dart’s appearance was brief—about 1 minute—as he led a “Go, Big Blue” chant, introduced Trump, and exchanged a handshake and hug before the president praised the 23-year-old quarterback as a “future Hall of Famer.”
Trump kept invoking Dart during the speech, including while discussing his push to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports, further tying the quarterback’s cameo to a partisan political event.
Dart had not publicly answered Carter by publication time, while veteran tackle Jermaine Eluemunor downplayed the flare-up online, telling observers to “relax.”
The episode puts a political wrinkle on the Giants’ young core ahead of 2026, with Dart coming off a 12-start rookie season and Carter entering Year 2 after finishing fifth in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting.

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