Former NFL star kicker Jay Feely, who is looking to score politically with a win to represent Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District in Congress, told Newsmax Friday that he has turned his attention to politics because, like many Americans, he is concerned for the future of the country. 

But it was the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump last summer that led him to make his decision official, Feely, an Emmy Award-winning NFL analyst for CBS Sports, told Newsmax’s “National Report.”

“I remember exactly where I was that day,” said Feely. “That day stood out to me dramatically. I started to ask myself, what am I willing to sacrifice for my country? Because I love my job. I love broadcasting, doing games. It was fun. I only had to work five months of the year, and then we got seven months off.”

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