<body><div><figure><iframe height="360" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/ZqtX8UaH-Gqa7hx4c.html" width="100%"></iframe><figcaption>NFL Fans Calling For Terry Bradshaw To Retire (1:06) </figcaption></figure><p> Joe Montana is one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history and the San Francisco 49ers legend has made it clear where he stands politically in 2024. </p><p> The 68-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback, who won four Super Bowl championships and three league MVP awards, was widely considered to be the greatest QB of all-time until Tom Brady came along. Cool Joe, who played collegiately at Notre Dame, won a national championship with the Fighting Irish in 1977. He had one of the coolest and most successful careers of all-time across the sport. </p><p> Now, Montana is living in California, working in finance, running an investment firm. But he's made it clear where he stands politically, too. </p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4GqkhG_0wEor2xB00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4GqkhG_0wEor2xB00" width="1200" height="799" ><figcaption>SANTA CLARA, CA - DECEMBER 20: Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana looks on from the sidelines during the NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals at Levi's Stadium on December 20, 2015 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) </figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://www.conservativebookclub.com/27396/featured-article/20-conservative-football/8#:%7e:text=Montana%20is%20now%20an%20investor,and%20a%20longtime%20Republican%20donor." rel="nofollow"> According to reports </a> , Montana is a longtime donor to the Republican Party. That's not too surprising given his background, though he does live in San Francisco, which is typically pretty left leaning. </p><p> In 2018, Montana made it clear how he felt about players kneeling for the national anthem. </p><p> "Back when I was playing, or before, you didn’t have all the media outlets that are available to all these guys. Play the game. Go do your other stuff on social media outside of that, no matter what sport it is," <a href="https://time.com/5254611/joe-montana-colin-kaepernick-nfl-draft-josh-rosen-tom-brady-greatest-of-all-time/" rel="nofollow"> he told TIME. </a></p><p> Montana added that he thought Colin Kaepernick's declining play is what led to him being out of the NFL by 2017. </p><p> "If you look at a lot of the guys who come out of those read-option type systems, they have great first years. You can go back to RGIII, [it’s] the same thing: Once [defenses] get it figured out, those guys aren’t used to playing in the pocket and seeing defenses from inside, and being accurate at the same time. It’s a little bit easier now maybe for those guys because they’ve taken away some of that hitting that usually takes place late in the pocket. But you have to be accurate to be in there. During those years he was struggling, he was in the low 50s and 40s in completion percentage," he added. </p><p> Montana has yet to endorse someone for the 2024 election, though that could be coming. </p></div></body>

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Joe Montana is one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history and the San Francisco 49ers legend has made it clear where he stands politically in 2024. The 68-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback, who won four Super Bowl championships and three league MVP awards, was widely considered to be the ...