Ex-Redskins cheerleader weighs in on Trump's appearance at Commanders vs Lions game

Former Washington Redskins cheerleader Jillian Anderson says she believes that astir Americans aren't reflective of the ones who booed President Donald Trump astatine Sunday's Commanders vs. Lions game.

Still, she wasn't amazed to perceive it from section D.C. residents, arsenic a erstwhile nonmigratory herself.

"I lived successful D.C. for 13 years. When I was younger, I kept a batch of my governmental beliefs to myself due to the fact that the country is aggressively wide and astatine the time, I was much acrophobic astir confrontation. Honestly, I'm not amazed parts of the assemblage booed him. That's the aforesaid metropolis that has repeatedly elected Mayor Bowser, they intelligibly don't cognize what's bully for them," Anderson told Fox News Digital, aboriginal praising Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, who did Trump's signature creation aft scoring a touchdown. 

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President Donald Trump speaks from a suite alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, during halftime of an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, successful Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

"I’m from a blue-collar municipality successful the Midwest, and I subordinate mode much to the Detroit Lions subordinate doing the Trump dance. The past 10 months of accomplishments portion Trump has been successful bureau person been historical – helium conscionable keeps winning for America. I think the bulk of the state agrees, and that wide assemblage isn’t reflective of that."

Anderson cheered connected the Redskins' sideline from 2012 to 2014. But she wishes she was determination cheering connected Sunday erstwhile Trump was there.

"I personally would’ve loved to person been moving erstwhile President Trump watched a game. I warrant Trump’s beingness added a full caller level of vigor to FedEx Field. Watching it connected TV was exciting, but I can’t ideate however unthinkable it must’ve been to beryllium connected the tract playing for him, dancing connected the sidelines, oregon conscionable sitting successful the stands, soaking it each in," she said.

"I adjacent saw radical doing the Trump dance, including a Lions player. And the flyover by Air Force One, that had to beryllium unforgettable for each those dedicated generations of fans, who are gathering memories together."

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(Left) A wide presumption of fireworks arsenic the American emblem is unfurled connected the tract earlier an NFL crippled betwixt the Washington Commanders and the Seattle Seahawks astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Maryland, connected Nov. 2, 2025. (Right) President Donald Trump speaks during an lawsuit astir cause prices successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, District of Columbia, connected Nov. 6, 2025. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images;Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

Some Commanders fans astatine Sunday's crippled were the taxable of contention aft they booed Trump arsenic helium work the names of those enlisting successful the U.S. subject implicit the team's nationalist code system.The caller members of the subject were astatine Northwest Stadium arsenic portion of the NFL’s "Salute to Service" festivities up of Veterans Day.

The boos came astatine a clip erstwhile outlook of Trump successful the Washington, D.C., country was impacted by the caller authorities shutdown. Days earlier the game, ESPN reported that Trump wants the Commanders' caller $3.7 cardinal stadium task to beryllium named aft him.

The White House did not corroborate the report, but successful a erstwhile statement, property caput Karoline Leavitt said, "That would surely beryllium a beauteous name, arsenic it was President Trump who made the rebuilding of the caller stadium possible."

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Sunday besides marked the archetypal clip a sitting U.S. president attended an NFL regular play crippled since 1978. He was astatine the 2025 Super Bowl, which the Philadelphia Eagles won implicit the Kansas City Chiefs successful New Orleans.

"We are honored to invited President Trump to the crippled arsenic we observe those who person served and proceed to service our country. The full Commanders enactment is arrogant to enactment successful the NFL’s league-wide Salute to Service initiative, recognizing the dedication and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans, active-duty work members and their families this Sunday," the Commanders said successful a statement.

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