John Harbaugh says Trump endorsement as Giants head coach 'feels really great'

New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh reacted to President Donald Trump’s endorsement on Tuesday as he was officially introduced to the media in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Fox News Digital asked Harbaugh how it felt to receive the president’s endorsement.

"It feels really great," Harbaugh said with a huge smile. "I also noticed on that post he said, ‘And John, take the job!’ So, I thought John Mara might have had something to do with that. I don’t know. But, it’s cool.

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"It’s sports. Everybody’s excited. Everybody follows it. At every level, people follow football. They follow the Giants. They follow the National Football League. Like we said, it’s the biggest sport. It’s the most iconic franchise in the biggest sport. So, here we are."

Trump again had glowing words to say about the former Baltimore Ravens head coach as he spoke to the White House press pool before returning to Washington, D.C. from the college football national championship.

He said he didn’t think he had any influence over the decision but added that the Giants got a "great coach."

"I like the coach. I like his brother," he said. "They came up to see me about three months ago. They came up to see me in the White House with their mother and father because the mother likes me, and the father likes me and I think they like me.

"And he’s a great coach and he’s gonna do well with the Giants, just like his brother does so well. They got something very special in their blood. And I’m happy for the Giants. They got a great coach."

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Trump first endorsed Harbaugh in a post on Truth Social, and then later specifically endorsed the idea of the Giants hiring him.

"The New York Football Giants should hire, without question, John Harbaugh – And John, a great guy, should TAKE THE JOB!!!" he wrote earlier this month.

John and Jim Harbaugh and their families met with Trump at the White House over the summer. The meeting led Harbaugh to defend himself after a reporter framed a question on the visit around Trump's previous comments criticizing Baltimore as a city.

"How you framed that question — I would have framed that question like: ‘You got a chance to go visit with the president, man. What was that experience like?’" Harbaugh said at the time. "It was amazing. It was awesome. And I promise you I root for our president. I want our president to be successful just like I want my quarterback to be successful, and I want my team to be successful, and it was an amazing experience. It's not often you get invited, and you get a chance to do something like that as a family."

Jim Harbaugh echoed his brother’s sentiments.

"There’s a lot of gratitude there to be invited to the White House to meet the president with my family, my mom and dad. President Trump was just great to my mom and dad. That meant so much. My brother John; his daughter Allison; my two daughters, Addie and Katie; and my sister Joanie; and my niece Ainsley. So, there’s nine of us, and it was great."

The Ravens made the playoffs 12 times with Harbaugh in charge and won the Super Bowl in the 2012 season, a year after the Giants’ most recent championship.

Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

Jasmine Crockett hits back at liberal critics of her Senate bid, suggests they might be getting paid

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, fired back at critics during an interview on Monday — including former "Saturday Night Live" star Bowen Yang and podcaster Matt Rogers, who both urged people not to "waste" money on her Senate campaign — and others who expressed doubts over her ability to win.

"There’s a viral podcast clip from Bowen Yang, a comedian, and Matt Rogers, a podcaster, and they question your prospects and even discourage people from contributing to you," Jaime Harrison, former Democratic National Committee chair and host of the "At Our Table" podcast, told Crockett. 

"And you’ve heard the phrase, ‘She can’t win in Texas,’ that you’re already defined, and now we’re hearing it from folks who have these major platforms. Even, we heard from Stephen A. Smith, who had critiques about you. Tell me what do you think when you hear those things?"

"Yeah, people are afraid. And it’s not afraid of me losing. They are afraid of me winning, actually. That’s what I hear. What disappoints me is when I hear things from the left, I expect to hear certain things from the right, right? So that’s fine," Crockett responded.

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Yang and Rogers discouraged people from donating to Crockett's campaign earlier this month after criticizing certain politicians for making their campaigns "too obviously about themselves." Rogers said there was no chance Crockett would win a race in Texas. However, the pair both apologized for their comments after facing backlash.

Texas has not elected a Democratic senator since 1988, when Lloyd Bentsen won re-election.

Crockett dismissed internet chatter about her chances, and suggested that the people doubting her might be getting paid to do so.

"I will also tell you that, you know, the internet is not a real place. And you should oftentimes ask yourself, is somebody paying for this? If so, who do we think may be paying for it? That kind of stuff," she said.

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Crockett said she won every election she's ever run in because of the people, and added that she has a lot of small donors to rely on. The lawmaker said that she was already preparing for rhetoric that will come if she does win.

"We’re already preparing for the rhetoric once we’re done, right? I win, they’ll say, 'Oh, well, yeah. She won on a fluke. She won because of a wave.' It won’t be because I actually got out and worked and am now running on maybe a total of eight to 10 hours of sleep over the last weekend. It won’t be because I worked, it won’t because me and my team were focused on Texans," she said.

Other Democrats have voiced concerns about Crockett’s ability to win statewide in Texas.

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"She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," one senior House Democrat told Axios in December.

"It's concerning for [swing] districts ... I think it's a bad decision," another Democrat told the outlet.

Crockett is running against state Rep. James Talarico, D-Texas, in the primary.

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