It’s probably not the endorsement that will win Donald Trump the most votes and it’s certainly not the endorsement that feels the most relevant to this decade, but it may be the most on message.
Remember John Rocker? You know, the Major League Baseball pitcher who became notorious in the late 1990s for sentiments like “I’d retire first” rather than move to New York City to play for the Yankees or the Mets, because:
It's the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 Train to the ballpark looking like you're riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing... The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How the hell did they get in this country?
Yeah, that guy is endorsing Donald Trump, because of course he is. The only off note in the whole thing is that Trump is from New York, but I guess Rocker can ignore that given how well their views on immigrants line up. According to Rocker, he’s excited about Trump because “he has really woken America up”—from its national nightmare of tolerance and inclusivity, maybe?
While it’s doubtful that anyone not related to him really cares what John Rocker thinks, he’s certainly someone Trump supporters can identify with—once they remind themselves who he was to begin with.