Six New England Patriots Say They Will Skip a White House Visit

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[bgill]

Who cares. Frankly, it’s a waste of tax dollars having any of them there. Cancel it.

[x]

No big deal. Brady skipped once when the last president was in office.

Chris Long was a big Gary Johnson fan, but maybe he just doesn't want to be bothered with all the fuss.

[Jolla]

Long posted on Twitter that he “planned on skipping” in response to a column in The Daily News that urged him to skip.

Long, go jump off cliff.

[Vendome]

You just removed any chance of expressing your opinion and having some influence on The President...

Dumb...

[DaveA37]

Who needs them or really cares? Not me!

[smokingfrog]

Too busy studying rocket science.

[woweeitsme]

Are you sure Howie Long is a Trump guy? I always had the impression that he was a big lib.

[tumblindice]

Phaggots!

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Yet six more reasons to put the NFL on my “No-Watch” list.

[Nifster]

Well isn’t that special?

[Iron Munro]

I would absolutley love it if Trump just did away with this whole inviting winning teams to the white house thing. Be done away with the whole thing.

Cancel it now and let the world know it is because these six find a visit with the president offensive.

Let their team mates show these six how much they appreciate getting the presidential visit for the rest of the team cancelled.

[Fresh Wind]

I guess they aren’t really patriots, are they?

[hal ogen]

Rich, unappreciative, racist bums. Who cares? I hope they are traded to a zimbabwe team.

[Chewbarkah]

I applaud the 6 for not going. Why should our taxpayer-financed White House be used to promote mega-wealthy professional sports teams? It’s not as if an American team prevailed in international competition — pro football is just a sleazy business venture. I’d rather Trump stuck to business and end this tradition of Presidents using sports stars and other entertainers for photo ops.

[lastchance]

To write they are low class would be a compliment.

[I want the USA back]

The NFL can go to hell.

[basalt]

just invite Tom Brady and Bellichek watch em meltdown.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Ha! Blount is a thug. If he wasn’t playing football, he’d be lying dead on a street in Chicago from a drug deal gone bad. I still expect that to be his fate. Dumb ass gangster wannabe, he has the intellect of a tse-tse fly. The White House is just fine without that criminal element there.

[HARRY TUTTLE]

Better they they not go. Long’s contract is for only one year anyway

[all the best]

Dump the whole thing. It just gets the government involved in more of our lives. As if a championship isn’t enough. You need the stamp of approval from the federal government.