Posted on 02/06/2017 11:36:48 AM PST by ColdOne
New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett refuses to attend the team's reception at the White House after winning the Super Bowl LI because he doesn't support President Donald Trump.
Bennett made the comments while both speaking with reporters and on Twitter, the Dallas Morning News reported on Monday.
Will Patriots TE Martellus Bennett make trip to White House if team goes to honor Super Bowl win? "I'm not going to go."
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) February 6, 2017
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Just a reminder, the last NFL champ before Super Bowl I was Cleveland...their time will come...and I expect to see it...Octogenarian that I am...
Who cares? Wonder where he’ll be playing next season?
KAPernich is going to stand in for him. It’s a good fit.
Yay! We live in a free country!
How rude not to accept an invitation from the President of the United States.
Fine. No loss.
Gronkowski should go to visit Trump as TE anyway.
Only recently have players and/or team personnel have decided not to go for political reasons. Tim Thomas got crucified for not going with the Boston Bruins to see Obama. Michael Jordan skipped out on Bush once, not a peep from the media. Tom Brady got a little grief no where near as much as Thomas did. Bennett and any other of the Pats players who won’t go to see Trump will be hailed as heroes by the media
Who needs a liberal at the party!!
Welcome to Cleveland Martellus. Bellichik can get a better player from a draft choice trade for you,
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They can take him and Krappernick as seeds for the new Boston Jihadis!
Great expansion team.
Wellaaaa, maybe better, not answer that!
Just another super athlete with the I.Q. of a grapefruit....
good grief man, you don’t have to like the president to visit him....pathetic.
Big Media will be looking for a photo op with this reprobate ingrate and Cupcake Kaepernick.
This is not going to go over well with Coach B. Not well at all. We’ll see how long it is before he is dumped from the team.
It’s a free country, he’s not required to attend. IIRC, Brady didn’t go when Obama was President, did he?
Lifetime loud mouth
Your five minutes are over hoss
Bronk is back next year and your big ass will be bench warming again
No he didn’t. Said he was given 10 days to go....had a wedding to go to.
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