Even old friend Bill Belichick has turned on Donald Trump.
Can you imagine the meetings in the football complex of the New England Patriots when, four days after the MAGA riot at the nation’s capital, Trump announced he would give the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bill Belichick?
Belichick has total control over the NFL team and has been a long-time friend of the twice-impeached president, dating back to his days as defensive coordinator for the New York Giants when Trump was a wheeler-dealer real estate mogul in Gotham City.
Belichick is already infamous for his relationship with Trump, who read a personal letter from the eight-time Super Bowl champion at one of his last rallies before the 2016 election. The coach heaped praise on the candidate for his great campaign and wished him luck.
Had the January 6 insurgence not happened, no question Belichick would have accepted the medal from his old buddy who had already bestowed the same honor on political supporters Coach Lou Holtz, right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh and two beleaguered members of the U.S. House and Senate Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan.
That wouldn’t have bothered Belichick a single bit because, well, he is Bill Belichick. But after the MAGA mob tried to stop the counting of Electoral Votes for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, all that changed.
Massachusetts is a Democratic stronghold that also loves its professional football team. That love affair cooled somewhat after the Patriots lost free agent quarterback Tom Brady last summer and then lost nine games and missed the playoffs this season.
Belichick going to the White House after such a season would have been unpopular for that reason alone, but after what happened at the Capital it became more of a team decision. Even though Patriots owner Robert Kraft is also a Trump supporter, the optics of his coach accepting the medal would have been too much for the entire organization.
After “the tragic events of last week, the decision has been made not to move forward with the award,” Belichick said. In other words, ownership made the coach call an audible on that play.
Featured image via the Associated Press
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What Trump has had to put up with for the last 4 plus years and the slanted liberal media hounding him constantly means he should be given a medal for his determination to do the job he was elected to do with all of that going on in the background. We know why they wanted to impeach him and we also know why they spin their stories against him and it is because he does not give in to the Swamp. Lord help us if this biased media tries to continue the trend with those who do not agree with their way of thinking. God Bless America and let’s get this country back on the right track which is exactly what True American Citizens want.