With Tom Brady days away from playing in his tenth Super Bowl, a USA Today sports columnist aimed at the NFL superstar because of his previous support for former President Donald Trump.
In an article published on Tuesday with the headline, “Tom Brady got an undeserved pass for his previous support for Donald Trump”, Nancy Armor accused the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback of being “happy to talk about politics until he’s not more”.
Armor cited the presence of a “Make America Great Again” hat in Brady’s closet while he was a member of the New England Patriots and previous comments he made supporting his “friend” Trump before insisting that it is no longer convenient to talk about the 45th president now that he’s out of office and facing a second impeachment trial.
“How powerful white [sic] of him, “wrote Armor.” Brady’s ability to get in and out of the debate of his choice, to protect himself from responsibility, is the culmination of white [sic] privilege. While this country struggles against the limits of systemic racism, look no further than Brady, for whom expectations and subsidies will always be different. “
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Armor agreed with the comments made by Shannon Sharpe of the Professional Football Hall of Fame, who argued that someone like LeBron James would never get away with being associated with someone like the leader of the Nation of Islam and the famous anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan in the way that Brady joined Trump.
“In theory, it shouldn’t matter if Brady supports Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or someone somewhere in the middle of the political spectrum. He’s entitled to his private opinions,” wrote Armor. “But it was Brady himself who chose to make these private views public. If you think the MAGA hat just ended up in your closet – at camera level, not buried under a pile of cleats and clothes – I have a Brady carefully cultivated his image throughout his 21-year career, either by his style or his posts on social media, and he knew exactly what kind of reaction he would receive.
“Brady had a chance – several, in fact – to clarify or retrace his comments and chose not to do so … Instead, Brady was allowed to divorce this while black athletes are forced to assume their opinions forever , “she continued. “It may seem stingy to mention Brady’s moral cowardice now, when the 43-year-old man is doing things unlikely to be seen again in the NFL. But celebrating what he did while turning a blind eye to what he didn’t do is a privilege. that Brady doesn’t deserve. ”
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Armor, who wrote a similar column before Super Bowl 51 in 2017, insisting that Brady “has some explanations to give” and “can no longer ignore his friendship with Donald Trump”, promoted his latest effort on Twitter, writing “Tom A politics de Brady is not the problem. It is his refusal to recognize that his ability to get in and out of the debate when he chooses, to protect himself from responsibility, is a privilege that black and brown athletes do not have. “
Armor’s tweet and article received a hostile response from critics.
“What are you talking about?” PJ media writer Jim Treacher reacted. “Just because he allows himself to be photographed with Trump? I hate Tom Brady and politics has nothing to do with it.”
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“140 million Americans in two elections voted for Trump – many of them black and brown. His column is ridiculous,” Republican strategist Chris Barron told Armor.
“Yes, you wrote exactly the same thing in 2017. Your private brand of amateurs – the search for clicks is a bigger problem than Tom Brady”, conservative commentator Stephen Miller I wrote.