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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:31 PM Mar 2016

Patriots fans blast Robert Kraft, Tom Brady over Donald Trump endorsement

New England Patriots fans have supported team owner Robert Kraft and quarterback Tom Brady through on-field controversies and off-field battles against the league, but it seems the support from the fanbase stops short of the political sphere.

Both Kraft and Brady have ties to Republican candidate Donald Trump; Brady famously had a "Make America Great Again" hat in his locker during the 2015 season and referred to Trump as a friend in interviews late in the 2015 campaign. On the eve of Super Tuesday, Kraft joined Brady in the Trump camp when he spoke highly of his own friendship with Trump to the Boston Globe.

Although neither Brady nor Kraft officially endorsed Trump, their actions were met by a hefty dose of disapproval from a typically liberal-leaning Massachusetts fanbase.

One of those fans, Eugene Huffman, works with underprivileged children at Roxbury Presbyterian Church through a program funded by Kraft. But despite benefiting from Kraft's charity, Huffman said he believes Brady and Kraft are tone deaf when it comes to Trump.

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Patriots fans blast Robert Kraft, Tom Brady over Donald Trump endorsement (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 OP
I think when they actually come out and campaign or donate (like Payless Manning did) joeybee12 Mar 2016 #1
 

joeybee12

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1. I think when they actually come out and campaign or donate (like Payless Manning did)
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:33 PM
Mar 2016

Is the time to make noise.

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