Last week we saw the coup attempt incited by Trump and watched in horror as domestic white terrorists stormed the capitol looking for Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence and others deemed as traitors to their ignorant movement.
As we deal with the aftermath of the insurrection, Trump has remained isolated as his tech megaphones have been silenced for the time being. But today we learned that he’ll be in motion this week and that includes awarding the Presidential Media of Freedom to New England Patriots’ head coach, Bill Belichick.
“On Monday, Trump plans to award Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) the highest civilian honor. On Tuesday, he plans to visit Alamo, Texas, to visit a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. And on Thursday, Trump plans to award New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick the Presidential Medal of Freedom, according to a White House official.”
Belichick and team owner Robert Craft are known to be big Trump supporters, but to accept a now tainted, hypocritical award from a person who just helped inflame a situation that led to death and destruction is both shameful and a slap in the face of every Black player on the team.
While the team has not issued a statement on the award as of Monday morning, Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern wasted no time in voicing his opinion on the issue.
“To accept it is disgraceful.” said McGovern.
For a team who tweeted last week about their connection to racial and social justice efforts, it would be hypocritical for their coach to accept this award.
