Many NFL players will head to their local voting locations Tuesday and vote for Donald Trump. In fact, based on the results of an unscientific poll conducted by Bleacher Report, almost every white guy in the league who musters motivation to vote seems likely to cast his ballot in that direction.
But what America is really dying to know (ok fine not really, but play along) is whether Patriots quarterback and Make-America-Great-Again-hat-owner Tom Brady voted for Trump.
Because although Brady has dodged questions about Trump throughout election season, Trump is now claiming the quarterback (along with his coach, Bill Belichick) as a supporter.
So Brady is a rich, white guy who’s known to be friends with Trump. Seems pretty clear-cut, right?
Wrong.
Because Brady’s wife, Gisele Bundchen, claims (in all-caps with an exclamation mark) that she and Tom are not supporting Trump.
Gisele gets thousands of Instagram comments and doesn't say anything but don't you dare come in her mentions with this BS pic.twitter.com/01bN3o8VKw
— feitelberg (@FeitsBarstool) November 8, 2016
B-b-but that would Trump (gasp)… a liar. Or Gisele and Tom just don’t communicate that well. To be honest, both options sound pretty plausible.
But what about Belichick, whom Trump claims wrote a letter of support? Well, it’s easy to be skeptical, as New York Mag points out.
Belichick known for being a quiet supporter of D pols and liberal causes. I smell an orange-maned rat behind that letter.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 8, 2016
It's totally like Bill Belichick to spend time during the season writing a letter to Donald Trump instead of watching film. Totally.
— Aaron Schatz 🏈 (@ASchatzNFL) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/davedoylemma/status/795813972834254848
https://twitter.com/gilbertjasono/status/795830707402711044
Bill Belichick has never used the word "tremendous" in his natural born life. I think he described last SB victory as "not an awful feeling" https://t.co/SQCgJnt4c0
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/795823824235282432
BUT WAIT!
The Nation’s Dave Zirin reported Tuesday morning that Belichick did in fact send Trump a letter, joining his AFC East rival Rex Ryan in the Trump camp.
Very good source: yes Belichick sent the letter. No, he had no idea it would be read out loud. Play with snakes, get bitten.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) November 8, 2016
Hey Bill, what do you have to say about all this?
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/795845166842179584
Here’s our official ruling of this suuuuper important, “Trump supporter or not?” investigation:
Gisele Bundchen: No
Tom Brady: Depends if you believe Gisele
Bill Belichick: It seems so.
Glad that’s sorted out.
