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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMusician wears Barry Sanders football-jersey, MAGAts freak out, think it's about Bernie Sanders.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/28/1922783/-MAGA-fans-turn-on-Garth-Brooks-for-wearing-a-Barry-Sanders-jersey-at-a-Detroit-concert#read-moreGarth Brooks is a country-music singer.
Barry Sanders is a legendary football-player from Detroit.
Garth Brooks wore a "Sanders"-jersey for his gig in Detroit.
Cue the freak-out by the deplorables.
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Musician wears Barry Sanders football-jersey, MAGAts freak out, think it's about Bernie Sanders. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Feb 2020
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ck4829
(35,091 posts)1. This is news to them? Hasn't Garth Brooks always been kind of on the left or progressive though?
I mean the jersey doesn't refer to Bernie Sanders but he hangs out with Jimmy Carter and he supports GLBTQ rights... and that didn't set any alarms off? Goes to show that country music doesn't necessarily mean conservative.
It's clear that they ARE idiots, but this is especially silly for them.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)6. Garth is supposedly a registered Republican BUT...
people register for/remain in a political party for various reasons and most of his stances, reflected in a lot of his music, seem to be more left.
He also played at Obama's inauguration but didn't at Trump's saying he had commitments elsewhere. Overall he seems to try very hard to publicly appear apolitical.
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mitch96
(13,924 posts)2. Stupid is as stupid does......... nt
no_hypocrisy
(46,190 posts)3. This reminds me of the time that Shrub jumped back from someone
wearing an Obama campaign button b/c he thought it said Osama.
Thyla
(791 posts)4. Wait until they find out about Willie!
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)5. They are not the sharpest knives in the drawer are they?