White House press secretary Sean Spicer hails from Barrington, R.I., so it should come as no surprise he’s a big New England Patriots supporter. But that doesn’t mean Spicer’s fellow Pats fans support him.
Spicer has weathered a storm of criticism ever since falsely claiming President Donald Trump’s inauguration day crowd was the “largest audience to witness an inauguration, period.” He’s also been the butt of plenty of Twitter jokes, so his mentions have been full of detractors whenever he tweets, even if it’s not about politics.
So when Spicer tweeted his congratulations to the Patriots after they won the AFC Championship Game to move on to Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons, he heard from a lot of New Englanders who would rather he not be associated with their beloved NFL team.
New England, and very likely most of, if not all of the @Patriots HATE YOU, you fibbing eunuch
— Ken Reid (@KennethWReid) January 23, 2017
The Steelers scored more points than any other team in playoff history tonight. Period
— Brooks Lambert-Sluder (@blambertsluder) January 23, 2017
don't ruin this for me
— Jillian Blazejewski (@jillblaz) January 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/GGMcClanahan/status/823385948029206528
https://twitter.com/AngieMayFire117/status/823385146971799553
Sean, bite me, signed, #PatriotsNation
— H Incandenza (@BurkeThos) January 23, 2017
Congrats on being as big a loser as Tom Brady is a winner
— Adrian Pforzheimer 🇺🇦 (@APforz) January 23, 2017
actually Pittsburgh won the media is lying to you @seanspicer @Patriots https://t.co/UriSSbOoyS
— it is literally illegal for you to read my profile (@ChrisCaesar) January 23, 2017
But Patriots fans don’t only blow up Spicer’s Twitter when he mentions the team. They make sure he remembers their disdain on other days, too.
Ugh Sean spicer is patriots fan
— FREE 🇵🇸 Palestine (@bengaltiger916) January 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/RealPatSalvas/status/823004723603185664
https://twitter.com/JinDenver/status/822985324544532480
Oh no, I just learned Sean Spicer is a Red Sox and Patriots fan. As if we don't have enough of a perception problem.
— Salidinas (@jim_reedy) January 22, 2017
Hey @seanspicer enough people think all Patriots fans are liars and cheaters without you saying blatantly false stuff on TV #chill
— chopcorn pickens 🐅 (@tiga_tea) January 22, 2017
Is there a way that Patriots and Red Sox fans can universally reject @seanspicer 's support of our teams? #FindSeanAlternativeTeams
— Brendan Henrique (@BrendanHenrique) January 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/AllyMoran/status/823930263235334146
The backlash from Pats fans isn’t entirely surprising considering every New England state went to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, save for one of Maine’s four electoral votes. Massachusetts, where the Patriots are based, even was the only state in which every county voted Clinton.
Spicer might want to pull a Roger Goodell and not hang out around Gillette Stadium anytime soon.
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