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George II

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Mon Feb 6, 2017, 06:27 PM Feb 2017

Not my White House visit: Ex-Bear Martellus Bennett to duck Trump meeting

Source: Hartford Courant

By Phil ThompsonContact Reporter

Chicago Tribune

Martellus Bennett said before the Super Bowl that he would pass on visiting President Donald Trump's White House and he plans to stick to it.

The Patriots ensured they would be making a trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. after winning their fifth championship in overtime Sunday against the Falcons.

"I'm not going to go," the ex-Bears tight end told reporters after the game. "I'm going to elaborate later on in life."

“It is what it is. People know how I feel about it,” Bennett said, according to the Dallas Morning-News. “Just follow me on Twitter.”

Read more: http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/ct-martellus-bennett-to-skip-white-house-20170206-story.html



An interesting tweet and instagram post in the rest of the article.

Good for him, I hope many other Patriots follow suit.
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Not my White House visit: Ex-Bear Martellus Bennett to duck Trump meeting (Original Post) George II Feb 2017 OP
Duck Donald! HassleCat Feb 2017 #1
Brady refused to go the last ti,e when Obama was Prez JunkYardDogg Feb 2017 #2
I'm sure ole deflate paleotn Feb 2017 #3
For sure, all puckered up JunkYardDogg Feb 2017 #4
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