Last Saturday, Garth Brooks — arguably the biggest country music artist in the world — played a show in Detroit at Ford Field to a crowd of more than 74,000.
And in typical fashion, the performer (whoever that may be) will usually play up to the hometown crowd by wearing the jersey of a popular athlete in said town. In this case, Brooks wore a Barry Sanders jersey since the concert was in Detroit and Barry is obviously a staple here.
Well, apparently the greatest running back in NFL history cannot be distinguished from Bernie Sanders to certain factions of mouthbreathers within Brooks’ fanbase.
And since reactionaries are usually clown shows in and of themselves, when word got out that Brooks had the “balls” to endorse a sOcIaLiSt in Bernard Sanders, the singer took massive amounts of heat.
“Good grief. Can’t you just do what you get paid to do????” a user named @jenjensoccermama wrote. “Why why why does it have to involve politics!!! So sad. We don’t pay good money for anything other than to watch you perform. Thought you were different.”Â
“Nothing like supporting a communist to loss [sic] a few fans,” @chrisay59 screeched. “How about going to a successful socialist country and doing some research? Oh yes, you can’t because there aren’t ANY successful socialist countries!”Â
“If this is for Bernie Sanders, I’m done with you. I thought you were a true American that loves Our Country,” @smoke52020 added.
Now Bernie has yet to respond to the backlash, however, Barry tweeted asking for Garth to be his VP, which the singer accepted…
And since Barry now has a campaign to think about, the Lions were quick to get an election poster designed and put out on social media.
I mean, I’m going to be casting my ballot for Bernie here in the Michigan Primary but I can admit, Sanders (Barry)/Brooks has an interesting ring to it.