Garth Brooks’ Fans Are Furious With Him For Wearing a Sanders Jersey — Barry Sanders, That Is
NFL legend Barry Sanders trended on Twitter Friday morning after a post showing disparaging comments against country star Garth Brooks for wearing his jersey went viral.
“Facebook forgot who Barry Sanders is and is freaking out at Garth Brooks for wearing a jersey and I’m dying,” announced an account under the name Jason Vincent. The tweet contained screenshots of Facebook users reacting to a photo of the country singer ahead of a Detroit concert, wearing a jersey that said “SANDERS 20.”
A post shared by Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) on Feb 22, 2020 at 8:17pm PST
Let’s get something clear right away: Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for president in 2020. Former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders wore the number 20 while playing professionally. “SANDERS 20” is a string of characters a person could expect to see when discussing either topic but the two are very, very different.
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“Love you, hate the shirt,” read one comment in the screenshots. “Trump2020.”
Another user asked if Brooks planned to “distribute his millions,” making a reference to Sanders’ Democratic Socialist ideals.
“So out of touch!” lamented a different user.
The angry comments bled over to Instagram, where users began castigating one another and infighting filled Brooks’ comment section. The perceived enemy — in this case, Sen. Bernie Sanders — remained the only stable target.
“People People…..tone it down. Us Conservatives don’t do this!! WE enjoy Garth and separate the leftists from the good guys! He is a good guy,” said one user.
A representative for Brooks didn’t immediately return TheWrap’s request for comment.
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