Listeners of ESPN Radio are buzzing about sports analyst Stephen A. Smith insinuating on Friday that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was racist by declining an invitation to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl win with President Obama.
Smith doesn’t mention race in the audio at all, but many accused him of implying it based on the tone of his rant:
@stephenasmith @Patriots @BarackObama you pretty much said Brady was a racist
— Rory O’Connell (@Roryo617) April 24, 2015
Seeing @stephenasmith imply Tom Brady is a racist right now… Disgusting
— Jon (@YaboyJiggleClay) April 24, 2015
Brady said he couldn’t attend the White House gathering because it conflicted with his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary party, according to The Daily Caller. But Smith saw something more sinister in the player’s absence.
“Was he there in 2001 when George W. Bush was president? Yes. Was he there in 2003 and 2004?” Smith said in a Friday show. “I’m just simply presenting the question because I’ve got a problem with the fact that the franchise quarterback, the face of the New England Patriots, future Hall of Famer and all of this other stuff, Tom Brady can’t do anything wrong.”
Smith kept pounding on the fact that Brady didn’t turn down Bush’s invitations.
“When George W. Bush was president in 2001, 2003, 2004, Tom Brady was there at the White House celebrating,” he said. “But Barack Obama is the president of the United States, and Tom Brady’s got family commitments?”
Smith never used the word, “racist,” but he made it clear that he thought Brady’s snub was racially motivated.
“Why do I feel like if George W. Bush or Bill Clinton or somebody was there, why do I feel like Tom Brady would have been there then?” Smith wondered.
Interestingly, Smith didn’t mention that Brandon Browner and Vince Wilfork, both black members of Patriots 2015 Super Bowl team, didn’t attend the White House celebration, either.
.@stephenasmith thinks Tom Brady is racist for skipping meeting Obama? John Elway did the same to Clinton. Elway hates white ppl?
— Derek Ryan (@longhornderek) April 25, 2015
ESPN pays Stephen A. Smith because he’s probably the only African-American with the balls to effectively call Tom Brady a racist.
— Raymond C. Boldùc (@RCBolduc) April 25, 2015
Stephen A. Smith gotta shut the hell up calling Brady a racist
— Cozy Ty (@Pusha_Ty) April 25, 2015
@stephenasmith Really?! Really?!? Brady racist for not visiting The White House? So what would you say if it wasn’t Obama in office?
— Sir Mata (@Sir_Mata757) April 24, 2015
@stephenasmith you’re petty. Tom Brady isn’t a racist. You got too much time on your hands.
— Millss (@miiillss) April 24, 2015
So Stephen A Smith insinuating Brady is a racist because he wasnt at the White House…. thank God I stopped watching First Take after 2012.
— #PlayoffHuie (@Terence_Huie) April 24, 2015
@stephenasmith why do you keep defending a serial woman beater, yet accuse Tom Brady of being a racist for not visiting White House?
— Scott W. Nicholls (@scottnicholls) April 24, 2015
Stephen A. Smith was basically trying to say Brady is racist without actually saying it.
— ️ (@Imanstah) April 24, 2015
Really feel like Stephen A Smith wanted to call Tom Brady a racist
— I’m a loner, Dottie (@bravesbasebawls) April 24, 2015
@stephenasmith good job calling tom brady racist on national tv! Just because he didn’t go see Obama but went to see Bush was prez #cmonman
— Derek Ary (@DerekA_GolfPro) April 24, 2015
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