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March 24, 2018Needed another reason not to like the NFL?
More specifically… not to like the Pats? (Sorry, Hannah.)
Well…. “Robert Kraft is rolling with the Resistance.” … at least when it comes to gun control.
The owner of the New England Patriots gave his support to Saturday’s #MarchforOurLives pro-gun control rally by lending the team’s official plane to students and families in Parkland, Fla. who wanted to attend the Washington, D.C. event, the Boston Globe reports.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and their families boarding the @Patriots plane from #FLL to attend the #MarchForOurLives rally in Washington, DC this weekend. #MSDStrong pic.twitter.com/Ja0HwMEwfS
— Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Int’l Airport (FLL) (@FLLFlyer) March 23, 2018
Stacey James, a spokesperson for the team, told the Globe that the families of some of the victims of last month’s school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, along with some students who were injured, were flown to the nation’s capital on Thursday.
James said Kraft made the decision to support the protest after being contacted by former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly.
Thank you @Patriots for donating your plane to fly @ShineMsd to Washington DC💙 We appreciate your support! pic.twitter.com/JGnN0jNjoe
— Kali Clougherty #ShineMSD (@kali4change) March 23, 2018
Heading to D.C. & I’m so thankful to be here with so many amazing people. Thank you @Patriots for donating your plane to help us get to D.C.! And always so happy to have @isabelabarry by my side through everything I do✨💗 pic.twitter.com/o8I7EfzQED
— soy | #shineMSD (@SawyerRayne) March 22, 2018
The students and family members will be flown back at the conclusion of the rally Saturday. According to the Globe, neither Kraft, who has said he is a Trump supporter, nor any Patriots team members were on the flight.
Sure… it can be said that Kraft has no affiliation to this cause specifically, and that he’s simply helping young people get to an event they feel strongly about…
But if that IS the case… then is he equally willing to fly a bunch of young adults to the March for Life?
Just curious.
