Former NFL coach Mike Holmgren slams Trump pandemic response, throws support to Biden

[RandySF]

Former NFL coach Mike Holmgren on Saturday criticized President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and threw his support behind Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

At a virtual press conference with Green Bay, Wisc., Mayor Eric Genrich (D), Holmgren said that he will be campaigning for Biden in Wisconsin, a swing state Trump narrowly won in 2016 against former secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Holmgren coached the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, leading the team to a Super Bowl victory against the New England Patriots in the 1996 season.

“I’ve never done this before — talked to anybody prior to a campaign...This election is different," Holmgren said. "It’s really different than any other election in my lifetime.

During his press conference with the mayor, the former coach talked about the impact the coronavirus has had on the city of Green Bay, and on its football team, the Green Bay Packers. Holmgren slammed President Trump for his pandemic response, saying that curbing the coronavirus earlier could have had positive effects on the Green Bay economy.



https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/516163-former-nfl-coach-mike-holmgren-slams-trump-pandemic-response

[LisaM]

1. Wow, I did not see that coming.

Good for him.

[underpants]

2. Not surprised. He was part of the 49'ers organization in the 80's

I was a cowboys fan at the time and I hated the niners.

The 49’ers organization was INCREDIBLY proactive and progressive in regards to minority player relegations let alone being the epicenter of the AIDS crisis. Books have bee written about this organization.

[Captain Stern]

5. Cowboys fan in the eighties too.....I feel your pain.

I still wince when they show Dwight Clark's td catch (which they show far too often) on tv.

[underpants]

6. Everson Walls

Soul crushing.

[Brother Buzz]

7. He's a native Californian, like Aaron Rodgers

Both imported some of the West Coast free thinking to Green Bay

[underpants]

9. Yeah I had him pegged as a Lib thru the TV

Reminds me a lot of one of my stepbrothers.

[lkinwi]

3. Good for him! I've been entertained by all the Wisconsin MAGAT whining.

[Blue Owl]

4. Yeah!

[Gothmog]

8. Mike Holmgren, former Green Bay Packer coach, delivers serious blow to Trump in WI.

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