Saints delete tweet showing Drew Brees in #SayHerName shirt after complaints

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The New Orleans Saints deleted a tweet showing quarterback Drew Brees wearing a #SayHerName shirt before Sunday’s playoff game against the Chicago Bears — which he and other players have worn all season to draw attention to the
Breonna Taylor shooting — over complaints Brees actually wore it for Ashli Babbitt, a supporter of President Donald Trump who was fatally shot by police during last week’s Capitol siege, USA Today’s For the Win reported.

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Teammate Malcolm Jenkins ripped Brees for his stance, saying in a now-deleted video that “we’re done talking, Drew. And people who share your sentiments, who express those and push them throughout the world, the airwaves, are the problem … it’s unfortunate because I considered you a friend. I looked up to you. You’re somebody who I had a great deal of respect for. But sometimes you should shut the f*** up.”

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 even after Brees’ massive mea culpa, the Twitter mob apparently didn’t take kindly to the Saints’ tweet showing Brees in the #SayHerName warm-up shirt — and For the Win said “fans
speculated in the Saints’ mentions that Brees was possibly co-opting the Breonna Taylor social justice hashtag for Ashli Babbitt.”

Here’s what other woke detractors had to say:

“Drew Brees got on a say her name shirt for that white lady that got killed at the capital but wouldn’t stand on black issues,” one Twitter user noted. “Yeah Saints losing by 10.”

“Brees definitely wore that Tee shirt for the lady killed in D.C.,” another user said. “He has always been a closet racist in my mind.”

“Nah, man Saints fan explain this s**t!!!!!!” one Twitter user exclaimed.

“Drew Brees wearing a #sayhername shirt is almost hilarious,” another commenter said. “After all the crap he said about kneeling. He wants us to believe this now?”

“So… is Drew Brees wearing that shirt for Breonna Taylor or for that dumb chick who got shot down like a possum after rioting in the Capitol? another user asked.

“I’m pretty offended seeing Drew Brees rock a sayhername shirt,” another commenter said.

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