White House Expects Tom Brady To Handle Punishment Like A Role Model

Unless you live in a cave with lousy wi-fi, you are probably aware that on Monday, the NFL handed down a punishment over the “Deflategate” cheating scandal that was on the severe side of expectations (though not nearly what some would have liked to see): a four game suspension for quarterback Tom Brady, loss of 2016 first-round and 2017 fourth round draft picks for the Patriots, as well as a $1 million fine for the team.

Reaction was swift and varied among the news media, but it wasn’t until Tuesday afternoon that anyone got around to asking the White House to weigh in. Several reporters asked Press Secretary Josh Earnest to comment on the punishment, on Brady’s status as a role model, and on Brady’s absence from the White House ceremony congratulating his team several weeks ago.

Earnest claimed not to have spoken to President Obama about the issue, but gave his own endorsement of Brady as a role model, and teased a possible presidential response…READ MORE

By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.