Golf Star Tees off on President Trump
for 'terrible' coronavirus leadership
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com,
by
Mike Rosenstein
Original Article
Posted By: poliposter,
5/15/2020 10:31:21 AM
Don’t expect to see Rory McIlroy on the golf course any time soon with President Donald Trump. McIlroy, the top-ranked golfer in the world, appeared Thursday on the McKellar Podcast. The 31-year-old McIlroy teed off on Trump and his leadership amid the coronavirus pandemic. "We’re in the midst of something that’s pretty serious right now and the fact that he’s trying to politicize it and make it a campaign rally and say we’re administering the most tests in world like it is a contest — there’s something that just is terrible,’’ McIlroy said, per the New York Post. “It’s not the way a leader should act.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
RobertJ984 5/15/2020 10:37:22 AM (No. 411918)
Rory.....who the hell is Rory?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 5/15/2020 10:38:38 AM (No. 411921)
Shame on you, Rory. Go back to your Northern Ireland and enjoy your full lockdown there. I think you are a lousy golfer, anyway.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
snapper451 5/15/2020 10:40:54 AM (No. 411926)
Athletes are like celebrities who think they are smarter than everyone else and therefore must weigh in on every matter. Rory is a good golfer but is a fool for speaking out, especially since he is a guest in our country. If he becomes a citizen, he can speak out, but until then he needs to shut up.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/15/2020 10:43:52 AM (No. 411932)
Moody, surly, who needs him?
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Well Rory a man or should I say boy would accept another's hospitality and then turn around and knife him in the back tell me more about the boy than about the man. I have watched the man try everything in his power to help his citizens all I have seen you do is throw tantrums and whine.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Lonestar Jack 5/15/2020 10:48:38 AM (No. 411938)
We really do not need the likes of this guy to be a citizen of he USA.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
chase9365 5/15/2020 10:49:54 AM (No. 411939)
Unless you are an Amercan, shut your trap and hit that little white ball into a little cup. If you can.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 5/15/2020 10:50:34 AM (No. 411940)
I'm very disappointed that he entered the political arena. I was looking forward to watching him golf on tv at the Colonial but not anymore. He should also know better than to criticize the leader of the country where he is a guest. That's called manners and class. Note to all athletes - please keep your political views to yourselves. We are not interested in them - the same goes for Hollywood.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
fhancock 5/15/2020 10:51:03 AM (No. 411941)
Rory is a WOKE golfer...how clever, how elitist, how stupid...
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
kdsils60 5/15/2020 10:52:58 AM (No. 411945)
Hey.. I've got an idea for a foreign golfer who comes over to America and makes "gazillions" of dollars from American golf tournaments who says terrible things about our President - PUT A SOCK IN YOUR PIE HOLE... IF YOU DON'T RESPECT OUR PRESIDENT - GO HOME!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
msjena 5/15/2020 10:54:33 AM (No. 411946)
Why should anyone care what a non-American golfer thinks about our President?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Shells 5/15/2020 10:58:14 AM (No. 411950)
Uh oh. This shanty Irish trashbag just lost a bunch of friends and a lot of fans. Tour players and the golf audience tend to be very conservative.
What an idiot.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/15/2020 11:02:59 AM (No. 411957)
He impressed me as having more mouth than sense whenever I watched him interviewed on T.V. No surprise here.
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Shut up and swing.
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Shut up and tee off..... You're a great golfer.....
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#12... he caused a stir a few years back when he said that he's not Irish. He's more Scot and English... who lives in Northern Ireland.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Stickhitter 5/15/2020 11:18:14 AM (No. 411975)
Dude, are you really that stupid? As an avid golfer and fan of the game I have been watching R.M. for years and I can honestly say I never liked the guy from day one. I could not tell you why, however there was something about him that rubbed me the wrong way. Now I know why!!!!
Furthermore, you are in Trumps world, as he owns some of the finest golf resorts in the world. Most of the recognized pro golfers love the President as one of there own. You just alienated half of your fan base in addition to a number of your peers.
Can't wait to see the fans reaction to him as he makes his way around the links in our glorious country. Well done,.... you idiot!!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 5/15/2020 11:22:11 AM (No. 411979)
Great. One more sports star to despise. Atta boyo!
--ex Rory fan, not that it matters.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
AltaD 5/15/2020 11:23:11 AM (No. 411981)
Whenever I see his name in the press the first thing that comes to mind is that he's the guy who dumped his fiance over the phone just days after they put their wedding invitations in the mail.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
HPmatt 5/15/2020 11:38:51 AM (No. 411998)
#19 wasn’t that a Seinfeld episode?...
Rory’s been off his game last few years, maybe he’s ‘angle’ing for a gig w Royal Suffolk LA endorsement....
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/15/2020 11:45:45 AM (No. 412011)
I can hit da ball so I be smart...Yea, Right...
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 5/15/2020 11:58:44 AM (No. 412021)
Golf star, eh? That’s usually the second place I go for political wisdom, right after young Hollywood actresses.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
MissGrits 5/15/2020 12:05:05 PM (No. 412028)
The real issue here is… When he played with the president before, he got some pushback. So, rather than stand his ground, he becomes a PC wuss! Come on, “grow a pair,” man!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Right Time 5/15/2020 12:06:03 PM (No. 412029)
So the other Leftists in his social circle gave poor Rory a ration of sh** for daring to play golf with Donald Trump, and now he wants to lock in his bona fides as a True Believer and trash Trump.
If I were Trump, I would ban this ingrate wuss from any Trump Resort for life.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
lakerman1 5/15/2020 12:07:32 PM (No. 412032)
The sissy boy once withdrew mid tournament because he had a toothache.
Tiger Woods finished a tournament on a broken leg.
send the sissy boy back to wherever he came from, or, perhaps send him to Harrisburg, Pa where the tranny nanny, Dr. Rachel Levine, could give him psychiatric counseling.
The PGA tour does not need whiners - ungrateful foreigners in the midst of great American golfers.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 5/15/2020 12:08:58 PM (No. 412035)
A typical know-it-all celebrity mouthing off on a subject in which he is uninformed. He's also dumb as dirt!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
anniebc 5/15/2020 12:22:01 PM (No. 412049)
Never heard of him, so what he says matters very little. If he's not an American, deport him.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
ronniethek 5/15/2020 12:55:05 PM (No. 412098)
Hey you Irish moron--stick to what you know. Is that golf? Hit that ball dummy.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
SweetSweetback 5/15/2020 1:21:07 PM (No. 412117)
Oh, shut up and putt!
Pound another Guinness ..... or 10. We give Zero F’s what you say, caddie, I mean laddie.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Newtsche 5/15/2020 1:27:33 PM (No. 412125)
America in crisis assaulted by McIlroy's fantastically ill-consisdered blathering.
Hey dumbarse, #PaulCaseykilledhiscareer.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 5/15/2020 1:37:00 PM (No. 412136)
Won't go over well with the PGA crowd when they return. Not too many 'woke' virtue signaling socialists are in the gallery.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
thewarden 5/15/2020 1:50:41 PM (No. 412143)
Not really surprised as all of my Irish relatives (both here and in Ireland) literally never shut up. I think they call it the gift of gab. And they drink way too much so...put a sock in it, Rory, ungrateful tool!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
kono 5/15/2020 1:54:16 PM (No. 412145)
Need to straighten out your shot, Rory -- hooked that one into the trees, deep in the Left rough.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Falconer 5/15/2020 2:11:20 PM (No. 412157)
Never been a fan. Never will. I hope the gallery lights your ass up when things open up again!
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
SALady 5/15/2020 2:35:14 PM (No. 412168)
The "Dixie Chick" of golf has spoken. Clearly a man who does not know his audience!!!
The majority of people that follow golf are conservatives. When you go out of your way to offend the strong majority of your potential fan-base, you are not showing very much in the way of intelligence.
But nobody ever honestly accused a lie-beral of being very intelligent, so nothing new here...
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
DeplorableVet 5/15/2020 2:39:03 PM (No. 412169)
As someone who plays golf all the time. And yes, I don't live in a State run by fascists so I'm still playing. I can assure you that it doesn't take any brains to hit a golf ball.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
watashiyo 5/15/2020 3:39:12 PM (No. 412215)
Shudduhp and keep playing with your balls!
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/15/2020 3:45:31 PM (No. 412219)
Rory, let me ask you a question. Do you still have a Hillary 2016 bumper sticker on your Prius? Thought so.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
DVC 5/15/2020 3:56:59 PM (No. 412227)
Go home.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 5/15/2020 4:51:03 PM (No. 412247)
A poster referenced Paul Casey. This anti-Trump rant was a serious PR blunder that says Rory is not smart enough to learn from Casey's mistake. McIlroy is going to get a cool reception from American galleries. They'll root for Patrick Reed in a head to head match with Rory.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX 5/16/2020 4:31:59 PM (No. 412998)
Rory of the exaggerated crotch golf pants?
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 5/16/2020 7:15:18 PM (No. 413104)
This person is completely unnecessary in anyone's daily life. If he thinks that I, or anyone else for that matter, care what this sports figure has to say, then he is really lacking mental thought capacity. Get lost clown.
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