Former Green Bay Packer Head Coach Mike Holmgren is a supporter of Joe Biden for President. Holmgren has special ties to the Green Bay community and Wisconsin. He understands the damage Trump's failure to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic is doing to Green Bay's economy. The necessity for the Packers to play their home games without fans in attendance is estimated to cost Green Bay's small businesses $15 million for each home game. That's potentially a $150 million hit over the next few months. Holmgren and Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich did a conference call with journalist in September to discuss how Trump's failures were impacting Green Bay.
Holmgren and Genrich spoke to journalists on a Zoom call the Saturday before the first Packers home game of the season — a game that would pack no fans into the stands, nor tailgaters into the parking lot.
“It didn't have to be this bad. It really didn’t,” Holmgren said. “And now we find out in the last couple months, he knew all along. The president knew how bad it was and he kept it from the American people. Not only did he keep it from us, but then he didn't take action. He knew, and he did not take action.”
The Packers are unique among professional football teams. They aren't owned by some right wing billionaire friend of Trump like Robert Kraft (New England Patriots) or Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys). The Packers are owned by the community of Green Bay, making the impact of the lost community revenue even more painful.
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