A man who could help shape the nation’s future also has strong opinions about Iowa football and Tim Tebow.
On Nov. 7, Matt Whitaker was named the acting Attorney General of the United States after Jeff Sessions’ resignation. He is now in position to make very important decisions about the fate of the nation.
One look at Whitaker’s Twitter account, also reveals he’s got some very, VERY basic opinions about sports, folks. He’s made his account private thanks to some old tweets criticizing Robert Mueller, but before he did we went through his account to find the most ... regular? ... sports takes he had.
Some backstory on Whitaker in general: he graduated from Iowa, played football for the Hawkeyes in the 1990s, and even appeared in the 1991 Rose Bowl between the Hawkeyes and Washington Huskies.
Let's Go Hawks! On Iowa! #Hawkeyes#CyHawk#HawkeyeStatepic.twitter.com/wMpOuhEahn
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) September 8, 2018
But back to his sports takes, which he’s got plenty of:
Various opinions on Iowa football
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As a former Hawkeye TE, there’s a lot of this, too:
#IOWA TEs!
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) September 23, 2018
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Hawkeyes need to get a better deal from Nike based on these numbers. https://t.co/S7eLaEO9qv
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) September 7, 2016
Tim Tebow
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Might’ve been one of the few!
Randy Moss
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Football in general
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Same, tbh.
Lifting weights in his free time:
What I do in my free time. #powerclean#CrossFitpic.twitter.com/EO5iDKbIMG
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) August 25, 2017
That’s ... somehow not surprising.
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On training intensity : You think you're at 8, you're really at 2. #wisdom
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) April 4, 2016
Oh yeah, and take a gander at his cover photo:
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I’m not mocking this at all — the dude can lift some serious weight.
The Chicago Blackhawks, and sports in general, for mental health.
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Golf
Perhaps the most heated of categories here.
The problem is you can't have a great finish if you don't know the score! #USOpen
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) June 19, 2016
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Maybe #usa will cheer me up with #RyderCup win!
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) October 1, 2016
Matt has some golf feelings he might need to work out with an afternoon tea time or two.
Bottle flipping
Bottle flipping is sports too!
The @IowaWildAAA 2004 team would dominate this competition https://t.co/pZPoqqwOys
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) August 9, 2017
#Debates and #Sports
so many choices football, baseball and politics. my kind of night! #debates
— Matt Whitaker (@MattWhitaker46) October 23, 2012
Sports Refreshments
Which of Whitaker’s teams do you think drove him to this particular purchase?
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Whitaker might be a little busier now with his new job. It’s a role that comes with an incredible amount of responsibility, including some big decisions. There’s about a one-year gap in Whitaker’s Twitter history, after which he stopped dipping so frequently into the sports takes for some reason.
(By the way, if you’d like to learn more about who Whitaker is beyond his goofy sports takes, you can read more about him courtesy of our friends at Vox).