Jack Nicklaus on if Tiger Woods will play again, supporting Donald Trump and needing a cane – usatoday.com
I never got any blowback, and Im sure I had a ton of it, he said. But I dont pay attention to that stuff. I didnt see any of it.
Nicklaus said that Trump had Vice President Mike Pence make the ask.
Pence said the president knows youll do it, but he didnt feel right about it, Nicklaus said. I told him Id be delighted to write a letter. You have to stand up for what you believe in, and I think he did a really, really good job. Did he do it perfectly? Forget the way he talks, his personality. I thought he backed up what he said he would do.
Trump, he added, has been a friend for years, Ive built golf courses for him, and to support him was not difficult. Ive voted for Republicans and a ton of Democrats, too. I vote for the person and how they do. And Id write a letter for the right Democrat, too.
Nicklaus also was grateful to Trump, who had Mark Meadows, Trumps chief of staff, help get a provision written into the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the Cares Act) that provided support for free-standing childrens hospitals that initially were not included in the bill.
He went to bat for us, Nicklaus said. There were 28 free-standing childrens hospitals, and they got $50 million apiece. They were losing money during COVID, and it really helped. I couldnt help but support the guy.
Read more here:
Jack Nicklaus on if Tiger Woods will play again, supporting Donald Trump and needing a cane - usatoday.com