UPDATED: The Most Political Super Bowl Ever?

All the times politics and football met up at Super Bowl 51…

Paulo Senra
1 min readFeb 6, 2017

… and oftentimes defied Trump’s version of America.

A common theme of the Super Bowl Sunday went something like this…

Here’s a sample of some of the more politically-charged moments of the night…

The Trump/O’Reilly pre-game interview:

The Pope, yes, The Pope sent a video message:

Introduction of Hall of Fame black college players:

Members of ‘Hamilton’ cast add “sisterhood” to America The Great lyrics:

Former President George W. Bush arrives for the coin toss:

Google commerical features a Pride flag, Jewish home, diverse families and a spanish-speaking “nice to meet you”:

Airbnb goes full out diversity with #WeAccept ad:

And that was just the pre-game and the first half.

21–3 Atlanta at half or…

Lady Gaga mentions “transgender” during her halftime performance:

Together is beautiful, says Coca Cola:

The Budweiser ad:

Although important to note…

Audi’s gender pay equity spot:

Inside These Lines, from the NFL:

But the spot wasn’t being interpreted the same way by everyone…

28–20 Falcons, just under five minutes left, lots of time, and USA Today just tweeted this…

FINAL: Patriots win 34–28 in OT.

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Paulo Senra

Storyteller. Traditional sports/esports PR & Content pro. Published in The Daily Dot, The Advocate, The Globe & Mail, Toronto Star and ESPN’s Grantland.