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The Kansas City Chiefs’ social media manager should have probably read the room before hitting send on the team’s latest Twitter post.
On Monday afternoon, the Chiefs’ official Twitter account posted an image of three players with the caption “The landlord pulls up with these guys to collect rent… what do you do?”
In the middle of a pandemic when millions are facing eviction – the Kansas City @Chiefs post this tone-deaf tweet?
Wtf were the #Chiefs thinking? pic.twitter.com/vEWgJzHK8t
— Empire Of Lies (@berningman16) December 28, 2020
Apparently “the landlord’ is one of Tyrann Mathieu’s nicknames but fans were still outraged considering millions of people in the United States are currently getting evicted from their homes due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
https://twitter.com/Susan11790/status/1343586610483503105
Because what’s funnier than people getting evicted, especially during a pandemic? https://t.co/7jJ1WeCEKt
— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) December 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/hemjhaveri/status/1343610343566749696
Joking about collecting rent… when facing a pandemic in a city where evictions are at a all time high is not the move @Chiefs https://t.co/kZd2RipJ3i
— Mar🦋 (@marlajarocha) December 28, 2020
Bad optics during a pandemic when tons of people are being forcibly evicted during the winter
— coronado crackman (@coronadocrack) December 28, 2020
The Chiefs eventually deleted the post from their Twitter account following the backlash from fans.