Many of the New England Patriots didn't want to meet with Donald Trump in the White House

Today the New England Patriots, who won the Superbowl this year, showed up at the White House for a forma ceremony and photo. But according to The Boston Globe, only 34 of the players showed up to meet with Donald Trump, while in 2015 50 players showed up to meet with President Barack Obama.

Among those absent was Tom Brady, who claimed he had famly matters to attend to. Go figure.

Anyway, the New York Times pointed out the smaller number of Patriots meeting with Trump compared to the amount of Patriots who met with Barack Obama, and even tweeted a comparison photo clearly showing there were more players filling the stairs flanking the center of the photo with Obama and none with Trump:

Patriots' turnout for President Obama in 2015 vs. Patriots' turnout for President Trump today: https://t.co/OxMEOqZonI pic.twitter.com/pLmJWhOw1j

— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) April 19, 2017

I suppose Trump is going to say this was the largest gathering of football players ever; Sean Spicer is going to say the media is showing a distorted photo to attack him; and Kellyanne Conway is going to say Trump and Spicer were just showing "alternative facts."