New Panthers owner David Tepper is not a fan of Donald Trump

While there are other anti-Trump owners (Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie probably being the most prominent), the addition of Tepper is interesting because of his past statements on Trump.

‘The father of lies’

In November of 2016, just before the presidential election, Tepper ripped Trump on CNBC. He specifically seemed upset at Trump’s lack of charitable giving, which he had bragged about.

“During Sandy, the big Sandy benefit, the big 9/11 benefit, not one dime. Not one dime! You can’t tell me this is a charitable, generous person,” Tepper said on CNBC, which wrote that his voice was rising to a scream as he ranted about Trump.

“Trump masquerades as an angel of light, but he is the father of lies.”

Tepper isn’t necessarily a Democrat — the Charlotte Observer wrote that he said he planned to vote for Hillary Clinton in the presidential election but Republicans for Congress because he supported their financial platform — but he clearly doesn’t align with Trump. That didn’t seem to change after the election.

‘Demented, narcissistic scumbag’

SI.com pointed out that Tepper didn’t run recently from another inflammatory comment he made about Trump before the election, when he called him a “demented, narcissistic scumbag.” He brought up those comments in a speech last month, SI.com said.

“The economy’s really good right now, despite different things,” Tepper told a first-year business school students at Carnegie Mellon University, SI.com reported. “… Whether I like the person or not I’m not going to get into that — although I did call him a demented, narcissistic scumbag. And if you look up demented, narcissistic scumbag, you’ll see my name calling Trump that. Just Google those three words.”

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/new-panthers-owner-david-tepper-not-fan-donald-trump-175455284.html