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Aaron Rodgers — superstar quarterback of the Green Bay Packers — continues to cause fits among leftists far and wide.
From the moment he called out hypocrite politicians who don't obey their own COVID-19 mandates a year ago to his more recent takedowns of the "woke mob" and "cancel culture" — particularly with regard to vaccines — and his revelation that he consulted with podcaster Joe Rogan for COVID-19 treatment after contracting the virus a few months ago, the free-thinking Rodgers has been rising fast on the left's most-hated list.
And on Monday night, he gave them another reason to froth at the mouth.
Rodgers was a guest on Monday Night Football's "ManningCast" — during which brothers and ex-NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning discuss the game at hand — and the subject of what Rodgers reads came up.
The quarterback, who led the Packers to the top NFC playoff position with their Sunday win over the Minnesota Vikings, told the Manning brothers he reads "a lot of French poetry" and then pointed at a bookshelf behind him and said he's "got 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand over here."
Aaron Rodgers, from a justified hater of awful Scott Walker to \u2026 having \u201cAtlas, Shrugged\u201d from nutty Ayn Rand. \n\nYIKES.pic.twitter.com/82GlB5YYiu— TWDTV (@TWDTV) 1641269851
Rand and particularly "Atlas Shrugged" increasingly over the last decade or so have become favorite targets of the militant left, who say the author and her famous book espouse a me-first ideology. But fans counter that Rand's writings inspire and uphold individual freedom.
And just like clockwork, leftists jumped all over Rodgers for what's on his reading list.
Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist Marcus Hayes appeared to lead the charge as he mocked the QB:
Aaron Rodgers brags he has Ayn Rand\u2019s \u201cAtlas Shrugged\u201d on his bookshelf.\n\nExplains everything.pic.twitter.com/fYHmGeY7FX— Marcus Hayes (@Marcus Hayes) 1641270066
The Palmer Report offered the following brutal take:
Aaron Rodgers just bragged that he has Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged on his bookshelf. Explains all his lying about being vaccinated and such. He's one of those "screw everyone else before they can screw you" wackos. People like this are always a danger to others.— Palmer Report (@Palmer Report) 1641273196
Others followed suit in bashing the quarterback:
But not every observer agreed with the left-wing talking points.