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Barack Obama's Deflategate joke gets thumbs down from Bill Belichick

Published Apr. 23, 2015 2:55 p.m. ET

Jimmy Traina

Yup, he went there.

When the world champion New England Patriots visited the White House on Thursday, President Barack Obama dropped a Deflategate joke.

While many Patriots players laughed, Bill Belichick was quick to give Obama's attempt at humor a big thumbs down.

By the way, Obama's not the first public official to weigh in on Deflategate. Not by a long shot. Read more here.

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