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Jordon Hudsonis speaking up for the fishermen.
In an open letter to the White HouseandDonald Trump, the Provincetown, Maine native issued a “plea” to the president, asking him to reconsider the recent decision to cut the federally funded Maine Sea Grant.
“I am Jordon and I speak for the fishermen,” the 24-year-old girlfriend ofBill Belichickwrote on Instagram on Monday, March 3. “I speak for the fishermen, for the fishermen who have no voice.”
In her lengthy caption, Hudson described recently attending the 50th Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport, Maine, and said that when the news that the grant had been cut filtered out at the event, it “came like a tsunami.”
“This program has been a pillar of support for marine research, sustainability and economic growth for more than 50 years,” Hudson wrote. “The forum floors filled with tears and fears as if everyone were drowning, and we were.”
The former Bridgewater State University cheerleader has long been a champion of the fishing industry.
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During Super Bowl weekend last month,Hudson exclusively spoke to PEOPLEabout her “nautical family history.”
Dressed in a blue sequin dress with a coral reef design and carrying a lobster bag that read “Save Maine Fishermen,” Hudson said she wanted to bring awareness about the plight of fishermen in her Maine hometown.
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“I have a message that pays homage to my family and a message that I’d like to put out there and give a little bit of recognition to the fishermen in Maine,” Hudson, whose parents ran a fishery for years in Hancock, Maine, said.
Also on Instagram Monday, Hudson also posted a trio of glam black-and-white images in which she implored Trump to revisit his decision.
“But do you love the fishermen??? @potus” Hudson wrote.
Hudson assailed the Trump administration’s decision to cut the program, and said similar actions led to her family’s business going under more than a decade ago.
source: people.com
