New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers took to social media Thursday to say he believes the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting actually happened and was "an absolute tragedy."
He said he has "never been of the opinion that the events did not take place" and offered his thoughts and prayers to the families of the victims:
Aaron Rodgers @AaronRodgers12As I'm on the record saying in the past, what happened in Sandy Hook was an absolute tragedy. I am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place. Again, I hope that we learn from this and other tragedies to identify the signs that will allow us to…
Rodgers' comments come after Pamela Brown and Jake Tapper of CNN reported the quarterback previously shared "deranged conspiracy theories" regarding the shooting with two people, one of whom was Brown.