Kamala Harris Praises Protesting NBA Players: ‘Monumental Courage’

[mystery-ak]

AWR Hawkins 27 Aug 2020

Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris used the phrase “monumental courage” to describe decisions by the NBA and WNBA to cancel games, in protest of the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake.

Breitbart News reported that the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks opted to boycott the fifth game of the Eastern Conference playoffs in light the August 23, 2020, officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake. As a result of the Bucks’ decision, the NBA announced it would postpone three other playoff games set to take place as a show of support.

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden praised the Bucks for refusing to play, tweeting, “This moment demands moral leadership. And these players answered by standing up, speaking out, and using their platform for good. Now is not the time for silence.”

Harris followed in Biden’s footsteps, tweeting support for the two leagues after games were cancelled:

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Kamala Harris
@KamalaHarris
It takes monumental courage to stand up for what you believe in. NBA and WNBA players, keep standing up and demanding change.


Joe Biden
@JoeBiden
This moment demands moral leadership. And these players answered by standing up, speaking out, and using their platform for good.

Now is not the time for silence.

https://twitter.com/Bucks/status/1298763794986995718
11:10 AM · Aug 27, 2020

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[mystery-ak]

Hey you two idiots the NBA caved..   

[skeeter]

Nothing contrasts the two sides better - rats think overpaid, pampered professional athletes are heroes for making symbolic, approved gestures to a like minded audience; the rest of America think normal people who actually stand to lose something - soldiers, first responders, etc. should be honored for making real sacrifices to life and limb for the benefit of all of us and for nothing in return.

[jafo2010]

What anyone does in the NBA is about as important as a fart from a camel in the desert.

[cato potatoe]

Well naturally, a bunch of illiterate thugs are going to side with one of their own.

[catfish1957]

I've said it here before, if there was one enjoyable thing of this thing unraveling, it would be professional athletes going broke, and having no job, no voice, and no power in crust of anything in society

[DCPatriot]

Well naturally, a bunch of illiterate thugs are going to side with one of their own.

@cato potatoe

LOL!  And there's no way a significant number of NBA fans are going to take the time to vote... in any event.

[deb]

I've said it here before, if there was one enjoyable thing of this thing unraveling, it would be professional athletes going broke, and having no job, no voice, and no power in crust of anything in society

We can dream.

Our country has worshiped sports. Maybe, just maybe, this is the Lord’s way of toppling one of our idols.

[Idiot]

I've said it here before, if there was one enjoyable thing of this thing unraveling, it would be professional athletes going broke, and having no job, no voice, and no power in crust of anything in society

[bilo]

Nothing contrasts the two sides better - rats think overpaid, pampered professional athletes are heroes for making symbolic, approved gestures to a like minded audience; the rest of America think normal people who actually stand to lose something - soldiers, first responders, etc. should be honored for making real sacrifices to life and limb for the benefit of all of us and for nothing in return.

 

A real hero was Pat Tillman. He left a professional sports career to join the army and died in the field of battle.

[Wingnut]

She know a lot about  'Stand upping".  She advance her career pulling herself up by her garter straps and gracefully getting off her knees.

[berdie]

Nothing contrasts the two sides better - rats think overpaid, pampered professional athletes are heroes for making symbolic, approved gestures to a like minded audience; the rest of America think normal people who actually stand to lose something - soldiers, first responders, etc. should be honored for making real sacrifices to life and limb for the benefit of all of us and for nothing in return.

And that's the truth!