Posted on 12/20/2013 8:33:57 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday that the Washington Redskins should change their name.
In an interview with The Hill, Reid said, “I think [Washington Redskins owner Dan] Snyder is so shortsighted on this.”
He added, “We live in a society where you can’t denigrate a race of people. And that’s what that is. I mean, you can’t have the Washington Blackskins. I think it’s so shortsighted.”
Earlier this year, Snyder said he would never change the name. Asked for comment, a spokesman for the Redskins referred to the letter Snyder wrote to the team's fans earlier this year on the name controversy
The three most powerful Democrats in Washington — President Obama, Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) — have now urged the Redskins to rethink their mascot.
Pelosi told The Hill in October that it “probably would be a good idea if they change the name.”
Obama, meanwhile, told The Associated Press this fall that he would think about changing the name if he owned the team.
Reid noted that other sports teams have changed their controversial monikers, including the Washington Wizards. The professional basketball team used to be named the Washington Bullets.
Other members of Congress who have called for the Redskins to change their name include Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) and Dels. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa).
There it is - the Modern World summed up in 3 sentences! I couldn't agree more.
Reid you total idiot “Redskins” is not even close to “Blackskins”
Gawd these people are stupid
Football with starchy goodness.
How ‘bout those UNLV Rebels?? His district.
So should his party.
I agree.
My choice would be the San Antonio Redskins.
Hey, even the ‘Aints showed up this last weekend.
Well said!! Glad to see someone else ‘gets it’!
As a Redskins fan ( but not a fan of this current collection of dopes, misfits and crybabies, with just a few exceptions) I've had to hang my head all season. Tomorrow we get to see who's gonna play worse.
LOL...looks like my grandson’s room, only a LOT neater!
Dan Snyder should come out and say he was thinking about changing the name UNTIL Harry Reid opened his mouth.
Snyder should say: “Harry Reid has been an unmitigated disaster as Senate Majority Leader. He is wrong SO OFTEN on the most important issues facing this country that although I was considering changing the name if Harry Reid is making a case for it IT MUST BE THE WRONG THING TO DO.”
Thanks. It’s becoming increasingly clear that leftists do nothing for its own sake; they do everything for the utter destruction of their enemies and the domination of mankind. They’re sort of like islamists in that regard.
If the Washington football team’s nickname were The Whiskey Drinkin’ Indians, Reid might have a point.
But it isn’t and he doesn’t
Isn’t there a game called Blackjack that they play in the casinos in Nevada? Sounds racist to me...
Harry Reid should shut up.
Not much chance of that happening either.
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