Posted on 09/26/2017 7:25:31 AM PDT by Truth29
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich took aim at President Trump on Monday, calling the United States a "global embarrassment" under his leadership after his attacks on African-American athletes who have boycotted standing for the national anthem.
“Our country is an embarrassment in the world," Popovich said in a press conference in response to the president's remarks over the weekend.
The San Antonio basketball coach ridiculed Trump for stating that players who linked arms during the games were honoring the national anthem, compared to those who knelt. The players who linked arms appeared to be standing in solidarity with one another in a sign of protest against the president's attacks on certain NFL and NBA players.
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I don’t care what the Globe thinks of the US.
Why should I care what this guy thinks?
Obama smiling today
People have to be made to feel uncomfortable, and especially white people because we’re comfortable. We still have no clue of what being born white means,” he stated.
“Our country is an embarrassment in the world,” Then why do so many people risk their lives to come?
Where were these comments when Otoken was the most ridiculous person to ever hold the office, using a teleprompter to speak to little schoolchildren?
Our rich privileged athletes acting like oppressed slaves is an embarrassment
Standing at attention for God Save the Queen was good for a chuckle
Trump is a sign of hope for most of the white people on earth.
One great by product of electing Donald Trump has been the way all the cock roaches have been driven out into the light. It’s been an eye opening experience.
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Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is an embarrassment!
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Obama was the biggest embarrassment when he broke every rule of etiquette in the company of foreign leaders
Hey Popovich...time for you and your family to either move back to Serbia or Africa.
You were allowed to live on this continent by white men who let your miserable family in when you begged to be here.
We were already here and had already made the place safe for your worthless skin.
You wanna be uncomfortable in your skin? So move to Namibia buttwipe.
And ticket sales aren’t an entitlement, ahole. You’re in the entertainment biz, nothing more. Everyone can stay home and watch re-runs, it’s all the same anyway.
The First Amendment does give everyone the right to make an ass of himself.
This guy has no choice. The NBA is black. He has to go with the flow, or retire, or coach high school ball in some midwest suburb.
ditto that
“And ticket sales aren’t an entitlement, ahole. You’re in the entertainment biz, nothing more. Everyone can stay home and watch re-runs, it’s all the same anyway.”
Exactly. We pay you to sing and dance for us.
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Our global enemies FEAR Trump, as they should. Those same enemies look upon Obama as a partner in crime, which of course he is.
They can take the whole NBA and NFL and move all em to Zimbabwe since the culture there is more in line with their beliefs and what they want.
“I don’t care what the Globe thinks of the US”
Actually, the rest of the world sucks.
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