Posted on 01/10/2021 11:07:34 AM PST by MarvinStinson
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, long one of the sports world’s most outspoken critics of President Donald Trump, unleashed a blistering tirade against Trump on Thursday, one day after the president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Popovich spoke at length about the deadly riot in D.C. He fully blamed Trump for fueling the vitriol that led to the attack and called for his removal from office.
Popovich also criticized Vice President Mike Pence and Sens. Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley and Lindsey Graham for enabling Trump throughout his four years in office.
“He’s incapable. He’s incompetent,” Popovich said. “He’s incapable of caring. And it’s sad because he’s a deranged, really flawed individual, but he’s also dangerous. That’s why I don’t think it’s so farfetched for people to start talking about the 25th Amendment.”
Popovich even speculated that Trump enjoyed watching the riot, and questioned the lack of preparedness of Capitol police.
“I believe with all my heart that Trump enjoyed it,” Popovich said. “And they talked about the police and how easy it was and the barriers were pulled and they just walked right in. That doesn’t happen unless there’s a wink and a nod somewhere. That just doesn’t happen. It’s never happened at any protest anybody’s ever been to.”
Popovich’s speculation is backed up by Kaitlan Collins of CNN, who tweeted that White House officials were shaken by Trump’s “borderline enthusiastic” reaction to watching his supporters storm the Capitol.
During the attack, Trump tweeted requests for his supporters to remain peaceful but also reasserted the belief the election was stolen from him.
“I'm embarrassed to be an American and have people see what they saw yesterday,” said Popovich.
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He knows nothing. Who is this imbecile?
He’s a buffoon!
Shove it, pizza face - nobody gives a crap about your opinion.
Yeah, buried history
I always rely on basketball coaches to tell me what’s going on in the hearts and minds of politicians.
When hell freezes over and I desire a word from popovich, I’ll flush the toilet...
Then you are a blind idiot. When the blind lead the blind, they both fall into the ditch.
Did you write that Gregg? Or did your Chinese Communist masters?
Why does useless stuff like this get posted to FR?
Pop can go to hell. He solidified my dislike of the NBA and the team I had rooted for since their days in the ABA.
Greg, we are not talking about a Rape here.
There were many aspects of Jan. 6th that I enjoyed too.
I enjoyed that huge numbers of my fellow MAGAs were making themselves known. I am sorry about those who died, but I am not sorry that large numbers of people showed their support for our president, and showed their disgust at the results of Voter Fraud. So, sorry Greg, NOT sorry!
Projection.
“I’m embarrassed to be an American “
Where did this guy get the idea he’s an American?
Was his family here during the Revolution? Did they believe the same things when they came here on a steamship, centuries after gaining independence? Does he believe in those things now, or just slavish obedience to a bunch of self appointed overseers like Biden?
Home to Serbia, Gregorovich! You can worship Tito and try to take it back to “The State is All”.
Dear Greg-ga: They pay the guy at the aquarium five bucks an hour to coach the seals to put a ball through a hoop.
You are grossly overpaid.
‘I believe with all my heart that Trump enjoyed it’
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I think it is perfectly fair to say that I enjoyed the DC riots just as much as Leftists enjoyed the 2020 BLM/Antifa riots.
Opinions are like bungholes, everbody has one, and they all stink.
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