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White House says it wants Atlanta Braves name change… on same day Biden hosts team
NY Post ^ | 09/26/2022 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 09/26/2022 2:53:49 PM PDT by DFG

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre encouraged the Atlanta Braves to have a “conversation” about picking a new name Monday — hours after President Biden hosted the team to celebrate their 2021 World Series championship.

Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News asked Jean-Pierre at her regular briefing for Biden’s position on the Braves’ nickname as well as the controversial “tomahawk chop” cheer.

“We believe that it’s important to have this conversation, you know, and Native American and indigenous voices, they should be at the center of this conversation,” Jean-Pierre responded.

“That is something that the president believes, that is something this administration believes, and he has consistently emphasized that all people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,” she added.

“You hear that often from this president. The same is true here. And we should listen to Native American and indigenous people who are the most impacted by this.”

Biden himself had no qualms about saying the team’s name during a celebration in the White House East Room — and noted that its use dates back more than a century, when the Boston Rustlers became the Boston Braves in 1912.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: asshole; atlanta; atlantabraves; biden; braves; georgia; karinejeanpierre; mlb; tomahawkchop; worldseries
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1 posted on 09/26/2022 2:53:49 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

WOW gotta love priorities, instead of crime, inflation, skyrocketing gas prices, gotta change the name of a baseball team obviously that is all that matters


2 posted on 09/26/2022 2:54:53 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DFG

The Atlanta Hurricanes?


3 posted on 09/26/2022 2:55:10 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: DFG

The conversation has been had and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation is on board.


4 posted on 09/26/2022 2:55:31 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: DFG
Bull. Just tell Biden the Braves are named after William Wallace — Braveheart himself.

In the meantime, I'm going to do the Tomahawk Chop!

5 posted on 09/26/2022 2:55:59 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: DFG

Why would ‘brave’ be a racial slur or insult. It’s a perfectly good English word.


6 posted on 09/26/2022 2:57:17 PM PDT by adorno
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To: DFG

Atlanta cucks?


7 posted on 09/26/2022 2:57:23 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: DFG

Okay.

The Atlanta “Let’s Go Brandons”.

They won’t even have to come up with a rally chant!


8 posted on 09/26/2022 2:57:28 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: DFG

and i’d want all pedophiles shoved into a chipper.

we all can’t have what we want.


9 posted on 09/26/2022 2:57:42 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

If they were smart, the Republicans could use this nonsense to help Herschel Walker win the senate seat in Georgia, but they aren’t known as the stupid party for nothing.


10 posted on 09/26/2022 2:58:03 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: DFG

That’s an easy one. If they cave they must become the Atlanta Cowards.


11 posted on 09/26/2022 2:58:05 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: DFG

If they ever agree to change the name it should be to the Atlanta Sir Robins.


12 posted on 09/26/2022 2:58:34 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: alancarp

They must be city Indians.

They’d better not monkey with the name of Babe Ruth’s old team. Bad Henry might be on board with it, though.

The AAA team in Atlanta was called the Crackers. Seriously.


13 posted on 09/26/2022 2:59:34 PM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: SkyDancer

Atlanta Scarlets!


14 posted on 09/26/2022 2:59:38 PM PDT by blackdog ("That's an applause line you useful idiots" )
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To: hardspunned

I’m hoping for the Atlanta Confederates to honor history.


15 posted on 09/26/2022 3:00:09 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: DFG

Are Native Americans/Indians the only humans in the history of man-kind to be considered “Brave” or have battle axes?


16 posted on 09/26/2022 3:00:52 PM PDT by TreasonObserver
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To: DFG

What is Jean-Pierre’s preference? The Atlanta Berdaches? That would be the opposite of a “brave” and would appeal to her people (the LGBT crowd).


17 posted on 09/26/2022 3:00:55 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: DFG

White liberals always solving the problems for poor minorities they could care less about.


18 posted on 09/26/2022 3:00:59 PM PDT by usurper
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To: SkyDancer

What a derogatory name . . . Braves. . . . /sarc

I’m tired of the Commies playing with the King’s English. They are wall-to-wall F-ups and joy-killers. We need to go on the attack. . . .


19 posted on 09/26/2022 3:01:15 PM PDT by RatRipper
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To: hardspunned

Atlanta drunks and change nothing of their logos,mascot (just have 10 of them) or the team name.


20 posted on 09/26/2022 3:02:33 PM PDT by TreasonObserver
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