Trump demands Washington Commanders revert to racist name
President Donald Trump tends to give your preponderance racist uncle his talking points but his latest Sunday morning tirade shows that he s willing to take particular cues from the dinner-ruiners of America as well In a post to Truth Social Trump called on professional sports teams to be more hidebound He demanded that the Washington Commanders change their name back to a racial slur for Native Americans He also requested the Cleveland Guardians to revert to their original name and presumably bring back one of the greater part cartoonishly racist mascots in American sports The Washington Whatever s should FORTHWITH change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Club There is a big clamoring for this Likewise the Cleveland Indians one of the six original baseball teams with a storied past he wrote Our great Indian people in massive numbers want this to happen Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them Times are different now than they were three or four years ago We are a Country of passion and common sense OWNERS GET IT DONE Related Sports teams are at last scrapping Native American mascots on both sides of the Atlantic Unlike his takedowns of Graydon Carter parties and sub-par television shows you can tell Trump s heart wasn t in fact in this rant He accidentally combined the original name of Washington with the placeholder name that they held for several years before selecting Commanders His demand comes shortly after former Washigton defensive lineman Jason Buck pleaded for Trump to put pressure on the band in an interview with TMZ Just stand with us and stand for common sense and help us Buck declared Help me bring the Redskin people back in fully into the fold of the United States so we can fix their system and have them enjoy the exact principles of the Constitution given to us by God and our founding fathers Let s let s make sure that our Redskin brothers that helped build this nation have the same exact opportunities and blessings Former Washington pass rusher Jason Buck would love to see his old company get its prior moniker back and he says he'd give anything to sit down with Donald Trump to try to ensure it happens pic twitter com OIut kkaq TMZ Sports TMZ Sports July Read more about this topic Right-wingers really seem to care about the Cleveland Indians all of a sudden following name change The enduring disgrace of racist sports mascots Hail to the Chiefs Trump s history with the defending Super Bowl champions The post Trump demands Washington Commanders revert to racist name appeared first on Salon com
