{"id":40639,"date":"2017-08-14T07:37:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T07:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=40639"},"modified":"2017-08-14T07:37:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T07:37:21","slug":"ex-nba-players-critical-president-trump-following-violence-charlottesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/ex-nba-players-critical-president-trump-following-violence-charlottesville.html","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NBA players critical of President Trump following violence in Charlottesville"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Ex-NBA players critical of President Trump following violence in Charlottesville<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Ex-NBA players critical of President Trump following violence in Charlottesville:- Two retired NBA players were critical of President Trump in the wake of violence in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday that stemmed from a white supremacy march.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, a former NBA player, said Trump\u2019s language during the 2016 presidential election may have contributed the events in Charlottesville, Va., where a motorist drove a car into peaceful counter-protesters, killing one and injuring 19 others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cAt some point, (Trump) has to be held responsible for some of the language that he was dishing out, as well, in a sense to influence these types of groups,\u2019\u2019 Abdul-Rauf, who once stirred controversy for refusing to stand for the national anthem, told USA TODAY Sports on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Critics accused Trump of using racially-charged language during the election in an effort to appeal to voters. Abdul-Rauf, who played nine seasons in the NBA, said the events of Charlottesville demonstrated the power of language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cLook, if you\u2019re just talking, if you\u2019re just protesting, according to the laws of this country, you have a right to do that,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cAs long as you as you\u2019re not physically harming someone else. But it shows that words are powerful and sometimes this is what happens. Not everybody can hold their emotions in check.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Stephen Jackson, who played 14 seasons in the NBA, criticized Trump for not specifically condemning racism in the aftermath of the violent protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cAt the end of the day, if you\u2019re not against racism, you\u2019re racist,\u2019\u2019 Jackson said. \u201cPoint blank.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">On Saturday, Trump said, &#8220;We condemn in the strongest most possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">By contrast, Jackson said, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe directly addressed white nationalists when the governor said, \u201cThere is no place for you here, there is no place for you in America.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Added Jackson, \u201cI wish (Trump) would\u2019ve spoke like the governor of Virginia and let it be known that we\u2019re not going to tolerate this.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Abdul-Rauf and Jackson were in Los Angeles for Ice Cube\u2019s Big3 3event at Staples Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2017\/08\/13\/president-trump-language-stephen-jackson-mahmoud-abdul-rauf\/563857001\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/ex-nba-players-critical-president-trump-following-violence-charlottesville.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-NBA players critical of President Trump following violence in Charlottesville Ex-NBA players critical of President Trump following violence in Charlottesville:- Two retired NBA players were critical of President Trump in the wake of violence in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday that stemmed from a white supremacy march. 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