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underpants

(195,097 posts)
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:20 AM Feb 2018

Athletes are calling out Laura Ingraham for telling LeBron James to "shut up and dribble"

I'm unable to copy the twitter posts for some reason.

This is an impressive array of athletes from around the world and across sport.

Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade: “They use to try and hide it.. now the president has given everyone the courage to live their truths”

Fox News host Laura Ingraham lashed out at the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James and the Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant for discussing President Donald Trump’s racist and divisive politics, saying, “Must they run their mouths like that,” and calling James’ statement “barely intelligible."

On the February 15 edition of Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle, Ingraham claimed James -- three-time NBA champion with an estimated net worth of $86 million -- is a “cautionary lesson” for kids: “This is what happens when you attempt to leave high school a year early to join the NBA.” Ingraham belittled the athletes for being “paid $100 million a year to bounce a ball,” and told them to “keep the political commentary to yourself, or as someone once said, shut up and dribble.”



Following Ingraham’s latest rant, multiple athletes took to Twitter to call her out for her “absurd” rhetoric.

Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade


Philadelphia Eagles’ Chris Long
I’ll be replying to my own tweet with a collage of your network allowing political commentary from a few folks.

Baltimore Ravens’ Tony Jefferson


Professional soccer player Alejandro Bedoya
Listen to this poor soul. And to the rest of the ignorant minions who tune in daily to this propaganda network to watch Scott Baio and Ted Nugent among others and tell us to to stick to sports..... 🖕.


Arizona Cardinals’ Josh Bynes

Jacksonville Jaguars’ Donald Payne

Atlanta Falcons’ Adrian Clayborn


Utah Jazz’s Thabo Sefolosha
So that’s how some of them see us huh ?

Sacramento Kings’ Garrett Temple
This is how they really feel. It continues to baffle me, even though it shouldn’t

Dallas Cowboys' Jourdan Lewis

Tennessee Titans’ Joshua Carraway


Indianapolis Colts’ Quincy Wilson

Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields

Former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels
Another white person telling a black athlete not to speak. I’ve seen this before


Former NFL player Geoff Schwartz

Former NFL player Justin Forsett


Former NFL player Larry Johnson

Professional rugby player Danny Cipriani
The ignorance is mind blowing

Texas A&M’s Caleb Chapman

University of Texas’ Malik Jefferson
Dang athletes aren’t human huh?

Clemson University’s Amari Rodgers


https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/02/16/athletes-are-calling-out-laura-ingraham-telling-lebron-james-shut-and-dribble/219409

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Athletes are calling out Laura Ingraham for telling LeBron James to "shut up and dribble" (Original Post) underpants Feb 2018 OP
Good. Time to call out the racism and hypocrisy. yardwork Feb 2018 #1
Shes a drunken gun nut! Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #2
what a low-life pos. spanone Feb 2018 #3
Stuff like that just makes Cha Feb 2018 #4
They use to try and hide it.. now the president has given everyone the courage to live their truths riversedge Feb 2018 #5
Laura Ingraham is a rotten pig. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2018 #6
Laura- shut up and drool RainCaster Feb 2018 #7
Stealing this underpants Feb 2018 #10
This ignorant, stupid, racist, allegedly DRUNKEN-ass ... LenaBaby61 Feb 2018 #8
Please note: She says these things for ratings oberliner Feb 2018 #9
Fuck you Ingrahm Moostache Feb 2018 #11
Ingraham responds to backlash following her attacks on L James: Liberals are playing the race card.. riversedge Feb 2018 #12
 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
2. Shes a drunken gun nut!
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:25 AM
Feb 2018

Remember David Brock’s story about a wasted Ingraham brandishing a gat over some guy she thought done her wrong?

It’s in his book

She never sued him over the incindiary vignette

Why not?

She loved to out gays in college, too.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rory-oconnor/laura-ingraham-right-wing_b_106034.html

Cha

(317,108 posts)
4. Stuff like that just makes
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:26 AM
Feb 2018

people more determined.

Thanks ingram.. you ignorant poshite

riversedge

(79,584 posts)
5. They use to try and hide it.. now the president has given everyone the courage to live their truths
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:29 AM
Feb 2018

So true!


DWade‏Verified account @DwyaneWade

DWade Retweeted Thomas Bishop

They use to try and hide it.. now the president has given everyone the courage to live their truths.


riversedge

(79,584 posts)
12. Ingraham responds to backlash following her attacks on L James: Liberals are playing the race card..
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:33 PM
Feb 2018



Laura Ingraham responds to backlash following her attacks on LeBron James: Liberals are playing the race card

Ingraham: "When I call them out for their insipid commentary, they immediately throw down the race card"
Video ››› February 16, 2018 11:17 PM EST ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF

From the February 16 edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle:



Related:

Mediaite: Kevin Durant Responds to Laura Ingraham: ‘To Me, It Was Racist’

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