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<\/p>\nRUSH: Then when I am driving in — I didn\u2019t tell you this — I hear that LeBron James (LeBron James!) did an interview on CNN. You know the noted political expert, LeBron James? LeBron James says that President Trump is using sports to divide the nation. Really? LeBron James! At least Michael Jordan knew that Republicans buy sneakers too.<\/p>\n
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So while he wanted to sell sneakers, Jordan for the most part steered away from this stuff, even though he\u2019s a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and leftist. But LeBron James… Look, I know we have freedom of speech; anybody can say what they want. But the man has no political education whatsoever. But there he was on CNN. He was on there with Don Lemon. Of course, he\u2019s serving the exact purpose that CNN wants. Here\u2019s some famous athlete railing against Trump, and it\u2019s supposed to bring all the other dead-brain dolts that watch that network right along into the fold, that Trump is an idiot, that Trump\u2019s dividing the nation with racism.<\/p>\n
May I ask, “Who started this?”<\/p>\n
Who started this business? Who decided to start taking a knee and disrespecting the national anthem? That would be a guy named Colin Kaepernick, right? And then who decided to join him? A bunch of other athletes, some buddies on the San Francisco 49ers and some other NFL teams. I don\u2019t care how you slice it. When the national anthem is being played and the flag is being hoisted and you do anything that looks like you\u2019re protesting that, it\u2019s gonna be properly understood as you are protesting America. You\u2019re protesting the flag and people who protect it such as the U.S. military.<\/p>\n
Add the fact that you are playing a game, although risky, for which you\u2019re being paid millions of dollars. It just doesn\u2019t quite follow that America is this gigantic, oppressive, racist place. But there he is, LeBron James, and he\u2019s on there with CNN with Don Lemon saying the president Trump is using sports to “divide” the nation. “[Trump]\u2019s kinda used sports to kinda divide us, and that\u2019s something that I can\u2019t relate to,” said Professor James.<\/p>\n
“From the controversy over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to selective teams\u2019 invitations to the White House, NBA superstar LeBron James believes President Donald Trump is using sports to create division throughout the country.” Well, now, the way I saw it Donald Trump was minding his own business. One day, he decided to run for president — and despite all the odds, he won. A whole bunch of hateful feel spraining up the moment Trump announced and started saying some of the most horrible, vilifying things toward Trump and his family.<\/p>\n
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But Trump was minding his own business one day until the Kaepernick incident happened and then other NFL players picked it up and then other athletes decided to get in on the action and say to the media, “Hey, cover me! Cover me! I\u2019ll also diss America if that\u2019s what it takes to get coverage.” So they do it, and Trump reacts. So Trump reacting to these spoiled brats being used as political tools by left-wing activists like CNN and others. Trump is accused of using sports to divide the nation. Trump didn\u2019t take the knee. Trump didn\u2019t disrespect the flag.<\/p>\n
Trump didn\u2019t try to get other people to join him in kneeling while the anthem was being played. All Trump did was call out the people who were doing it, and now we have LeBron James accusing Trump of using sports to divide the nation. It\u2019s the left, and LeBron James is one of those — to the extent that he knows it. He\u2019s a Democrat; so he\u2019s a leftist. They are the people dividing the nation. That\u2019s their objective. That\u2019s their purpose. They don\u2019t like America, as founded.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re fed up with it because of all the imaginary injustices that they think America represents. So they are hell-bent on doing whatever damage to America, or at least displaying a lack of solidarity with America. Another example of leftists accusing their opponents of what they themselves are doing! It\u2019s right of Alinsky\u2019s Rules for Radicals — which I\u2019m sure LeBron James reads in the hotel during the playoffs during his spare time. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s an expert on Rules for Radicals. Why else would he be appearing on CNN?<\/p>\n
What\u2019s happening here is LeBron James is being goaded into using his sports platform to divide. Who kneeled first? It certainly wasn\u2019t Trump.<\/p>\n
BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n
RUSH: Here\u2019s John in Raleigh, North Carolina. You\u2019re next. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hi, Rush. How are you doing today?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Doing pretty well. On balance, all the stuff that was going wrong stopped when the program started. So that\u2019s a positive.<\/p>\n
CALLER: All right. I\u2019ll circling around to your first hour when you were talking about the flag kneeling in the NFL. So here is my solution. I\u2019m a prior Marine Corps officer. I\u2019ve been a big Oakland Raiders fan since the [Ken] Stabler years. So what arrived in the mail yesterday? I got a third party to make me a Raiders jersey that\u2019s black with silver numbers. On the front, I put a Marine Corps logo, USA —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait. Who did you say made the jersey for you?<\/p>\n
CALLER: It was a third party. It\u2019s not the NFL.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Not the NFL. Okay.<\/p>\n
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CALLER: Correct. So I sewed on there a Marine Corps logo, a small USA, and a Raiders right above the number — and on the arm, I put an American flag. So I\u2019m walking around the neighborhood wearing this and people go, “Well, what\u2019s this about the protest?” So here\u2019s the punch line. I turned around, there\u2019s a No. 45, and the nametag says “TRUMP,” and what happens then when people see that?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Oh, oh, oh, these are… I\u2019m in a conservative neighborhood. They thought it was pretty funny, and they go, “Well, that\u2019s one approach.”<\/p>\n
RUSH: So that is your approach to kneeling?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah. Just to say that, you know, I\u2019m all behind Trump and not for the NFL to kneel; so this is mine.<\/p>\n
RUSH: You ought to take this idea to LeBron James. He\u2019s the latest political professor, the scientist, that\u2019s entered this discussion.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes, sir, I saw that.<\/p>\n
RUSH: He\u2019s saying that Trump is dividing the nation using sports to do it.<\/p>\n
CALLER: So I caught you at the top of the hour so I called in \u2019cause I heard that and the jersey happened to show up yesterday.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Oh, it did. Okay. You feel proud wearing the thing around, right?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, most people know I\u2019m a conservative, a Marine, and a Trump supporter; so absolutely.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: So is it a black jersey, home jersey, or white?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Oh, it\u2019s black with silver numbers on it.<\/p>\n
RUSH: There you go. There you go. Is it mesh?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes, sir. It\u2019s a high-quality one.<\/p>\n
RUSH: High quality, I\u2019m sure. Well, you could have gone for the actual thing. You know what they charge if you wanted an actual locker room game jersey? You\u2019re gonna pay like $250, $275 for it if you get your nameplate on the back of it.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah. I thought I might get some pushback when I sent this order in with 45 and Trump on it, but they came through for me. They came out in four months. (chuckles)<\/p>\n
RUSH: Isn\u2019t that…? Stop and think. Here\u2019s a guy ordering a jersey, loves the Raiders, and he wants a Raiders jersey with No. 45 \u2019cause Trump is president 45. He\u2019s a Marine; so he\u2019s not scared. But he\u2019s aware that it might cause the office to blow up when they see that somebody wants a Raiders jersey with Trump\u2019s presidential number on it. That\u2019s gotta be relatively new, that when you\u2019re thinking of buying a product, you gotta consider whether or not it\u2019s gonna make the person selling it to you mad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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