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napi21

(45,806 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 01:20 PM Jan 2017

Gotta love it! Spur's coach Gregg Popovich speaks out against Trump!!

Most people in San Antonio LOVE the Spurs & their coach Gregg Popovich. they're upset with him for speaking out against the Con since most of them are Con fans. There's a pretty good article from the local paper about what Gregg says about the Con, and HE'S RIGHT!

http://news4sanantonio.com/sports/spurs-zone/should-spurs-coach-gregg-popovich-continue-speaking-out-against-president-trump

"It's hard to be respectful of someone when we all have kids and we're watching him be misogynistic and xenophobic and racist and make fun of handicapped people. And what really bothers me are the people around him: the Sean Spicers, the Kellyanne Conways, the Reince Priebuses that know who he is and actually have the cynical approach and disingenuous attitude to really defend him and try to make it look like he didn't say what he said.

"It does boggle the mind how somebody can be so thin skinned," he said. "It's all obvious, it's about him. If anything affects him, if it's 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Hamilton,' or she got 3 more million votes than you. 'They're illegal.' It doesn't matter what it is, there's a pattern there. And that's dangerous. I'd like to have someone with gravitas, but he got there through the electoral college, which is part of our system, and I hope he does some good things.

"There was a young lady on today who said, 'I just wished he had gone up there and said something like, and I know I said certain things, or you know I would really like to bring the people who don't feel, or I know some of you are scared.' But he can't do that because bullies don't do that. That's why."

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Gotta love it! Spur's coach Gregg Popovich speaks out against Trump!! (Original Post) napi21 Jan 2017 OP
I live in San Antonio, and dolphin52 Jan 2017 #1
Go Pop! Not only the best Bball coach in the business but a thoughtful, progressive thinker brush Jan 2017 #2
Couldn't have said it better myself UltravioletDingo Jan 2017 #3

dolphin52

(9 posts)
1. I live in San Antonio, and
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 01:24 PM
Jan 2017

I don't agree that most people here are fans of Trump. We have heavy hispanic population and they are definitely not fans of Trump! Its mostly the Northern part of the city and in the areas of North of San Antonio.

UltravioletDingo

(65 posts)
3. Couldn't have said it better myself
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 02:09 PM
Jan 2017

Now we just need more people to say stuff like this. With mounting criticisms, Trump will officially become certifiable and be locked in a mental ward. I don't like Pence but Trump is outright dangerous. He is literally a threat to national security.

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