Last night Donald Trump traveled to Duluth, Minnesota for a rally in that community. Trump, who lost the state of Minnesota by just 44,765 votes to Hillary Clinton out of nearly three million votes cast, spoke to over 9,000 at the rally.
Among those in attendance? Legendary Boston Celtic player and former coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Houston Rockets, Kevin McHale.
McHale wasn’t on the stage or introduced by Trump, he was just in the crowd in the rally. The anti-Trump social media community dove into the photos of the rally and shared a picture of what appeared to be McHale in the crowd.
You can see that Tweet of the initial photograph here.
...I don’t know who the first person to spot McHale in the photo — who zooms in to photos from political rallies to look at the people there unless it’s you looking for yourself? — but left wing sports Twitter immediately ran roughshod over the McHale connection, which was shared so much that McHale began to trend on Twitter.
The left wingers then tracked down Kevin McHale’s wife’s Twitter, decided some of her political opinions were unacceptable, and so deluged her with hate that she shut down her account.
At the same time many prominent sports media voices were arguing that McHale’s attending a Trump rally was unacceptable.
At the same time many prominent sports media voices were arguing that McHale’s attending a Trump rally was unacceptable.
It’s important to note that I’m only embedding Tweets from people who are verified by Twitter in this story.
That is, Twitter has decided that these people are significant enough that their opinions should be given particular prominence.
Leading off the charge, a prominent writer on the NBA blogosphere scene sent out this Tweet.
Ah, yes, Kevin McHale should never be able to work in the NBA again because he has different political opinions than you do.
It’s important to note that LeBron James attended a Hillary Clinton campaign event on the stage and not one person with any kind of audience in the country had any issue with that or even remotely suggested it should impact his job status. ecause LeBron’s a citizen, just like you and me, and he has a right to his political opinions, just like you and me, even if we disagree.
No one has suggested that they should be fired or rendered unemployable by the NBA for those opinions.
This is insane.
It’s important to note that LeBron James attended a Hillary Clinton campaign event on the stage and not one person with any kind of audience in the country had any issue with that or even remotely suggested it should impact his job status. ecause LeBron’s a citizen, just like you and me, and he has a right to his political opinions, just like you and me, even if we disagree.
This is what reasonable adults used to think.
The NBA has, of course, been filled with coaches, among them, Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich, who have publicly condemned Donald Trump all season long. No one has suggested that they should be fired or rendered unemployable by the NBA for those opinions.
Remember, unlike all three of these men, all Kevin McHale did was attend a rally.
He was just in the crowd.
He didn’t speak or openly support Trump...
...Then resident ESPN left wing moral authority Howard Bryant, who was charged with domestic violence for choking his wife in a the parking lot of a pizza parlor and accepted six month probation as part of a plea agreement, weighed in on how unacceptable McHale’s Trump attendance was.
Kevin McHale is just a poor white man from a forgotten Deep South town suffering from economic anxiety. That explains it.— Full Dissident (@hbryant42) June 21, 2018
Up next?
A Bleacher Report NBA writer who embarked on a psychologically unstable jeremiad against Trump as a result of McHale’s having attended the Trump rally.
I’d encourage you to go check out his timeline, but here’s a fun sample.
A Bleacher Report NBA writer who embarked on a psychologically unstable jeremiad against Trump as a result of McHale’s having attended the Trump rally.
I’d encourage you to go check out his timeline, but here’s a fun sample.
Turmp is a flaming racist. Anyone who doesn't think he's a racist is a racist becuse they agree with his racism so deeply they can't see he's a racist.
But that wasn’t enough..."
Much here, read all!
