Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said on Tuesday that he wished NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would act as swiftly to change the “racist” name of the Washington Redskins as he did to suspend Patriots star Tom Brady.
Reid expressed his contempt for the National Football League on the Senate floor while talking about “Deflategate” — the scandal involving the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots who were accused of deflating footballs.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was suspended Monday for four games for his alleged role in the scandal. However, Reid said, the name of the Washington Redskins has yet to be changed despite outcries from Native Americans and others who find it offensive.
“Yesterday, the National Football League punished one of it’s most recognizable players for the result of having tampered with game balls,” Reid said. “I find it stunning that the National Football League is more concerned about how much air is in a football than with a racist franchise name that denigrates Native Americans across the country. The Redskins name is a racist name. So, I wish the commissioner would act as swiftly and decisefully (sic) in changing the name of the D.C. team as he did about not enough air in a football.”
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Well put, Sir.
Bwahahaha…whip 'em into a tizzy, Harry!!!
Is it me or has he been on a roll of late, all seeming to start with his comment that Mittens didn’t pay any taxes and then going from there…like he knows just what to say to drive the RWNJs fucking nuts and comes out with it here and there in the form of a pithy little quip sure to have Fauxbots nationwide throwing feces at their screens.
Of course, the Redskins suck balls and aren’t a nigh unassailable dynasty, so they won’t catch the hate that’s directed at the Pats hehe
I’m starting to feel like he’s done being Mr. Nice Guy.
Ah…but the NFL is run by a bunch of White Guys who couldn’t care what a bunch of “savages” think about their use of the term. As far as the NFL is concerned, they should “lighten up…maybe get some skin bleach or something because that color skin is reprehensible.”
I hate it when I can articulate just how racist someone thinks.
The NFL could croak this name in seconds, if it really wanted to. Right now it’s using the ‘who gives a fuck?’ strategy. That business about caring about tradition and the fans is bullshit so pure that 24 karat gold looks like pig iron by comparison.