Trump Goes On Tear Over Renaming Of Sports Teams: 'Degrading To The Indian Population'

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Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump railed against the renaming of sports franchises whose past names and logos were considered offensive to Indigenous people.

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00:00Thank you for that question. For those of us that live here in the district, you

00:04said when you came in you were going to make Washington DC great again. Right.

00:08One of the issues we've got right now is we understand there might be an

00:12imminent deal between the owner of the Washington football team, whatever you

00:16want to call them now, commanders, and locally in getting the Redskins back to

00:23DC and RFK Stadium. That's on federal property. Right. Are you going to be

00:27involved in that negotiation? Yeah. And would one of the stipulations be they

00:31change their name back to the president? Oh, I say, well, that's that's a little bit

00:36nobody's asked me that one. Look, I think when the the Indian population is a great

00:43part of this country, great heritage, and we're talking about Massapequa, Long

00:49Island, the Chiefs, they call them the Chiefs, or the Kansas City Chiefs. They're not

00:53changing their name. They have a great team, great people, great owners, great

00:56coaching, quarterback. I love the quarterback, like his girlfriend, too. His

01:01wife, his wife is, his wife is great. She's been a big, she's been a big fan as his

01:08quarterback's mother is incredible. I like that team. They're called the Chiefs. And

01:13frankly, I see nothing wrong with it. They call them the Warriors and not that team,

01:18but a lot of other teams and all of these Indian surnames and different names. And I'm

01:24saying that I think it's a positive thing. And when you go back to India, they pull this

01:29later. They don't know why these names are being taken off. They're trying to I think

01:34it's degrading to the Indian population. And it's a great population. And they like

01:39when they're, you know, called by various names. Now, Washington, the Redskins,

01:44perhaps that's a little different, a little bit different. But I can tell you that I spoke

01:50to people of Indian heritage that love that name. And they love that team. And I think

01:55it's a much, you know, I think it's a superior name to what they have right now. And it had

01:59heritage behind it. It had something special. But a lot of the names having to do with, you

02:04know, different places, not just Indians. But I think it's they changed the name of the Cleveland

02:08Indians. Why would you take the name Indians off the Cleveland Indians? And now it's called

02:14the Cleveland something else. Right? Guardians. It just doesn't make sense to me. So, so, you

02:22know, we're about bringing common sense back to this country. And it may be popular or unpopular

02:27what I'm saying and just said to you. He's a nice guy. He got a lot out of me on this one.

02:31But I think most people agree with me. I think it really is demeaning to Indians. But to change

02:39the name of the Cleveland Indians as an example to the Cleveland Guardians is not, it's not

02:45the same. And I'm sure it has an impact on the team. Please.

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