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Donald Trump's firm stance on Washington's NFL team name is receiving high praise from one prestigious Native American organization, which told TMZ Sports this week it agrees the moniker should have never been changed.

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00:00Moving on to Washington, D.C., where the president has now weighed in on the debate over the NFL team there.

00:09And there's Team Z Sports found out that there is an organization that agrees with the president

00:15that the commanders should go back to their old name.

00:19For those who don't know, the team used to be called the Washington Redskins,

00:25and it was changed to the commanders.

00:27Actually, it went to the Washington football team and then eventually the commanders.

00:31So here is first what President Trump had to say about the debate.

00:34The commanders changed the name back to Redskins.

00:37Well, you want me to make a controversial statement?

00:40I would.

00:42I wouldn't have changed the name.

00:44But that's it.

00:45It just doesn't have the same ring to me.

00:49But, you know, winning can make everything sound good.

00:52So if they win, all of a sudden the commander sounds good.

00:55But I wouldn't have changed the name.

00:56Right.

00:57So we spoke to the group called the Native American Guardians Association,

01:00and they said, look, this is actually a symbol of pride and power for the Native Americans.

01:06And this is something that we never wanted to go away in the first place.

01:09But as we all know, that's not how everyone feels.

01:11Lucas, that's weird.

01:12Well, I actually wanted to, I Googled it this morning because I just wanted to get some clarity.

01:17That's certainly not the way it's defined.

01:19Right.

01:20But this organization specifically says that they never viewed it as a slur.

01:24That's interesting.

01:25It was actually a pride thing and a symbol for their entire culture.

01:30So they loved it.

01:31And, you know, like we were talking a little bit earlier today, I think the problem is the commanders isn't a great name.

01:38It doesn't roll off the tongue.

01:39It's not really cool.

01:40It sucks.

01:40I don't get that, that it sucks.

01:43They're in Washington, D.C.

01:45I know.

01:45The commander-in-chief.

01:46I thought there's one.

01:47The commander-in-chief.

01:48Right.

01:49But commanders.

01:50Well, you have, okay.

01:52Trump is correct on this, though.

01:54If they win a Super Bowl, this all goes away.

01:56And Washington commanders sounds a lot better.

01:57That's true.

01:58No, that's absolutely true.

01:58And then suddenly it would be really cool.

02:00By the way, you know, this group that you guys.

02:03Is it Patriots taken?

02:05Oh, yeah.

02:06For now.

02:07For now.

02:08The Native American Guardians Association.

02:11Everyone knows what the acronym is, right?

02:14NAGA.

02:15I'm just saying that they tend to align themselves.

02:18Oh, my God.

02:18I did not think of that.

02:19With Donald Trump policies.

02:20Oh, my gosh.

02:20Because, and it was formed in 2017.

02:24So.

02:25Oh, Lucas, you should have disclosed that part.

02:27I've just got to disclose that.

02:28But listen, they can still have their feelings about the team.

02:30I understand that.

02:31But the, when you look, when you Google it, it's all different.

02:36Gabriel Smith, Silver Spring, Maryland.

02:39Uh, it's obvious that the commanders want to get fans comfortable with the idea of changing

02:42the name back to the Redskins.

02:44Think about it.

02:45The NFL draft is in D.C. this year.

02:47They brought back the classic uniforms to trigger some of that nostalgia.

02:50And the uniforms look dope.

02:51D.C. is getting a brand new stadium.

02:53The team is finally good again.

02:54With a president in office that's re-renaming military bases after Heroes of the Confederacy.

02:58And doesn't really seem to care about public opinion.

03:02So, I think it's obvious.

03:04What is the prevailing there in the, uh, in that area, in the DMV?

03:08What is, what does the public in general think about it?

03:12Uh, I mean, I think that you have a lot of folks that are really, you know, tied to that

03:15name.

03:16You know, they've been fans of the organization for years.

03:19They grew up rooting for the team.

03:20So, I think that they're, I think it's pretty split.

03:22There's definitely a lot of folks that do still support the name.

03:25And then there's a lot of folks that probably don't.

03:27So, I mean, it's, I think it's pretty, pretty evenly split.

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