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Dwyane Wade, Chris Long Attack Laura Ingraham for Telling LeBron James to Avoid Talking Politics and 'Shut Up and Dribble'

posted onFebruary 17, 2018
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Article snippet: During her February 15 broadcast, Ingraham slammed James for his “barely intelligible –not to mention ungrammatical — take on President Trump.” Ingraham reported on James’ comments about Trump, which he made on the Uninterrupted “Rolling With Champion” podcast. During the podcast, James insisted that Trump doesn’t “give a f*ck about the people.” “Well, the climate is hot,” James said. “The number-one job in America, the appointed person, is someone who doesn’t understand the people. And really don’t give a (expletive) about the people.” James has spent the last two years attacking Trump at every opportunity. But apparently it was all too much for Ingraham who was exasperated enough to exclaim, “Must they run their mouths like that?” Ingraham went on: As The Comeback reported, Ingraham provoked a rebuke from pro players Wade and Long. For his part, Wade implied Ingraham was a racist with a February 16 Twitter post reading, “They use to try and hide it… now the president has given everyone the courage to live their truths.” Then the Eagles’ Chris Long went on a tear and  jumped to Twitter to attack Ingraham. The Super Bowl winner slammed Ingraham by citing examples of Fox News hosting actors and musicians to talk about politics. Long tweeted examples such as actors Clint Eastwood, Jon Voight and Chuck Norris, singers Ted Nugent and Kid Rock, basketball coach Bobby Knight, and others. In another Tweet, Long went after former Red Sox pitcher and Fox News guest Curt S... Link to the full article to read more

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