It’s been an explosive weekend on social media.
Donald Trump is no stranger to causing controversy with his Twitter rants, and over the weekend, he urged NFL owners to fire any athlete who refuses to stand for the National Anthem, in protest of police brutality.
He did this just hours after attacking Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry and taking back Steph’s invite to the White House for winning the NBA championship, after Steph already made it clear that he had no interest in going.
LeBron called Trump a bum and made it clear that it’s no longer an honor to go to the White House now that Trump is there.
Trump never responded to LeBron’s very popular tweet, and decided to take aim at the NFL instead, hours after he told his supporters at a rally that the owners should fire the “sons of b*tches” who won’t stand for the National Anthem.
He then said more on Twitter, calling out owners for affirming a player’s right to free speech and urged for his supporters to boycott the league.
Many celebrities have called out Trump for his latest antics, including T.I. and Omar Hardwick.
They had no problem clapping back after some expressed anger too:
The problem I have is Trump and his stans think they have the right to tell black people what we can and cannot do. No laws are being broken by not standing for a flag and song.
Exactly!
These idiots care more about a flag than human beings.
I love Omari’s response the most. Trump and his supporters like to be tough behind their keyboards. They are cowards in real life though.
Trump supporters are the worst. Funny how they think not standing for the anthem is horrible but they don’t have a problem with a president tweeting about sensitive matters. I’ll never take them seriously.