A former NFL punter was dragged out of a metropolis council assembly in California by police whereas claiming that supporting President Donald Trump is “explicitly a Nazi motion.”
Former Minnesota Viking and UCLA Bruin Chris Kluwe flipped out concerning the president throughout Tuesday’s Huntington Seashore metropolis council assembly.
Kluwe was protesting a MAGA plaque put in close to the native library.
“I’m gonna take my time to say what MAGA has stood for these previous three weeks,” Kluwe mentioned.
The previous soccer participant continued, “MAGA stands for attempting to erase trans individuals from existence. MAGA stands for resegregation and racism. MAGA stands for censorship and ebook bans. MAGA stands for firing air site visitors controllers whereas planes are crashing. MAGA stands for firing the individuals overseeing our nuclear arsenal.”
Wild: Former #Vikings punter Chris Kluwe calling President Donald Trumps MAGA slogan a “Nazi motion” and being arrested and carried out of a metropolis council assembly by police.
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“MAGA stands for firing army veterans and people serving them on the VA, together with canceling analysis on veteran suicide,” Kluwe continued. “MAGA stands for reducing funds for schooling, together with for disabled kids. MAGA is profoundly corrupt, unmistakenly anti-democracy, and most significantly, MAGA is explicitly a Nazi motion.”
“You’ll have changed a swastika with a pink hat, however that’s what it’s,” he mentioned earlier than saying, “I’ll now interact within the time-honored American custom of peaceable civil disobedience.”
Kluwe’s protest didn’t final lengthy, as he was approached by police and handcuffed.
Kluwe has been charged with disrupting an meeting.
