ESPN announced on Monday that it was moving its July 14 Celebrity Golf Classic from Trump's National Golf Club. The shift comes after Trump's comments at his presidential launch speech, in which he labeled some Mexican immigrants "rapists" and drug-runners.
Proceeds from the Celebrity Golf Classic are donated to the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund, which provides medical research funds for minority populations.
In its statement, ESPN said:
Our decision reflects our deep feelings for our former colleague [Scott] and support for inclusion of all sports fans. Diversity and inclusion are core values at ESPN and our decision also supports that commitment.Sports fan inclusion? That's mushy enough for Rand Paul to take as his position on undocumented residents.
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For what its worth ESPN has been proven to be liberal so this doesn't come off as surprise. In addition ESPNs sports coverage much like the regular MSM has been a huge joke for years.
ReplyDeleteSo it's no problem to "discriminate" against people who say things that you don't agree with, but it's a "civil rights violation" to refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding? Don't they even see the irony??
ReplyDeleteThat'd not mushy - it's called maximising market share. ESPN is the worldwide leader in sports - so they say and so it's true. I wouldn't want to start losing market share in a billion person market over something like this.
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