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San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich never hesitates to touch on the issue of hot buttons or give his own hot views on the state of the country.
Popovich was in New York City on Saturday and spoke at Jay-Z’s Social Justice Summit. The event celebrated lawyer Barry Scheck’s work on the Innocence Project.
Popovich said in his speech that he was unaware that there were “up to this level” racists in the United States.
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Winners Barrysheck and Gregg Popovich will take pictures together. The United Justice Coalition will host the first Social Justice Summit with acclaimed activists, entertainers, lawyers, professionals and more at Center 415 in New York City on July 23, 2022.
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“This is the country we live in. There is no answer, but it offends me. It hurts me. It confuses me. And where do I live? I didn’t know. I live in a country. I knew there were racists, but I didn’t think it had reached this level, and because of the rampant injustice and the pursuit of power, I Are in their current position. ” ..
Popovich has made his political position very clear for the past five years.
He routinely blames former President Trump and other Republican politicians for their policies.
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San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is watching during his match against New Orleans Pelican at the 2022 Play-in Tournament at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 13, 2022.
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In 2020, he supported voting in Austin cuts police budget He called Trump “apparently a racist” and those who didn’t understand the Black Lives Matter movement “just ignorance.”
In February 2021, he called the second impeachment against Trump a “good move” following the Parliamentary riots.He accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of canceling the Maskman date in March 2021 and later that year. Likened to Christopher Columbus To Adolf Hitler.
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich signaled players in the first half of the NBA basketball match against the Los Angeles Lakers in San Antonio on Monday, March 7, 2022.
(AP photo / Eric Gay)
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Apart from that, Popovich led the Spurs to five NBA championships. He is also the best regular season champion ever, with 1,344 victories under his belt.
