ESPN’s Dan Le Batard has reportedly decided to dish out a self imposed punishment in the wake of his political comments on the air last week.
Le Batard last week criticized President Trump and those at his rally for chanting “send her back” when discussing four minority U.S. Congresswomen. He also discussed ESPN’s policy about “political” comments.
“We here at ESPN haven’t had the stomach for that fight, because Jemele [Hill] did some things on Twitter and you saw what happened after that, and then here all of a sudden nobody talks politics on anything unless we can use one of these sports figures as a meat-shield in the most cowardly possible way to discuss these subjects,” he said.
“We won’t talk about it unless Russell Wilson is saying something about it on his Instagram page. Then we have the power to run with it. Weak-ass shield. It is antithetical to what we should be, and if you’re not calling it abhorrent, obviously racist, dangerous rhetoric, you’re complicit.”
Apparently he felt he had to punish himself.
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