LeBron James does what Nick Bosa refused to with Kamala Harris comments

LeBron James has doubled down connected his determination to endorse Kamala Harris for president arsenic helium took a antithetic attack to San Francisco 49ers' Nick Bosa's televised message

NBA icon LeBron James doubled down connected his enactment of Democrat nominee Kamala Harris successful a recent candid interview.

The Los Angeles Lakers prima was asked astir his societal media station from Thursday, wherever helium declared his volition to backmost Harris against ex-president Donald Trump, pursuing the Lakers' triumph implicit the Toronto Raptors. "I wanted to marque definite it was seen, heard, and heard with force," James said connected his motive for the societal media post.

He past delved into the reasons down his ballot for Harris, pinpointing her stance connected women's rights and the aboriginal helium envisions for his kids. "So having a daughter, having a wife, mother, things of that quality that she believes successful erstwhile it comes to women's rights," helium said.

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"And erstwhile it comes to the aboriginal of my kids and wherever I spot wherever our state should be, I consciousness similar that endorsement is lone right. 'And travel on, I mean, you guys cognize me. I damn definite wasn't going the different way," James added during his locker country chat.

LeBron's unfastened backing starkly differed from San Francisco 49ers antiaircraft ace Nick Bosa, who showed his enactment for Trump by donning a MAGA chapeau during a televised postgame interrogation aft the Niners downed the Dallas Cowboys.

CBS Sports reported that contempt violating league policy, Bosa volition not look suspension but could beryllium deed with a hefty fine. The last determination connected his punishment is anticipated to travel aft adjacent week's election.

LeBron James uploaded a video implicit a infinitesimal long, featuring respective out-of-context soundbites from Trump and headlines accusing him of promoting "racist" and "Nazi" rhetorics. The video besides showed achromatic and achromatic clips appearing to picture African-Americans being assaulted.

The video was criticized for its out-of-context nature, including by Trump protagonist and right-wing activistic Charlie Kirk, who wrote: "Lebron James, who volition ne'er beryllium arsenic bully arsenic Jordan, conscionable took a clump of Trump soundbites, stitched them unneurotic wholly retired of context, past layered them implicit racially charged images that person virtually thing to bash with Trump, and past posted the full happening connected IG."

Reflecting connected the timing of his video, which helium captioned: "What are we adjacent talking astir here? ? When I deliberation astir my kids and my household and however they volition turn up, the prime is wide to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS! ! !" James said, "Yesterday (Thursday) felt similar the close moment, everything seemed a spot quieter. I wanted to guarantee my connection was not conscionable seen, but heard with conviction."