NBA player and outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party Enes Kanter Freedom was confirmed Monday as a speaker for the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference.
CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp made the announcement on Twitter.
“CONFIRMED: @EnesFreedom,” Schlapp posted.
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CONFIRMED: @EnesFreedom pic.twitter.com/aapijOVmv7
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) February 7, 2022
The Boston Celtics center is an 11-year veteran of the NBA and has sparked controversy this season as the league’s most vocal critic of China’s communist government and its leader, Xi Jinping.
The CCP ended the broadcast of a Celtics game in 2021 after the player called Xi a “brutal dictator.”
Kanter Freedom has also called out LeBron James, Jeremy Lin, Michael Jordan, Golden State Warriors investor Chamath Palihapitiya, Nike, and his home country of Turkey and its government, according to a report.
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CPAC 2022 will be held in Orlando, Florida, from Feb. 24-27.
