Social media erupted last week with controversy surrounding the New York Giants’ second-year signal-caller, Jaxson Dart. His crime? Introducing President Donald Trump at a May 22 speech. This week, Green Bay Packers star Josh Jacobs was charged with strangling his girlfriend — a far less offensive act in the eyes of the liberal media, apparently.
It would be nice if sports players would just “shut up and dribble,” to quote Laura Ingraham. But with left-wing politics ingrained into sports marketing, we’re way past that. Political slogans like “Black Lives Matter” and “End Racism” are painted on helmets and displayed in end zones. LGBT pride events are commonplace at sporting events. The so-called “black national anthem” plays before games.
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So given the existing marriage between politics and sports, Dart’s appearance with the president — not even a statement of support, mind you — should be a mere blip on the radar, right? Wrong. It’s a national travesty, according to sports “journalists.” Jacobs’s arrest, on the other hand, was treated like just another day in the NFL. Perhaps that’s because there are more alleged woman beaters in the league than outspoken conservatives.
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Even Dart’s teammate Abdul Carter publicly called him out for his Trump introduction — a taboo move you rarely see outside of locker rooms. Take a guess at how many Packers called out Jacobs after his arrest. That would be the same number of teammates who called out the 146 players charged with domestic violence or assault since the year 2000: Zero.
Astonishingly, some in the media painted Carter as the victim of this incident.
Take Jemele Hill, a radical race-baiting media activist, for example: “So Jaxson Dart gets to publicly express his political beliefs, but Abdul Carter doesn’t? … Abdul Carter is a Black man and a Muslim and given the things that Trump has said about/done when it comes to both groups, it’s fair (and also not surprising) that he has a problem with it.”
Woke commentator Emmanuel Acho said Dart was “pretty stupid” for introducing Trump at the speech because the president is someone “many of your teammates felt offended by.”
How offensive of Trump to make the country a better, safer, and more prosperous place to live, regardless of your race or religion! Seriously, if you’re convinced that Trump — the guy literally given awards for his commitment to minorities — is a racist in the big 2026, seek help. People have different political opinions, and that’s OK. The problem is that the Left tries to make its politics the national orthodoxy, and anyone who disagrees is anathema.
It’s also weird that neither Hill nor Acho had anything to say about Jacobs, who is charged with felony strangulation in addition to misdemeanor counts of assault, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, and intimidation of a victim. They never criticize people like Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry or the team’s coach, Steve Kerr, for their outspoken liberal activism that goes far beyond merely introducing the president without voicing any opinion.
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Acho said Dart and Carter need to have an “uncomfortable conversation” about the former’s support for Trump, but, frankly, the Left needs to have an uncomfortable conversation about dealing with disagreement. For the millionth time: Not everyone who disagrees with you is a racist, bigot, fascist, or Nazi.
When you see more angry headlines and social media posts about a player supporting Trump than there are for players beating women, that should be a wake-up call that people have their priorities out of whack. As a diehard New York Jets fan, I’m happy to root for the Giants’ downfall — through their play on the field, not manufactured outrage.
