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riversedge

(75,041 posts)
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 10:16 AM Feb 20

Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe calls MAGA 'a Nazi movement' in protest that led to his arrest

Source: usatoday



Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe calls MAGA 'a Nazi movement' in protest that led to his arrest

Portrait of Jack McKessy Jack McKessy
USA TODAY

Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested Tuesday on a charge of disturbing an assembly in Huntington Beach, California, per the city's arrest log. The incident occurred at a city council meeting.

Kluwe, 43, was protesting the city's approval of a public library plaque that was designed to use words to spell out "MAGA," the acronym for President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, as an acrostic.

A video from the council meeting shows the former Minnesota Vikings punter beginning his protest by reading a prepared statement that called MAGA "explicitly a Nazi movement." Kluwe continued by saying he would engage in "peaceful civil disobedience," whereupon he left his spot at the lectern and approached the city council members' bench.

Police quickly detained the former NFL player using handcuffs and literally carried him out of the room...........................

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/02/19/chris-kluwe-arrest-maga-protest/79240528007/








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Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe calls MAGA 'a Nazi movement' in protest that led to his arrest (Original Post) riversedge Feb 20 OP
I remember reading about the 1960s...................... Lovie777 Feb 20 #1
Well he;s saying it in Ruby Red Maga Huntington Beach Historic NY Feb 20 #2
Arrested or not, this the kind of fearless courage we need to see. Big respect. Magoo48 Feb 20 #3
Oh my,... magicarpet Feb 20 #4
Nazis gonna Nazi malachi Feb 20 #5
'MAGA-nificent 7': Republicans fill every seat on California city council MayReasonRule Feb 20 #6
K&R n/t AntiFascist Feb 20 #7
They rammed 3 new members through. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 20 #8
Arrested for telling the truth about MAGA meaning NAZI. Kid Berwyn Feb 20 #9
He has a backbone. He lost his job. True Dough Mar 1 #10

Historic NY

(38,822 posts)
2. Well he;s saying it in Ruby Red Maga Huntington Beach
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 10:23 AM
Feb 20

where its Trump Trump Trump al lthe time

MayReasonRule

(3,089 posts)
6. 'MAGA-nificent 7': Republicans fill every seat on California city council
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 12:09 PM
Feb 20
The Huntington Beach, California Cost of Living Index is 180.5. This means that the cost of living in Huntington Beach, CA is 80.5% more expensive than the national average of 100. The cost of living in Huntington Beach is also higher than the California average. California's Cost of Living Index is 149.9.



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Kid Berwyn

(19,954 posts)
9. Arrested for telling the truth about MAGA meaning NAZI.
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 05:48 PM
Feb 20

May the billionaires soon find reason to kick the millionaires straight the fuck out of Huntington Beach.

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