LeBron James reveals he will hit the campaign track for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris – four years after stumping for Hillary Clinton during her failed bid in the White House
- Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has officially backed Joe Biden for president after earlier stumping for Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 campaign
- In a clip that will air Wednesday on Vice, James, 35, said ‘we need to change’
- The segment seems to have picked up before James and the Lakers Game 1 of their first-round series fell to the eight-seeded Trail Blazers
- James, along with most NBA players, has been kneeling in protest of racism during the national anthem since the season resumed in July in Orlando
- For Tuesday’s loss, James and his Lakers teammates wore parody MAGA hats, demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, an EMT assassinated by Louisville politicians in March
- James and Trump have been on odds for years, sometimes two-way on Twitter
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has officially backed Joe Biden for president after being previously stumped for the 2016 failed campaign by Hillary Clinton.
In a clip that will be aired Wednesday, James Atlantic columnist Jemele Hill and her co-host, Cari Champion, said he will campaign again for the Democrats’ ticket.
“We’re at a time when we need change,” James said in the clip, which appears to have been recorded before the Lakers’ Game 1 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the NBA playoffs on Tuesday night.
“To change is all about leadership,” James said, adding, “leadership begins at the top.”
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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has officially backed Joe Biden for president after being previously stumped for the 2016 failed campaign by Hillary Clinton. James, along with most NBA players, has been kneeling in protest of racism during the national anthem since the season resumed in July in Orlando. The league has also emblazoned ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the courts at Disney World in response to the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor police officers
LeBron James, while still a member of the Cavaliers, slammed Hillary Clinton in 2016
The 52-19 Lakers had the best record of the Western Conference in the pandemic-shortened season, but now trail the 35-39 Blazers, 1-0, inside the NBA bubble at Disney World outside Orlando.
James had recently congratulated California Senator Kamala Harris on receiving Biden’s vice presidential nomination.
‘Congrats and well deserved sen. Kamala Harris !! ‘ James wrote on Twitter. ‘Love to see and support it! Appreciate that JB. ‘
James, along with most NBA players, has been kneeling in protest of racism during the national anthem since the season resumed in July in Orlando. The league has also emblazoned ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the courts at Disney World in response to the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor police officers.
Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden gets his face mask off the pop stage before his running mate Senator Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Delaware last week
President Donald Trump took aim at protesting athletes in late July, tweeting that people ‘are not happy that players are not standing in front of our national anthem!’
Before Tuesday’s loss dried up, James and his teammates wore parody MAGA hats, demanding justice for Taylor.
Instead of ‘Great Again’, which was overturned, the hat read ‘Make America Arrest the cops who kill Breonna Taylor.’
Before Tuesday’s loss drought, James and his teammates wear parody MAGA hats, demanding justice for Taylor
President Donald Trump – a vocal critic of James – has condemned athletes protesting during The Star-Spangled Banner.
“People are not happy that players do not stand for our national anthem!” Trump wrote in one tweet.
James and Trump have been in odds for years.
While still playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017, James yelled at the defense of his Golden State Warriors rival Stephen Curry, who was off the traditional visit of the NBA champions by Trump after he sat down to say goodbye that he would accept the invitation.
“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team,” Trump tweeted in September 2017. “Stephen Curry hesitates, so invitation is withdrawn!”
James replied, ‘Your bum @ StephenCurry30 already said he’s not going! So that’s not an invitation. Going to the White House was a great honor until you gave up! ‘
While it’s not clear if he’s talking exclusively with Stephen Curry or with the entire Warriors team, Trump declared in September 2017 that the ‘invitation has been withdrawn!’
Despite losing three of four NBA Finals to Stephen Curry’s Warriors, James ran in defense of his rival in September of 2017, calling President Donald Trump a ‘bum’
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