Jared Kushner On NBA Strike: They're 'Fortunate' They Can 'Take A Night Off'
Jared Kushner has weighed in on the NBA teams striking this week in response to the ongoing protests against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, saying that the players are “fortunate” that they can “take a night off from work.”
In response to the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, on Sunday, and in solidarity with those who have protested in the days since, the Milwaukee Bucks walked out of their playoff game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday evening.
After the Bucks’ decision, the Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trailblazers games were postponed. WNBA teams also said they would not be playing on Wednesday. All three games in their league were canceled.
On CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday, Kushner was asked if the White House supports “the players and the owners in this case.”
“I think the NBA players are very fortunate that they have the financial position where they’re able to take a night off from work without having to have the consequences to themselves financially. So, they have that luxury, which is great,” said Kushner, before adding: “With the NBA, there’s a lot of activism and I think that they put a lot of slogans out, but I think that we need to turn that from slogans and signals to actual action that’s gonna solve the problem.”
"The NBA players are very fortunate that they have the financial position where they're able to take a night off from work without having to have the consequences to themselves financially," says White House senior advisor Jared Kushner on the NBA player boycotts last night. pic.twitter.com/nHlRBNIzaf
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) August 27, 2020
Kushner went on to cite President Donald Trump’s “record” of “historic criminal justice reform,” “fighting for school choice,” and “longterm funding” for historically Black colleges as ways the White House is promoting social justice.
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