Katie Miller appeared to arrange Dallas Cowboys co-owner Charlotte Jones so she would possibly badmouth Bad Bunny and the NFL’s social justice initiatives ― however Jones wasn’t having it. (Watch the video beneath.)
Miller’s husband, White Home deputy chief of workers Stephen Miller, is the top cheerleader for President Donald Trump’s deportation program, and she or he’s a former Trump administration spokesperson.
Miller introduced up MAGA hot-button points a number of instances within the podcast interview that she shared Tuesday, and Jones subtly pushed again.
“What are your ideas on Dangerous Bunny acting at this yr’s Tremendous Bowl?” Miller requested. The Puerto Rican rapper, who can be performing in Spanish, was chosen despite his criticisms of Trump and his admission that he hasn’t been taking part in U.S. concert events as a result of he fears ICE brokers will spherical up his followers.
“I feel it’s superior,” Jones replied. “And I feel our Latina fanbase is wonderful. When you concentrate on the Tremendous Bowl, you need the No. 1 performer on this planet to be there. We’re on a world stage, and we will’t ever overlook that. Our recreation goes out to everyone all over the world. And to get the premier entertainer to wish to be part of our recreation, I feel is wonderful.”
“We now have a combined tradition,” she added. “I imply, our entire society relies on immigrants which have come right here and based our nation. And I feel we will have fun that.”
Miller stepped as much as a blatantly main query. “You don’t assume at a time when his feedback had been divisive because it pertains to President Trump, when everyone seems to be simply looking for this political unification that you simply’d need anyone who perhaps didn’t contact politics to be on that stage?” Miller requested.
Jones didn’t take that bait both. “Yeah, I don’t assume our recreation’s about politics. I don’t assume individuals tune in to have a look at politics. We do every part we will to keep away from politics. And I feel in that second that individuals can be watching the sport. They’ll be celebrating music and no one can be excited about … feedback on the left facet, what feedback on the suitable facet, that that is about bringing individuals collectively.”
Miller tried once more to MAGA-fy the slant, asking: “Over the previous few years, the NFL has taken steps to be more socially conscious. Do you assume that’s a spot that soccer must be or do you assume it ought to simply be once more what you’ve simply stated, which is concerning the recreation and leaving politics on the door?”
Jones ― whose father, Jerry Jones, is the proprietor and normal supervisor of the franchise ― appeared to actively keep away from casting social consciousness as a divisive situation. “The Cowboys at all times felt strongly that politics ought to by no means enter our recreation,” she stated. “If we did so, we’d divide half of this stadium.”
Miller adopted with a query about what the branding of “America’s team” means to the Cowboys. “We now have actually taken on that mantle and felt like we have to signify each voice that’s right here on this nation,” Jones answered,
Jones’ responses shouldn’t be thought-about too stunning as a result of she represents the NFL, however maybe she deserves credit score for intercepting somebody making an attempt to attain right-wing political factors.
