Tucker Carlson ripped the National Hockey League for tweeting last week that “trans women are women” and connected the messaging to a broader scheme by the left to “brainwash” sports fans.
Last week, the league’s official Twitter account angered many fans when it championed a “trans draft tournament” in Wisconsin.
One person responded, “So, men playing on womans teams?”
The league fired back, “Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Nonbinary identity is real.”
The tweet went viral and led many to point out that the NHL is the country’s most conservative sports league when gauged by the political views of its fans.
On Wednesday’s Tucker Carlson Tonight, the host welcomed former NHL star Theo Fleury to discuss the tweet, the intersection of sports and politics and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman‘s recent call for more Black players in the sport.
“What do you make of this?” Carlson asked Fleury. “Were race politics a big part of hockey when you were playing?”
Fleury said people gravitate to sports like hockey for “fun” and to escape the realities of life.
“So clearly, political forces hijack professional sports as a way to brainwash the young men who watch professional sports,” Carlson said. “That’s of course the entire point of it. It’s strategic. Why doesn’t anybody say back off?”
Fleury responded by saying hockey players are accepting people. He also opined politics have “no place” in sports.
Carlson agreed and ripped progressives for not calling for NBA teams to be more reflective of their communities.
“By the way, if they were calling for affirmative action in the NBA, I’d be totally opposed to that,” he said. “But they never will.”
Watch above, via Fox News.
Is Tucker right? Should they alienate the Gretzkys and the Tortorellas of the world or appeal to more groups other than angry white middle class men?
https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/1306266046890942471
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-rips-nhl-over-pro-trans-tweet-says-the-left-wants-to-hijack-sports-to-brainwash-young-men/
Oof. Soccer is so forgotten.
