Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers gave his ideas on Donald Trump’s election win, saying People should stand behind the following president.
“Donald Trump is our president, and we’ll must assist him. We wish him to do one of the best job for the nation on the finish of the day,” Rivers informed reporters after follow Wednesday.
“Do I like a few of the issues that he does? No. However now he is getting a second likelihood to be a greater president than he was the primary time, and I hope he’s. I am cheering for him. I actually am.”
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Former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, arrives to talk throughout an election night time occasion on the Palm Seaside Conference Middle Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Seaside, Fla. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Rivers has been a vocal critic of Trump and a staunch supporter of Kamala Harris after she grew to become the Democratic nominee in July. Rivers most lately referred to as Trump’s marketing campaign rally at Madison Sq. Backyard Oct. 28 “atrocious.” Rivers even appeared in a number of political advertisements in assist of Harris, offering his voice in a single advert that accused Trump of “empty guarantees.” In one other, he appeared in particular person subsequent to Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff.
“I’ve recognized Kamala. That is essentially the most concerned I’ve ever been in an election, and a number of it was private as a result of I’ve recognized Kamala for over 15 years. I believed she would have been a terrific president,” Rivers stated Wednesday. “The issue is 65 million-plus disagreed with me.”
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Trump has obtained greater than 72 million votes within the election.
Rivers is certainly one of many high-profile NBA figures who’ve been outwardly important of Trump, becoming a member of fellow coaches Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks minority proprietor Mark Cuban.
That group has publicly acknowledged and accepted Trump’s victory and inspired different People to do the identical since Tuesday’s outcomes regardless of earlier partisan criticisms of the president.
Rivers’ made his feedback about Trump’s Madison Sq. Backyard rally when the Bucks had been taking part in the Brooklyn Nets throughout the East River Oct. 28.
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Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers reacts throughout the second half of a sport in opposition to the Brooklyn Nets Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Picture/Noah Okay. Murray)
“If you happen to noticed Madison Sq. Backyard, I imply come on. … Like, proper?” Rivers stated, by way of Sports activities Illustrated “So, to me, it’s so necessary to vote. I’m gonna maintain it as near that as potential. However gosh. Once I inform folks, if the man was so nice, why did 80 million folks vote in opposition to him the final time he ran.
“I don’t know. I don’t get it. However we gotta do one thing about — that was atrocious what we noticed. If you happen to’re a Black man or lady, Brown, Latino or Puerto Rican or … they hit everyone. And it was terrible.”
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