Harry Reid Pledges to Boycott Washington Redskins Games

This article originally appeared in The Political Insider:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has rejected an invitation from the team president to attend a “Washington, D.C. football team event,” aka a Washington Redskins home game.

After Reid and 49 other Senate Democrats signed a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking the league to change the team name, Redskins President Bruce Allen defended the name and invited Reid to attend a home game to “witness first-hand that the Washington Redskins are a positive, unifying force for our community in a city and region that is divided on so many levels.”

Reid wrote back:

Dear Mr. Allen:

I received your letter and invitation to attend a Washington, D.C. football team event.

During my time in the United States Senate, I have worked to right many of the injustices endured by Americans throughout the country. Among the most egregious in the history of our country are those injustices inflicted upon American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. This is personal for me. I represent 27 tribes as the Senator from Nevada and have worked to protect their homelands and their sovereignty. I have a duty to ensure that the United States uphold centuries-old treaty and trust obligations towards Native Americans, and I take this responsibility very seriously.

I will not stand idly by while a professional sports team promotes a racial slur as a team name and disparages the American people. Nor will I consider your invitation to attend a home game until your organization chooses to do the right thing and change its offensive name.

Sincerely,
Harry Reid

H/T: Washington Examiner

“I will not stand idly by…” Hmmm, you mean like you did the previous 70+ years of your life before an 81-year-old team name became your pet project only a few short months ago, Harry? How about the 7 years you’ve been Senate Majority Leader, and 27 years a U.S. Senator, apparently it was okay to stand idly by then. There are many reasons to refuse tickets to a Redskins game, but this is one of the dumbest.
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Pelosi: "We did not treat President Bush this way." Yeah, it was worse!

To quote Nancy Pelosi herself, "Are you serious? Are you serious??!!"

Great response by Revealing Politics to Pelosi (video below) showing that she's right, they did not treat Bush the same way as Obama is being treated - it was much worse! There was even a word for it - Bush Derangement Syndrome.

Hey, Nancy, do you remember when you called President Bush a "total failure?" Do you think the right could get away with saying of Obama "he has no ideas," like you said of Bush, without being accused of racism? 

How about your counterpart in the Senate, Harry Reid who said Bush is a "weak president." Can conservatives get away with saying of Obama, "We all know his swagger and his arrogance?" Nope, we don't! Because apparently arrogant is a racist code word. And I can only imagine what they'd say if we used the word "swagger."

Watch the video for more examples of liberals' extreme rhetoric towards Bush.

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