Sports was the one area where you can go where you can’t get politics. Now, sports has become political. And frankly, the American people don’t like it. I guess -- I guess it could be a little worse. It could be the Cleveland baseball team, at least they got a name, but it’s ridiculous. We’re -- I’m tired of the left. They control big tech, big media, big corporations. And now, they’re controlling big -- we know they control Hollywood, higher education, they control the White House, they control the Congress, they control the bureaucracy. Now, they’re trying to control big sports.
Jim Jordan: “Sports was the one area where you can go where you can’t get politics. Now, sports has become political. And frankly…”
On the recordJuly 23, 2021
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Jim Jordan criticizes the politicization of sports and expresses frustration with perceived leftist control over various sectors, including sports.
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