Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has always been outspoken in his beliefs.
He’s also no fan of Donald Trump. In a Washington Post Op-ed piece he wrote a day after the election, Abdul-Jabbar said, “Trump represents the last wisp of the rich white plantation owner holding on to the glories of the past.”
Now Abdul-Jabbar is taking that incendiary rhetoric one step further.
Abdul-Jabbar suggested Trump would’ve been a big proponent of slavery.
From Breitbart:
One-time NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ripped into President Donald Trump and hinted that he thinks Trump would have approved of the practice of slavery ended by the U.S. civil war, during an appearance on former TV news anchor Katie Couric’s podcast.
Abdul-Jabbar told Couric that he felt the U.S. was “moving backward” and went on to claim that Trump would have loved slavery during a discussing of its history in America, USA Today reported.
“To make a profit off of cotton, that was the premise. (Slaves are) Property,” Abdul-Jabbar said. He added that the system lasted “until people realized these people were human beings. Thank God for President Lincoln, despite what Mr. Trump has to say.”
Despite that Trump’s temporary halt to travel from a series of terror-torn nations doesn’t really ban Muslims from entering the U.S., Abdul-Jabbar went on to attack Trump’s travel order as “pure evil.”
The former basketballer, who converted to Islam in 1971, also said that Trump is “scapegoating” Muslims.
“I think he’s trying to scapegoat one group, and it’s caused some very bad things to start happening,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “Hate crimes have risen; we saw what happened in the Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, the mosque in Texas, an imam in New Jersey was murdered — it’s getting more serious, acts of violence directed at Muslims, or against people other people think are Muslims.”
The NBA’s all-time scoring leader then launched into a series of rote, liberal talking points accusing Trump and the Republicans of being for the “rich” despite that millions of lower and middle-class voters are the ones who put Trump over the finish line in last year’s election.
“They’re trying to return tax dollars to the wealthiest 1%, on the backs of people who need money for better educational opportunities,” the longtime left-wing activist said. “And our roads, airports, train infrastructure, bridges, tunnels – they need to be upheld. Everybody wants to save money, taking away from the things that benefit the middle class and give lower-class people jobs.”
Abdul-Jabbar has spent decades disgorging controversial, liberal statements and he was an ardent critic of Donald Trump during the late presidential election.
During the campaign last year, the former player called Trump a racist, attacked him over his statements on Islam, and exclaimed that Trump intended to set up a “tyranny” if he won office. Abdul-Jabar even claimed Trump was helping ISIS by daring to note that ISIS is a Muslim-based terrorist outfit.
The former NBA great doesn’t just stick to Trump bashing, either. Last year Abdul-Jabbar compared anti-American NFL protester Colin Kaepernick to Thomas Jefferson as Kaepernick spent an entire NFL season attacking the United States, police officers, and the U.S. military.
He also attacked the movie La La Land for being “bigoted” because it “misleads” on race, romance and jazz music.
Many of Abdul-Jabbar’s comments are head-scratching, including the death of the imam, which happened before Trump was elected (and no motive has been determined), as well as his comments about building roads and airports; infrastructure spending is a hallmark of Trump’s agenda.
Abdul-Jabbar’s political affiliation dictates he decries Trump any chance he gets, but hopefully he’ll restrain himself to cogent arguments about basketball.
His name says it all. He represents the black racist just like BO. And they are the worst in the racist category!
Jabbar should stick to basketball and keep his mouth shut about politics. He has made millions off Americans thanks to his ball career. Biting the hand that feeds you is not very smart he could find himself in the same position as some other jocks that shot their mouth off minus the big bucks and unemployable.
“He has made millions off Americans thanks to his ball career. Biting the hand that feeds you is not very smart” Many Americans agree with him and ANY true American supports his right to express his opinion whether they agree or not.
Having an opinion is one thing, but Muslims immigrants terrorize and murder. I don’t see any of them taking a stand against the Muslim terrorists.
That’s because you’re not looking in the right places. hint: You won’t find it on racist propaganda sites like off the wire.
See link below for a 712 page long list of Muslims Condemning Islamic terrorism with sources.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e8BjMW36CMNc4-qc9UNQku0blstZSzp5FMtkdlavqzc/edit#gid=0
Oh, yes, google is SO unbiased. I’ve got some swamp land I’d like to sell you.
It’s not google that is the issue. If you can debunk any of the claims the young lady listed please do so. You can’t just reject every news item that doesn’t met your expectations and beliefs by calling it biased or “fake news”.
Apparently, you are of the same mind and from your tweet you are Muslim. You have your opinion and others have theirs. You didn’t have to call anyone or your words about media, “You won’t find it on racist propaganda sites like off the wire.” What you tweeted in that sentence was racists. Get over yourself and breath a deep breath and then tweet.
Seems I am not the only who needs to get over oneself. No I’m not Muslim, not Christian either and in fact don’t follow any organized religion.
Where did I suggest that others aren’t entitled to their opinions? No, that would be the posters here who seem to think that because Jabbar made his money as a pro athlete he should keep his views to himself.
Honestly I don’t know if this site is racist although looking at the comments many of the posters here are and the article came from Breitbart which is quite clearly a racist site.
David Estes has you figured out, too, lucky!! bwahahahahahaha
Yes, Your right there are Good and Bad,But How do you Distinguish the good from the bad,It’s called vetting and obama let a million or more muslims in this country who we don’t know what they really back? They were not given lie detector tests or back ground checks,I mean look at the abc news program that went ½ mile into Mexico were the start of the San Diego Road check point Starts,They went thru the trash cans and there were ID’s ,drivers license and all kind of ID from Muslim Countries thrown in the Trash,Than they get to the Check Point and say No ID ask for Asylum in USA from IRAN! Come on we have no idea who the last 8 years of this muslim president who he Let in,And if i could up load the Film before his first Election on a Talk show he was asked about his faith and without a blink he said Cristian,and it was not pushed any farther like what Church Nothing and he Lied he was a Muslim since he supposedly went to Harvard or CIA Training is more like it! We without a doubt have terror cells right now in this Country because of obama and no one else. He should be tried at a Military Court Martial and Hung! He was 100% failure as a us president!Along with billy the molester clinton who sold almost every decent American job to China! Think about it where are your Grandchildren going to work? It’s all a Plan!
Does any of those quotes refer to the Quran where it says it’s okay to lie to the Infidel as long as it furthers their religion
Are you implying that only Muslims lie when it suits their purpose? Must be you’re not a catholic since their lying regarding priestly pedophilia is well known. In fact members of all religions as well as non-members of any religion lie. That’s nothing new.
I’m not ‘implying’ anything lucky! You could read what I said a little more carefully and you would know that, but I’m pretty sure you’re like most democraps in that ‘facts’ are just pesky little nuisances that interfere with your agenda! The koran (sp) does tell all muslims that it is okay to lie to the infidel in order to advance the muslim religion. Sorry, I can’t quote you chapter and verse, but I expect you’re a big boy and capable of doing a little research….if you really do care about the truth. In the Christian religion, lying is a sin……no exceptions! Read the big Ten!
I was raised as a Christian so I’m well aware of the 10 commandments and also aware that they are routinely ignored by Christians when it suits their purpose, as in the example I gave and many less serious issues.
No I won’t bother to look it up because I don’t care. I have no use for any of the organized religions that promise salvation and depend on revelation for “divine” truth. They might be useful for helping the simple minded sleep well at night but other than that they are mostly just used and abused by demagogues to create mischief and mayhem.
Funny that you should lecture this alleged “Democrat” on honesty. First off, I’m not a Democrat. I was long ago but when saw them abandon the working class and move steadily to the right I switched to Independent. It’s pretty obvious that Rethuglicans have no respect for the truth. if they did they never would have put Trump out as their standard bearer, much less elect him. The man makes ordinary politicians, who lie frequently, look like good by comparison. Trump is the most shameless serial liar I’ve ever seen and that’s quite an accomplishment.
You may have put a convenient ‘I’ after your name, but you’re a democrap, lucky……I’m going to use what is considered one of the biggest lies you can utter, but………’trust me’! You’re a democrap!!! You couldn’t hide behind that ‘I’ if you tried……bwahahahaha!!! You’re not going to check out the koran (sp) to see if it instructs the followers of islam to lie to the infidels in order to promote the muslim ‘faith’ because you ‘don’t care’?? That was the very first thing you mentioned when you made your first reply to me……..you sure you’re not a ‘closet muslim’?? Here’s my last little ‘lecture’ to you: Judge not that ye be not judged!!. Don’t bother to look that up…..I know you don’t care!!!
Well I haven’t voted Dem in the last two prez elections but if in your tiny little brain it makes you happy to label me a Dem,enjoy your self. All “faiths” lie by promoting some pie in the sky afterlife for the sheep who follow the directions of the priest class.
Maybe you should spend some time thinking about your “lecture” because you obviously have not grasped its meaning.
He might want to keep his racist opinions to himself. As a muslim convert he, not Trump, has sold out America and fails to note a federal order was enacted in 1950 banning all muslims from entering America as even then they were deemed inherently hostile and a threat to our way of life, counter to the precepts laid out in our Constitution! Trump is absolutely right and orders of magnitude more successful the than this blowhard! So Jabber ( a more fitting name) move to Iran and cry to them……we don’t care what you think! Typical big mouthed know it all athlete who made his money here and disrespects the highest office in the land. He may want to address the massive black on black killings in places like Chicago, not Trumps fault, but I guess blacks murdering blacks in America in huge numbers is not his concern!
Donald Trump has done more for this country and it’s citizens than Jabbar ever dreamed of. Yes, Jabbar is a millionaire, yes he was a fine basketball player, but with all his money and his talent has done NOTHING for America. We had one Moslem president who almost destroyed this country. We certainly don’t need any more.
jabar Who? He’s a has been nobody,who’s trying to make a dollar after he sold all the gold chains and rings, well maybe the General will hire him to sell insurance or MAYBE Not ? All he needs is his rug and he’ll meet his Rapist,Sexist,Murdering Whoever when he dies ,but most likely it will be Horns Breathing Fire! But First He should be deported to iran and see what he left behind.
IF he were of the caliber of (Rhodes Scholar) Bill Bradley, I would take him seriously.
Let him bask in the glory of his (long gone) playing days, and keep his irrational opinions to himself. He know nothing of the subject matter on which he’s trying to speak (and it shows).
Not real smart. Most of the audience at NBA games are wealthy “white guys”. If the audiences were muslim and blacks the games could have been held in a grade school gym.
Your point?
We need to add another seat to one of the planes that will be headed out to Riyadh one of these days. There is no much mohammedan and marxist gibberish in Abdul Jabber’s maunderings that one hardly knows where to start, Suffice it to say that each and every single solitary “hate crime” that has been alleged since President Trump took office has been proven to be a hoax perpetrated by the alleged victim victims.
Dimocratic tradition: When there are no facts to back you up, just make crap up and say it enough times hoping people will be stupid enough to believe you.
Yes that is the Trumpian strategy.
Now that you have made millions off of this country that is so Horrible and unfair why don’t you moved to another country where your beliefs are shared. We don’t need you here.
You have the right name, congrats. Jabbar made millions because he made mega millions for the owners of the BB team he played for and there are plenty here who share his beliefs so he doesn’t need to go anywhere.
I agree with Mr. Jabbar. This country has a Racist history and is trying to return to it. There too have always been Good upstanding people in this country. The Good in this country will Prevail.The citizens of this great country have a right to descent and speak out about injustice. Most ethnic people of this country (People of Color) have supported Republican President’s that have all of our nations citizens interest at heart. 45 is and will not garner any support, because of the Racist/Bullying and Ugly campaign that he ran. Obama said ” Yes WE Can” and 45 said ” Make America White Again” See The difference. One is inclusive and the other is of division.
Wasting your time here Fred. Even a quick glance at the comments here shows how ignorant and mean-spirited the people posting here are.
“Yes, we can” And DID he? No, he aided and abetted our enemies, added more to our national debt than all presidents combined, set new records in illegally spying against the American people, weakened our economy and made us a laughing stock in front of the whole world. Over $100M of the taxpayers money on lavish vacations when he should have been working. He is an AMERICAN DISGRACE. President Trump has done more for this country in five months than that disgrace obama did in eight years. He, hillary and their crooked administration will go straight to hell.
“Over $100M of the taxpayers money on lavish vacations when he should have been working.” No that would be Trump, just so far, just think how much he’ll rack up in 4 years, if he lasts that long. doubtful.
One thing that nobody mentions is the fact that the slaves who were brought to America were already slaves in Africa. They were those who were captured in tribal wars and then sold to traders on ships from many nations. And while we’re on the topic of slavery, from the 16th to the beginning of the 19th century the Barbary pirates preyed upon the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe raiding and taking white people as prisoners- men for galley slaves and women sold into slavery as concubines. These North Africans raided as far north as Ireland and it has been calculated that nearly 1.5 million Europeans were enslaved by these Barbary pirates. My seven times removed great uncle was an American merchant seaman and was captured when his ship was attacked and captured by Barbary pirates while en route from Marseilles to America. He spent six years as a galley slave before the galley he was on was taken by an American warship and the slaves were rescued. And there are still slaves in Africa today. African enslaving other Africans. And as far as the cause of the Civil War is concerned, one might look to who financed it. Wealthy Northern manufacturers paid for the weapons and other equipment for economic reasons. Of course, no one would have fought a war to fill the pockets of these greedy men so ordinary people were suckered by the cause of freeing the slaves. Sounds like those power hungry Imams who sucker fools into becoming suicide bombers even though the Koran strictly forbids suicide. But they get around that because Ayatollah Khomeini decreed a fatwa that said it was all right to commit suicide if you took the enemies of Islam with you. Though how someone could interpret the words of Mohammed 1500 years later is beyond me. Simply another instance of someone manipulating losers for his own benefit.
“One thing that nobody mentions is the fact that the slaves who were brought to America were already slaves in Africa.” that is false. are you lying or just misinformed.
Even if true, it’s not, so what? If my neighbor is raped does that make it ok for me to rape her also. Most of the posters on this site are some incredibly ignorant people.
I’m done slumming, see ya.
No, you’re the one that is incredibly stupid. You talk as if we are still out there enslaving people. Oh, wait, that would be YOUR friends, the muslims.
Apparently they’re Trump’s friends too. He just agreed to supply a known sponsor of terrorism (Hint: Most of the 911 perps hailed from there) a huge amount of arms.
Maybe you’re not a total imbecile. At least you now acknowledge that we were enslaving people.
Abraham Lincoln was a REPUBLICAN. The entire body of Congress that backed the freeing of slaves were REPUBLICAN. The politicians in the years before that war that were arguing for the freeing of slaves were 100% REPUBLICAN. Martin Luther King, Jr., Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver and the 1st black ever elected to Congress VERY soon after the Civil War were ALL REPUBLICANS!! The founders of the Ku Klux Klan were ALL demoncRATS. The politicians who restarted black slavery in 1964 were demoncRATS. The politicians who have been trying for years to give blacks back their dignity through education and jobs programs are white REPUBLICANS. The people who have stopped that are demoncRAT VOTERS who ALWAYS vote demoncRAT because they don’t WANT to work and make something of themselves, they want govmint gimmee money. White people who go to school, get an education, WORK to get ahead in this country and actually EARN the money they have are considered, by blacks, to be privileged and to be born with a sliver spoon in their mouths when reality is that they WORKED to get ahead. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s CHILDREN don’t share the views of people who want to KILL other people just because we believe in the TRUE and LIVING SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST and not their pedophile boy. They don’t share the beliefs of people who think the govmint own dem dey jack. They understand that this country was built with the sweat of WORKING PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS AND NATIONALITIES none of whom came here LOOKING for a handout, just a hand up. They also understand that slavery was abolished in this country 152 years ago. They know their ancestors worked after they were granted freedom and would NOT want the govmint to supply their every dime. It was a matter of dignity. When I was young black people WORKED for their living. I was taught NOT to be racist. That has changed somewhat. But I DO agree with this ungrateful ingrate on one thing; this country IS going backward in race relations and it started a little over 8 years ago when the black messiah, the Kenyan dream, the 1st muslime ever got elected as ‘president’ of this country. And it’s not going to change any time soon because demoncRATS refuse to admit the American people, of ALL races, voted them out of ‘power’ and race baiters such as this so-called American hero, who is ashamed of his real name (just like Casius Clay) just keep running their hate filled mouths instead of trying to help make things better in the MANY places in this country where they can.
Anyone who holds Mohamed as a prophet and example to one’s faith has mental issues in my opinion. Mohamed was a murderer, misogynist, racist, and pedofile! Why do people even become Muslim with a “prophet” and “holy man” like Mohamed?? If they just think it through – and especially if they study the life and facts about Jesus – they would run fast and far from their Muslim faith. There is absolutely NO comparison to Jesus. If anyone is interested in looking, from an investigative perspective, at the life and claims about Jesus, check out Lee Strobel’s works (especially the short book, “The Case for Easter”) in addition to the New Testament Gospels.
Just another shit for brains Muslim convert who’s too stupid to know that it was the democrats who fought to keep slavery and also formed the Ku Klux Klan and that it was the GOP that fought to end slavery. Shamefully stupid and unappreciative of what this country has done for him
If you had any understanding at all of American history you would know that the evolution of the GOP to it’s present state makes your statement “it was the GOP that fought to end slavery” absurd. This ain’t your great great grandfather’s GOP junior.
Unfortunately the two parties are just different sides of the same counterfeit coin.
On that we do agree.
You’re a moron. YOU don’t know American history. Where do you get your information from ? CNN? Yahoo? The Dimocratic party?
Obviously I know it better than you do. True in Lincoln’s time it was the Repubs who supported abolishing slavery but today’s GOP is nothing like the party was then.
Another black sport’s figure crying as they are running to the BANK… Hey Jabber the Putz, you never had it so good , just like you & Orca , & many, many other’s ..all helped by WHITEY.. F**KING INGRATE’S.
Stick to basketball comments, because anything else coming out of your mouth is bullshit!! Another Muslim, who needs to find another country to live in!! Thank God for our president!! God Bless America!!
NBA player or not ! … this puke needs to keep his trap shut or go to the muslime world he converted to … go to Syria, go to Iraq, got to wherever, just get the crap out of the USA!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Isn’t any friend to America and our Constitution either. So what’s he doing here?
A a basketball player he had few peers, as a muslim, he is totally blind to the havoc that muslim refugees have caused in the US. Furthermore, my personal opinion is simple, if these radicalized muslims continue to kill American citizens we will see more and more blow back in muslims , radicalized or not paying the price of those who wish harm to those they refer to as infedels. Kareem, if you happen to read this, a word of caution, don’t place blame on the one person who is actually trying to prevent these events regardless of their religion!!
I did not realize that he was so stupid and such a racist.
I didn’t know that about you either.
You did not know that about me because I am not stupid and not a racist.. You do not seem to be lucky for thinking wrong things. I bet my IQ is higher than yours….
You’d lose the bet, not because mine is so high but I know I can beat single digits.
You did not spell a word correctly. So I was right! Do not bother to respond to this because I would just have another laugh at you. STFU!
Actually no misspelled words in either of my posts to you but you go ahead and have a chuckle. Believe me I’ve had many reading the nonsense posted here.
My apologies to the few here who seem to have a brain, not you of course. Bite me doofus.
Another misspelled word LOL…. I was kidding about the other one but this one has 1.
this jackass needs to read our history. maybe he would find out that dems started the kkk, owned more slaves than republicans owned,l and the dems resurrected the kkk when it was in its decline.
Those comments are as old, washed up, and out dated as his career and typical of an old Democrook Libtard living in the past and still whining about slavery. Ride off into the sunset with your idol Libtard Crooks…The Clinton’s and… stfu… cause no one cares what you have to say.
Nobody ever said that sport “heroes” and Hollywood actors were known for their brains. They prove it every day, when they, who claim to be American citizens, bash a president who is making America Great, Safe and Prosperous again. They have no common knowledge of regular citizen’s lives, they live in their mansions, surrounded by fences and body guards and airplanes and think that gives them the right to comment on issues that pertain to regular citizen’s lives. They are nutcases who belong in a zoo.
“They have no common knowledge of regular citizen’s lives, they live in their mansions, surrounded by fences and body guards and airplanes and think that gives them the right to comment on issues that pertain to regular citizen’s lives.”
LOL, you probably don’t even realize that you just gave a perfect description of Trump and gang he has surrounded himself with.
I never realized he was so stupid.
I went to the site that The lucky one gave. I found numerous sites that were NBC, CBS, the guardian. Do you trust CBS or NBC? I sure as heck don’t. I’ll check a few more and let you all know where they originated.
Just curious David. Which sites do you trust?
I just went to one of the sites that “The lucky One” mentioned. https://jointmuslimstatement.wordpress.com/ This was a UK Muslim group that chastised the people of UK. It didn’t condemn the terrorist killings. KDC made a statement “Muslims immigrants terrorize and murder'” This wasn’t a blanket statement about Muslims. Look in the backyard of UK. There are Muslim areas that the police wont or can’t go. That seems that they are afraid of those areas. A number of women in EU have been raped, beaten and harassed. Does this seem like a religion of peace??
Is this genius, with such an exotic name, he seems to have forgotten, that his bros, the muslims were very big and competitive in the slave trade, with special offers of buy one get one free when business was slow? Definitely, Ignorance is bliss, especially for these idiots.
this once credible guy, has 0 credibility, and has been soo irrelevant, for so many years, he should bow out of the limelight, and enjoy all the $$, he has made from the slave masters. He’s one, of so many, that think, because I have money, I have sense. It’s too bad, because a lot of people that we used to admire, have ruined their legacy, by including their idealistic thoughts, politically.
“He’s one, of so many, that think, because I have money, I have sense.” apparently many people believe that because a prime example of that is now president.
I doubt Jabbar-mouth would have a cogent comment about anything.