Sen. Majority Leader Reid Joins Call to Change Name of Washington Redskins
Should be more concerns about sports subsidies
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) has joined several of his congressional colleagues who have denounced "Redskins" and called on Dan Snyder to change the team's name.
This morning, after an interview with The Hill Reid said, "I think [Washington team owner Daniel] Snyder is so short-sighted on this," Reid said in an interview with The Hill. "We live in a society where you can't denigrate a race of people. And that's what that is. I mean, you can't have the Washington Blackskins. I think it's so short-sighted."
Reid joins House minority leader Nancy Pelosi who told the Hill in October that it would "probably would be a good idea if they change the name."
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Why does Congress care what name a private company uses? “It’s none of your business” just never enters their so-called minds.
If these fuckstains were in the private sector they would not be employable (Subway need some sandwich slingers and NaNa could prob shill fragrances at Nordy’s).
If anything they should remove the ‘Washington’ part.