Congress is hard at work. Not on things important to this country. Instead, they are busy ramping up pressure on the Washington Redskins and tNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to change their ‘offensive’ team name. This action isn’t limited to Democrats who are usually at the forefront of clown shows like this. According to the Washington Post, two members of Congress have written a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell urging him and the league “to take a formal position in support of a name change” by the Washington Redskins. These two clowns are Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Republican Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma. Cole is also rumored to be one of the challengers for Tom Coburn’s Senate seat that will be vacated when the year ends. If Tom Cole thinks this is a winner for his campaign, he is sorely mistaken. I don’t think the people of Oklahoma care what the Redskins call themselves. 95% of the rest of the country sure doesn’t.
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The only surprise here is that Elizabeth Warren’s name isn’t on this letter to Goodell.
“The NFL can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur,” Cantwell and Cole write in the letter. “It is clear that you haven’t heard the leading voices of this country — and not just Indian Country. Virtually every major civil rights organization in America has spoken out in opposition to this name including the NAACP, the Anti-Defamation League, the Rainbow Coalition and the League of United Latin American Citizens.”
The letter mentions the league’s tax-exempt status and says the league is “on the wrong side of history. It is not appropriate for this multibillion dollar… tax-exempt organization to perpetuate and profit from the continued degradation of tribes and Indian people. It is time for the National Football League to formally support and push for a name change for the Washington football team.”
Goodell said late last month at his annual news conference at the Super Bowl that the NFL was “listening” to and “being respectful” to those who have expressed opposition to the Redskins’ name. But Goodell also said during that Jan. 31 news conference in New York that the team has “honored” Native Americans with its use of the name.