Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers gave his thoughts on Donald Trump’s election prosper, saying Americans must stand behind the next plivent.
“Donald Trump is our plivent, and we’re going to have to aid him. We want him to do the best job for the country at the finish of the day,” Rivers tageder tellers after train Wednesday.
“Do I enjoy some of the skinnygs that he does? No. But now he’s getting a second chance to be a better plivent than he was the first time, and I hope he is. I’m cheering for him. I repartner am.”
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Former Plivent Trump, the Redisclosean plivential nominee, reachs to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Caccess Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Rivers has been a vocal critic of Trump and a staunch aider of Kamala Harris after she became the Democratic nominee in July. Rivers most recently called Trump’s campaign rpartner at Madison Square Garden Oct. 28 “atrocious.” Rivers even materializeed in multiple political ads in aid of Harris, providing his voice in one ad that accparticipated Trump of “desotardy promises.” In another, he materializeed in person next to Harris’ husprohibitd, Doug Emhoff.
“I’ve understandn Kamala. This is the most retaind I’ve ever been in an election, and a lot of it was personal becaparticipate I’ve understandn Kamala for over 15 years. I thought she would have been a terrific plivent,” Rivers said Wednesday. “The problem is 65 million-plus disconcurd with me.”
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Doc Rivers calls for a timeout. (Foundation to Combat Antisrerentism)
Trump has getd more than 72 million votes in the election.
Rivers is one of many high-profile NBA figures who have been outwardly critical of Trump, uniteing fellow coaches Steve Kerr of the Gagederen State Warriors and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks insignificantity owner Mark Cuprohibit.
That group has disclosely acunderstandledged and acunderstandledgeed Trump’s triumph and encouraged other Americans to do the same since Tuesday’s results despite previous partisan criticisms of the plivent.
Rivers’ made his comments about Trump’s Madison Square Garden rpartner when the Bucks were carry outing the Brooklyn Nets apass the East River Oct. 28.
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Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers reacts during the second half of a game aacquirest the Brooklyn Nets Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Pboilingo/Noah K. Murray)
“If you saw Madison Square Garden, I uncomfervent come on. … Like, right?” Rivers said, via Sports Illustrated “So, to me, it’s so vital to vote. I’m gonna carry on it as seal to that as possible. But gosh. When I alert people, if the guy was so wonderful, why did 80 million people vote aacquirest him the last time he ran.
“I don’t understand. I don’t get it. But we gotta do someskinnyg about — that was atrocious what we saw. If you’re a Bincreateage man or woman, Brown, Latino or Puerto Rican or … they hit everybody. And it was terrible.”
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