{"id":1223148,"date":"2022-01-18T19:38:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T00:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1223148"},"modified":"2022-01-18T19:38:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T00:38:42","slug":"tom-cotton-nba-should-force-chamath-palihapitiya-to-sell-stake-in-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-nba-should-force-chamath-palihapitiya-to-sell-stake-in-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton: NBA Should Force Chamath Palihapitiya to Sell Stake in Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-cotton-nba-should-force-chamath-palihapitiya-to-sell-stake-in-warriors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1223148&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1231326590-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Tuesday called on the National Basketball Association to force&nbsp;Golden State Warriors part-owner Chamath Palihapitiya to sell his stake in the team after he claimed \u201cnobody cares\u201d&nbsp;about Communist China\u2019s&nbsp;genocide of the Uyghurs in the country\u2019s Xinjiang region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoke CEO Chamath Palihapitiya said no one cares about the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s mass enslavement, torture, and rape of religious minorities. He may be so callous that he doesn\u2019t care about genocide, but the American people do,\u201d Cotton said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Woke CEO Chamath Palihapitiya said no one cares about the CCP\u2019s mass enslavement, torture, &amp; rape of religious minorities. The NBA will prove itself greedy, spineless, &amp; hypocritical if it doesn\u2019t force Palihapitiya to sell his interest in the Warriors.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pKHcO6HbR5\">https:\/\/t.co\/pKHcO6HbR5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1483547147177975811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe NBA has investigated owners and forced a sale after outrageous comments before, and it even moved the All-Star game to protest a North Carolina law saying boys and girls shouldn\u2019t use the same bathroom. The league will prove itself greedy, spineless, and hypocritical if it doesn\u2019t force Palihapitiya to sell his interest in the Warriors,\u201d the lawmaker concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Palihapitiya set off a firestorm this week when he declared that he did not care about the industrial-scale persecution of the Uyghurs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warriors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@warriors<\/a>\u1f3c says he doesn\u2019t care about the Uyghurs.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation goes downhill from there.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chamath?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chamath<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 questions whether a genocide is actually happening<br \/>\u2013 says the CCP isn\u2019t a dictatorship<br \/>\u2013 says the US is no better than the CCP <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qAwi7hUPvo\">pic.twitter.com\/qAwi7hUPvo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Sobolik (@michaelsobolik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelsobolik\/status\/1483105641656897540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/17\/video-nba-co-owner-says-nobody-cares-about-chinas-uyghur-genocide\/\">Breitbart News<\/a> previously reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>During his&nbsp;<em>All-In<\/em>&nbsp;podcast interview, Palihapitiya waved off concerns about China\u2019s ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs, saying, \u201cNobody cares about what\u2019s happening to the Uyghurs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Palihapitiya, the CEO of Societal Capital which&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SocialCapital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">boasts<\/a>&nbsp;that its call is \u201csolving the world\u2019s hardest problems,\u201d shocked podcast host David Sacks when he dismissed concerns about the enslavement of millions of Chinese Uyghurs because he feels no one cares about them. Palihapitiya went on to add that he has other priorities to worry about.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to being a part-owner of the&nbsp;Warriors and a venture capitalist,&nbsp;Palihapitiya is also a major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/17\/nba-owner-who-said-nobody-cares-about-uyghurs-is-democrat-mega-donor\/\">donor<\/a> to the Democrat Party. He donated over&nbsp;$1 million to Democrats in the previous election cycle, including a $250,000 check to the Biden Victory Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Palihapitiya made headlines last year when he teased a potential recall challenge to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) but ultimately did not go through with a bid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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