{"id":1417183,"date":"2022-04-03T20:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T00:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417183"},"modified":"2022-04-03T20:59:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T00:59:42","slug":"shannon-sharpe-faces-backlash-for-tweet-championing-20-a-gallon-for-gas-over-having-trump-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shannon-sharpe-faces-backlash-for-tweet-championing-20-a-gallon-for-gas-over-having-trump-as-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Sharpe Faces Backlash For Tweet Championing $20 A Gallon For Gas Over Having Trump As President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fshannon-sharpe-faces-backlash-for-tweet-championing-20-a-gallon-for-gas-over-having-trump-as-president%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=1417183&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/SS-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<p>Retired NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe, a sports analyst on Fox Sports 1, faced backlash over the weekend for saying that he would rather pay $20 for a gallon of gas than have former President Donald Trump still in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone knows someone hiring that owns a gas station? You get a discount IF* you [work] at an establishment,\u201d Sharpe wrote on Twitter on Saturday in a tweet that included a picture of gas pump where $118 was spent. \u201cDo ppl still siphon off gas? It was a thing when I was a growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anyone knows someone hiring that owns a gas station? You get a discount IF* you wrk at an establishment. Do ppl still siphon off gas? It was a thing when I was a growing up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cfmKNOGhoI\">pic.twitter.com\/cfmKNOGhoI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonSharpe\/status\/1510440199687327746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A random account on Twitter responded by asking Sharpe, \u201cShannon do you still hate Donald?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d rather pay 20 bucks a gallon than have Trump in office,\u201d Sharpe responded. \u201cHope that answers your question.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019d rather pay 20 bucks a gallon than have Trump in office. Hope that answers your question <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zdL1hgZ17P\">https:\/\/t.co\/zdL1hgZ17P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonSharpe\/status\/1510625881059840003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The following are some of the notable responses that Sharpe\u2019s tweet garnered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nick Searcy<\/strong>, actor: \u201cThis is what rich a** kissing leftists like @ShannonSharpe are really like. They don\u2019t give a damn about working people.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greg Gutfeld<\/strong>, Fox News: \u201cLucky you.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Barron<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cAh yes s****ing on the poors to own the Trump supporters.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeff Carlson<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cLiterally the Democrats 2024 campaign slogan.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buzz Patterson<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cShannon doesn\u2019t care about poor people.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matthew Betley<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cEasy to say when you have millions.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gary Sheffield Jr.<\/strong>, commentator: \u201cThe statement makes sense if you make millions of dollars. Given the average American makes roughly $45K\/year, I don\u2019t think this opinion holds up around the country. Hence the approval ratings both CNN and Fox News agree are in the gutter.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jesse Kelly<\/strong>: \u201cCountless men have spent most of their adult lives trying to define communism and in the end it took a racist football player with the IQ of a gerbil to sum it up best.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Will Ricciardella<\/strong>, Fox News: \u201cEvery conservative on Sunday: let\u2019s watch football! When will Americans understand they\u2019re making people who hate them rich?\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Caleb Howe<\/strong>, Mediaite: \u201cCan\u2019t \u2026 can\u2019t we have neither?\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jim Hanson<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cRich jacka** fine w\/ bankrupting sports fans Because mean tweets give him sadz.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Cardillo<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cSharpe here earned $22.3 million in his NFL career, then made $3 million\/year at Fox. He can afford the gas. The single mom driving to her second job to feed her kids cannot.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kurt Schlichter<\/strong>, attorney: \u201cLoser.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arthur Schwartz<\/strong>, Republican strategist: \u201cDemocrats should adopt this messaging straight through the \u201824 elections.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mike Mason<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cI\u2019ll take \u2018things people with low IQ\u2019s say\u2019 for a thousand, Alex.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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