{"id":1493141,"date":"2022-05-26T12:44:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493141"},"modified":"2022-05-26T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:45:06","slug":"miami-heat-urges-fans-to-call-senators-demanding-their-support-for-common-sense-gun-laws-before-playoff-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miami-heat-urges-fans-to-call-senators-demanding-their-support-for-common-sense-gun-laws-before-playoff-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Heat Urges Fans To Call Senators \u2018Demanding Their Support For Common-Sense Gun Laws\u2019 Before Playoff Game"},"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%2Fmiami-heat-urges-fans-to-call-senators-demanding-their-support-for-common-sense-gun-laws-before-playoff-game%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=1493141&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--><p>The Miami Heat NBA franchise is being criticized for encouraging fans to contact their state senators \u201cdemanding\u201d support for \u201ccommon-sense gun laws\u201d prior to the team\u2019s playoff game against the Boston Celtics Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Following a moment of silence in honor of the 21 victims killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the team\u2019s public address announcer urged attendees at FTX Stadium to leave a message with their elected officials and asked them to register to vote.<\/p>\n<p>A clip of the request can be seen here:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A moment of silence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Ycn1uqN0i\">pic.twitter.com\/8Ycn1uqN0i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiHEAT\/status\/1529627285103443973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In reaction to the announcement, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio blasted the NBA, accusing the league of blatant hypocrisy related to its business dealings with the Chinese Communist regime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\">@NBA <\/a>doesn\u2019t like to talk about the billions they make from a China that enslaves Uyghur Muslims and harvests their organs,\u201d Rubio tweeted. \u201cBut they have no problem politicizing a horrific tragedy in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a> doesn\u2019t like to talk about the billions they make from a China that enslaves Uyghur Muslims and harvests their organs<\/p>\n<p>But they have no problem politicizing a horrific tragedy in America <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VUXpOBbw7j\">pic.twitter.com\/VUXpOBbw7j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1529662469710483457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nba-owners-have-10-billion-invested-in-china-report-finds\">reported<\/a> that owners of NBA teams have a collective $10 billion invested in China.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA has been frequently criticized for doing business with China while refusing to speak against a myriad of issues plaguing the communist nation \u2014 including repression of ethnic minorities like the Uyghurs.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/33938932\/nba-owners-mum-china-relationship-more-10-billion-invested-there\">new analysis from ESPN<\/a> found that the league\u2019s 40 principal owners \u201ccollectively have more than $10 billion tied up in China.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nba-owners-have-10-billion-invested-in-china-report-finds\">noted<\/a> that former Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter Freedom \u2014 who grew up under heavy political repression in Turkey \u2014 has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/enes-kanter-slams-professional-sports-leagues-for-not-speaking-out-on-china-theyre-scared\">blasted the NBA<\/a>\u00a0for refusing to speak out about Chinese atrocities because they are \u201cscared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, you see, there\u2019s so many athletes, so many actors, you know, so many singers and rappers out there,\u201d Kanter said in 2021. \u201cThey\u2019re scared. They\u2019re scared to say a word because they care too much about their money. They care too much about their endorsement deals. They care too much about what the teams that they play for are going to say. But, you know, they should know one thing: It should be morals and principles over money. It shouldn\u2019t be the opposite way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr also commented on the tragedy of gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen are we going to do something? I am so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there,\u201d Kerr said at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics defeated the Heat 93-80 to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Heat NBA franchise is being criticized for encouraging fans to contact their state senators \u201cdemanding\u201d support for \u201ccommon-sense gun laws\u201d prior to the team\u2019s playoff game against the Boston Celtics Wednesday night. Following a moment of silence in honor of the 21 victims killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the team\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1493195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}