{"id":1643873,"date":"2022-09-16T18:22:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T22:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1643873"},"modified":"2022-09-16T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T22:24:10","slug":"nba-champion-stephen-curry-says-president-donald-trump-has-a-tone-of-divisiveness-that-doesnt-have-a-place-in-our-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-champion-stephen-curry-says-president-donald-trump-has-a-tone-of-divisiveness-that-doesnt-have-a-place-in-our-country\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Champion Stephen Curry Says President Donald Trump \u201cHas a Tone of Divisiveness That Doesn\u2019t Have a Place in Our Country\u201d"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fnba-champion-stephen-curry-says-president-donald-trump-has-a-tone-of-divisiveness-that-doesnt-have-a-place-in-our-country%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=1643873&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>Golden State Warriors point guard and four-time NBA Champion Stephen Curry claims that President Donald Trump has a tone of divisiveness that he doesn\u2019t believe has a place in the United States of America.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Curry via Golden State Warriors YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Curry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-features\/stephen-curry-trump-durant-obama-politics-retire-1234589154\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke with Rolling Stone<\/a> telling the outlet, \u201cTake Trump seriously? Of\u00a0<em>course. <\/em>Most of his rhetoric \u2014 before he was president, during his four years, and even now, if he tries to run again \u2014 has a tone of divisiveness that doesn\u2019t have a place in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAs serious and loud as the threat is of him or whoever else is running for office, there\u2019s a similar urgency and a loudness that\u2019s necessary on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Steph-Curry1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1090\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Steph-Curry1.png 1090w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Steph-Curry1-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Steph-Curry1-768x381-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Steph-Curry1-750x372-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Curry via Golden State Warriors YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/07\/golden-state-warriors-andrew-wiggins-i-still-wish-i-didnt-get-the-covid-19-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden State Warriors\u2019 Andrew Wiggins: I Still Wish I Didn\u2019t Get The Covid-19 Vaccine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not only does Curry believe Trump\u2019s rhetoric and tone is divisive, a threat, and has no place in the United States, he also seemingly indicated his political positions change in the wind depending on what\u2019s in the news.<\/p>\n<p>He explained, \u201cYou\u2019re growing and evolving on the same page as these national, politicized conversations, but it doesn\u2019t have to be sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I try to do is be real, but also activate conversation that is sometimes uncomfortable,\u201d he elaborated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1090\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry.png 1090w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry-768x370-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry-750x361-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Curry via Golden State Warriors YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To highlight just how easily swayed Curry is when it comes to his positions, the Rolling Stone article notes Curry received a phone call from Barack Obama chiding him about his comments about the moon landing being fake.<\/p>\n<p>Curry appeared on the Winging It Podcast where he asked, \u201cWe ever been to the moon?\u201d After the rest of the group replied no, Curry concurred saying, \u201cThey gonna come get us. I don\u2019t think so either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then added, \u201cSorry, I don\u2019t want to start any conspiracies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/07\/golden-star-warriors-forward-draymond-green-blasts-espns-sportscenter-anchor-tells-them-talk-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Star Warriors Forward Draymond Green Blasts ESPN\u2019s SportsCenter Anchor, Tells Them \u201cTalk BASKETBALL\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Curry, Obama called him after making the comments and informed him that man did land on the moon and scolded him saying, \u201cYou\u2019ve got to\u00a0<em>do<\/em> something about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s after being scolded by Obama that he hosted a 15-minute Instagram Live discussion with an astronaut. He also created a pair of moon landing inspired sneakers with Under Armour.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after making the comments he also publicly apologized, \u201cI had an opportunity to talk to somebody that\u2019s very well knoweldged in that industry. One to express apologies and regret of how this all happened. But again the learning experience for me in terms of where \u2014 hopefully I will have that experience at the Lunar Labs and all that type of stuff will be dope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, this all gets behind us because it\u2019s very \u2014 it is what it is,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not only did Curry indicate he sways with the wind when it comes to political and even non-political statements, he also made it clear he\u2019s willing to sacrifice what principles he has for a political candidate.<\/p>\n<p>He discussed endorsing Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention saying, \u201cWe weren\u2019t sure, more so from a faith perspective, especially around abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, he explained, \u201cWhen you endorse a president, you have a lot of noise comin\u2019 at you: \u2018Daughter killer! Baby killer!\u2019\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009That\u2019s the fine line of knowing the beast of politics, where, especially when we\u2019re talking about presidential elections, being active is more important than the understanding that, with every candidate, there\u2019s not a full, down-the-ballot agreement on everything that they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1089\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry2.png 1089w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry2-768x384-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry2-750x375-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Curry via Golden State Warriors YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/nba-doesnt-schedule-any-games-on-election-day-will-engage-in-political-activities-the-day-prior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA Doesn\u2019t Schedule Any Games On Election Day, Will Engage In Political Activities The Day Prior<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/culture\/library\/view.cfm?id=6159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bishop Rene Henry Gracida notes<\/a> that it is possible for Christians to vote for a pro-abortion candidate for another reason other than their pro-abortion stance, but notes \u201cit is considered material cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First the Bishop notes that reasons commonly given to vote for a pro-abortion candidate are not sufficient, \u201cNone of the reasons commonly suggested could even begin to be proportionate enough to justify a Catholic voting for such a candidate. Reasons such as the candidate\u2019s position on war, or taxes, or the death penalty, or immigration, or a national health plan, or social security, or aids, or homosexuality, or marriage, or any similar burning societal issues of our time are simply lacking in proportionality.<\/p>\n<p>He then details the one reason that could justify a Christian voting for such a candidate, \u201cThere is only one thing that could be considered proportionate enough to justify a Catholic voting for a candidate who is known to be pro-abortion, and that is the protection of innocent human life. That may seem to be contradictory, but it is not.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1122\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry1.png 1122w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry1-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry1-768x370-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Stephen-Curry1-750x362-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Curry via Golden State Warriors YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for Curry\u2019s comments regarding Trump they are not out of the ordinary. Back in 2017, he described the then sitting President as an \u201ca**.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following an interview that Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank gave with CNBC describing President Trump as an \u201casset\u201d to the country, Curry shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2017\/02\/08\/stephen-curry-respond-to-trump-love-from-under-amours-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his thoughts with The Mercury News<\/a> saying, \u201cI agree with that description if you remove the \u2018et.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4886\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1089\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry1.png 1089w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry1-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry1-768x370-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Curry1-750x362-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Curry via Golden State Warriors YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Curry\u2019s recent comments about President Donald Trump and his political opinions?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/05\/golden-state-warriors-coach-steve-kerr-calls-for-gun-control-in-the-wake-of-texas-shooting-previously-supported-the-removal-of-police-officers-from-oakland-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr Calls For Gun Control In The Wake Of Texas Shooting, Previously Supported The Removal Of Police Officers From Oakland Schools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden State Warriors point guard and four-time NBA Champion Stephen Curry claims that President Donald Trump has a tone of divisiveness that he doesn\u2019t believe has a place in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1643875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1643873","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\/1643873","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1643875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1643873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1643873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}