{"id":2308174,"date":"2024-07-25T15:37:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legally-problematic-us-olympic-basketball-coach-endorses-kamala-harris-while-performing-official-duties\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T15:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:38:48","slug":"legally-problematic-us-olympic-basketball-coach-backs-kamala-harris-while-on-duty-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legally-problematic-us-olympic-basketball-coach-backs-kamala-harris-while-on-duty-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Legally Problematic&#8221;: US Olympic Basketball Coach Backs Kamala Harris While on Duty"},"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%2Flegally-problematic-us-olympic-basketball-coach-backs-kamala-harris-while-on-duty-5%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=2308174&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 \u2063text discusses a recent endorsement made \u2063by Steve Kerr, the head coach of the U.S. Olympic Men\u2019s \u2063Basketball team, for Vice President Kamala Harris, who is viewed as the Democratic Party&#8217;s presumptive nominee\u200c for \u2063the 2024\u2062 presidential election. Kerr&#8217;s comments, made during an official practice in Team USA attire, have sparked controversy, with the Heritage \u200dFoundation labeling them as &#8220;legally problematic.&#8221; Stephen Curry, a guard \u200cfor the Warriors, also\u2063 expressed support for Harris, prompting further criticism. Critics have\u2064 pointed out \u200dthat both\u200b Kerr and Curry, who are affluent athletes, live in insulated environments that shield them from differing political opinions. Their endorsements have not\u2064 resonated well with some fans, \u2063who expressed their \u2062displeasure on social media. The piece underscores concerns about athletes engaging in partisan politics \u200cwhile representing the United States abroad.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>To paraphrase a famous quote from the late William F. Buckley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legally-problematic-us-olympic-basketball-coach-backs-kamala-harris-while-on-duty-2\/\" title=\"Legally Problematic&quot;: US Olympic Basketball Coach Backs Kamala Harris While on Duty\">liberals profess openness<\/a> to other views but then regularly behave as if they had no idea that other views existed.<\/p>\n<p>While talking to reporters in Paris, France, on Thursday, notorious woke liberal and U.S. Olympic Men&rsquo;s Basketball head coach Steve Kerr pledged to support Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party&rsquo;s presumptive 2024 presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr, however, made this endorsement while acting in his official capacity, which the conservative Heritage Foundation described as &ldquo;legally problematic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris is a great candidate, and I will support her,&rdquo; Kerr said, according to NBA writer Marc J. Spears.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kerrst01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kerr<\/a>, a 5-time NBA champion player and 4-time champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/coaches\/kerrst01c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coach<\/a> of the Golden State Warriors, had no business endorsing Harris. After all, he apparently made those comments in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legally-problematic-us-olympic-basketball-coach-backs-kamala-harris-while-on-duty-3\/\" title=\"Legally Problematic&quot;: US Olympic Basketball Coach Backs Kamala Harris While on Duty\">official practice setting<\/a> while decked out in Team USA athletic apparel. Democrats might have fallen in line behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-data-analyst-hits-kamala-harris-reality-check-manufactured-hype-builds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a>, but the United States of America has not.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Kamala Harris is a great candidate and I will support her,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usabasketball?\">@usabasketball<\/a> head coach Steve Kerr said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ORp6D8hvSr\">pic.twitter.com\/ORp6D8hvSr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcJSpears\/status\/1816426903588282765?\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Warriors and Team USA guard Stephen Curry made the same reprehensible endorsement while speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vice President Harris is primed to bring her energy to this campaign, and hopefully, she&rsquo;s on the ticket winning the election, but it&rsquo;s a big deal to say the least,&rdquo; Curry said in a clip posted to the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US Olympic basketball player Steph Curry was asked about his longtime connection with Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on the &ldquo;big deal&rdquo; her potential nomination could provide these &ldquo;monumental next couple months for our country.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kssIwoYSAD\">pic.twitter.com\/kssIwoYSAD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coley Harvey (@ColeyHarvey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColeyHarvey\/status\/1816409845177733191?\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a on Thursday, the Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Oversight Project described the endorsements as &ldquo;legally problematic&rdquo; and threatened action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128064;Legally problematic that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveKerr?\">@SteveKerr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenCurry30?\">@StephenCurry30<\/a> are engaging in partisan politics overseas while on non-profit travel with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usabasketball?\">@usabasketball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are exploring options<\/p>\n<p>Athletically problematic that they barely beat South Sudan by 1 point <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2wjLGNJMnv\">https:\/\/t.co\/2wjLGNJMnv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oversight Project (@OversightPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightPR\/status\/1816491145930866953?\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kerr, of course, has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-trump-nba-champion-coach-steve-kerr-gop-sold-soul-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lengthy history<\/a> of derogatory statements about former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors coach has also added his voice to such leftist causes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nba-team-hijacks-moment-silence-tells-audience-demand-gun-control-lawmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun control<\/a> and the Black Lives Matter-inspired calls for &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nba-coach-demanded-police-removed-schools-blm-unrest-now-shouts-something-tx-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social justice<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On social media, Kerr&rsquo;s endorsement of Harris did not exactly win the coach &mdash; or USA Basketball &mdash; many new fans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stick to Hoops,&rdquo; one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stick to Hoops<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Sampson (@AdamSampson13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSampson13\/status\/1816433501606125610?\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope they lose even more now,&rdquo; another user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I hope they lose even more now<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Don Ludwig (@deludwig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deludwig\/status\/1816508350877585676?\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Legal questions aside, privileged coaches and athletes like Kerr and Curry live in bubbles that insulate them from real dissent. In other words, with anti-establishment voices marginalized or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/censorship-coming-back-x-ceos-alarming-hate-speech-update-users-worried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censored<\/a> nearly everywhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legally-problematic-us-olympic-basketball-coach-backs-kamala-harris-while-on-duty\/\" title=\"Legally Problematic&quot;: US Olympic Basketball Coach Backs Kamala Harris While on Duty\">affluent liberals seldom encounter challenges<\/a> to their narrow worldview.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, when they travel abroad and compete on behalf of the United States, they see no incongruity between their own partisan endorsements and the much broader task of representing their entire country.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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