{"id":2344415,"date":"2024-09-22T10:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T14:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-superstar-kyrie-irving-was-gleefully-targeted-by-fanatical-covid-policy-architect-new-video\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T10:22:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T14:22:16","slug":"nba-superstar-kyrie-irving-was-gleefully-targeted-by-fanatical-covid-policy-architect-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-superstar-kyrie-irving-was-gleefully-targeted-by-fanatical-covid-policy-architect-new-video\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Superstar Kyrie Irving Was Gleefully Targeted by Fanatical \u2018Covid Policy Architect\u2019: New Video"},"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\">28<\/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-superstar-kyrie-irving-was-gleefully-targeted-by-fanatical-covid-policy-architect-new-video%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=2344415&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>Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving may have grounds for legal action against New York City due to \u200bremarks made by Dr. \u2064Jay Varma, who was behind the city&#8217;s strict COVID policies during Bill de Blasio&#8217;s administration. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-in-2019-we-should-surge-to-the-border-people-seeking-asylum\/\" title=\"Biden in 2019: We should \u2018surge to the border\u2019 people seeking asylum\">recently uncovered video<\/a>, Varma boasted about blocking Irving from playing basketball for the \u2062Brooklyn Nets after he refused\u2062 to get vaccinated, calling Irving &#8220;an ass.&#8221; This information was shared by conservative\u200b commentator Steven Crowder, who referred to Varma as the &#8220;NYC Covid Policy Architect.&#8221; Varma expressed pride in targeting Irving, implying his actions were a significant part of his legacy. Additionally, Varma was recorded discussing his participation in what he termed &#8220;deviant&#8221; behaviors during the pandemic&#8217;s lockdowns, which the New York Post criticized harshly. The editorial remarked on Varma&#8217;s apparent \u2063lack of accountability and questioned the trustworthiness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ruling-classs-two-tier-system-will-drive-ordinary-people-to-radicalization\/\" title=\"The ruling class&#039;s two-tier system fuels radicalization among ordinary people.\">public\u2062 health officials<\/a>.  <\/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> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving may have a litigious bone to pick with the city he used to play in.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s because Dr. Jay Varma &mdash; described by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/20\/opinion\/covid-czar-jay-varmas-drug-fuled-party-lifestyle-proves-public-health-experts-are-liars-yet-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> as &ldquo;the man behind New York City&rsquo;s draconian COVID response under Bill de Blasio&rdquo; &mdash; was recently caught on camera, almost gleefully admitting he targeted Irving for being an &ldquo;a**.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The videos were d by conservative pundit and content creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tough-talking-leftist-turns-sniveling-coward-steven-crowder-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Crowder<\/a>, who described Varma as the former &ldquo;NYC Covid Policy Architect.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the relevant video below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains language that some viewers may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/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\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Former NYC Covid Policy Architect Dr. Jay Varma Bragged About Being The Person Responsible For Blocking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyrieIrving?\">@KyrieIrving<\/a> From Playing Basketball For The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets?\">@BrooklynNets<\/a> After Irving Refused To Take The Covid Vaccine<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He refused to get vaccinated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s an ass.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ttZ77QdU2k\">https:\/\/t.co\/ttZ77QdU2k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3VGV3LdAqd\">pic.twitter.com\/3VGV3LdAqd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven Crowder (@scrowder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scrowder\/status\/1836812621917380699?\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was a basketball player named Kyrie Irving,&rdquo; Varma began in the clip.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who?&rdquo; asks the undercover journalist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kyrie Irving,&rdquo; Varma repeated, removing all doubt about who he was talking about. &ldquo;He refused to get vaccinated. But because he played for the team in Brooklyn, because of the vaccine mandates that I passed, he was not allowed to play.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kyrie-irving-torches-reporter-mic-drop-moment-sharing-documentary-alex-jones-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irving<\/a> played for the Brooklyn Nets from 2019 until a blockbuster 2023 trade that saw him go to the Mavs, due in part to the controversy he stirred over his vaccine refusal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And so it became this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/return-to-main-street\/\" title=\"Return to Main Street\">huge national issue<\/a> about why Kyrie Irving wasn&rsquo;t allowed to play basketball, because he was refusing to get vaccinated,&rdquo; Varma continued.<\/p>\n<p>The seemingly proud doctor added: &ldquo;So, like, this is a fun part of my life. So I got to be on&hellip; The Wall Street Journal wrote a whole story about me being the one that blocked Kyrie Irving from playing basketball.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The undercover video then cut to a different clip of Varma, in which the doctor denigrated Irving&rsquo;s character.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just think he&rsquo;s asinine,&rdquo; Varma is seen saying. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s an a**.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Varma then made a curious equivalency that he wouldn&rsquo;t tell Irving how to dribble or shoot a basketball.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t tell me, like, how the science works,&rdquo; Varma complained.<\/p>\n<p>While the Irving video is unseemly enough (no public health officials should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-jan-6-committees-targeting-of-ginni-thomas-is-despicable\/\" title=\"The Jan. 6 Committee\u2019s Targeting Of Ginni Thomas Is Despicable\">targeting private citizens<\/a>, &ldquo;a**&rdquo; or not), Varma may face much larger consequences, thanks to Crowder&rsquo;s sleuthing.<\/p>\n<p>The other video captured by Crowder shows Varma bragging about how he wasn&rsquo;t beholden to any of the &ldquo;draconian&rdquo; measures implemented by him, when the doctor basically admitted to partying at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rapper-diddy-makes-extremely-bizarre-promise-judge-desperately-wants-granted-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug-fueled parties<\/a> during lockdowns, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I did all this deviant, like sexual stuff while I was like, you know, like on TV and stuff. People were like, &lsquo;Aren&rsquo;t you afraid? Aren&rsquo;t you embarrassed?&rsquo; and I was like, &lsquo;No, actually, I&rsquo;m like, I love being my authentic self,&rdquo; Varma said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post absolutely excoriated Varma.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That he will stay out of prison, where he belongs like all corrupt public servants, is obscene; that he will keep his medical license is an enormity,&rdquo; the article from the New York Post&rsquo;s editorial board read.<\/p>\n<p>It continued: &ldquo;But Dr. Varma has nonetheless done America a massive favor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown yet again that our progressive public health &lsquo;experts&rsquo; are duplicitous narcissists who deserve eternal condemnation, not trust.&rdquo;<\/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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This stems from Dr. Jay Varma, who the New York Post refers to as \u201cthe architect of New York City\u2019s strict COVID policies under Bill de Blasio.\u201d Varma was recently filmed seemingly reveling in the fact that he targeted Irving for being \u201can ass.\u201d The footage was shared by conservative commentator Steven Crowder, who labeled Varma as the former &#8220;NYC Covid Policy Architect.&#8221; In the video, Varma discusses how Irving&#8217;s refusal to get vaccinated led to him being barred from playing for the Brooklyn Nets due to vaccine mandates that Varma implemented. <\/p>\n<p>Irving played for the Nets from 2019 until a major trade in 2023 that sent him to Dallas, largely due to controversies surrounding his vaccination stance. Varma expressed pride in his role in this situation, noting it became a significant national topic and even earned him coverage in The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>In another part of the video, Varma criticized Irving&#8217;s character further by calling him &#8220;asinine&#8221; and reiterated his disdainful view of Irving\u2019s actions regarding vaccination. He also made an odd comparison about not telling Irving how to play basketball while dismissing any input on scientific matters.<\/p>\n<p>While this incident is troubling\u2014public health officials should not target individuals\u2014Varma may face more serious repercussions due to Crowder&#8217;s investigation. Another clip shows Varma boasting about disregarding his own strict measures during lockdowns while attending wild parties and engaging in questionable behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post harshly condemned Varma, stating it is outrageous he remains free and retains his medical license despite such conduct. They argued that he has exposed progressive public health officials as self-serving individuals unworthy of public trust<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2344416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kyrie-Erving.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41438,41437,7873],"class_list":["post-2344415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-covid-policy","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-nba"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kyrie-Erving.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344415","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=2344415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}