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Rep. Dusty Johnson introduces ‘Mount Rushmore Protection Act’ after ex-NBA player calls to retire phrase
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FOX EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota launched a invoice Friday to guard the Mount Rushmore Nationwide Memorial in response to calls by former NBA participant and ESPN analyst Jalen Rose to retire using “Mount Rushmore” when itemizing all-time greats over claims it’s “offensive.”
The Mount Rushmore Safety Act prohibits using federal funds “to change, change, destroy or take away the likeness, the title of or any of the faces on the Mount Rushmore Nationwide Memorial,” in accordance with a press launch from Johnson’s workplace.
“The 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore championed the reason for freedom,” Johnson instructed Fox Information Digital in an announcement.
“Our nation has an imperfect previous, however the calls to cancel Mount Rushmore won’t transfer our nation ahead. My laws ensures the safety and fantastic thing about Mount Rushmore for generations to return.”
‘MOUNT RUSHMORE’ TERM IS ‘OFFENSIVE’ AND SHOULD BE ‘RETIRED,’ ESPN’S JALEN ROSE SAYS
The invoice was launched in response to a video posted to social media by Rose earlier this month when the previous NBA participant referred to as on the general public to “retire utilizing ‘Mount Rushmore’” when itemizing the all-time greats throughout sports activities, music and leisure.
“Can we retire utilizing ‘Mount Rushmore’? That must be offensive to all of us, particularly Native Individuals, the Indigenous individuals who had been the primary individuals right here earlier than Christopher Columbus,” Rose mentioned.
“That land was stolen from them when it was found that it contained gold. And 25 years later, so as to add insult to harm, 4 American presidents had been placed on what we name Mount Rushmore on the highest of the lifeless our bodies that’s buried proper beneath.
“So, I name for you and for myself — I am proudly owning this, too — let’s cease utilizing the time period ‘Mount Rushmore’ once we’re speaking about our favourite rappers, speaking about our favourite films, speaking about our favourite gamers.”
Rose pointed to the latest title modifications of the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Guardians, calling their unique names “offensive.”
“Why do you suppose Washington modified their title from Redskins? I do a present and did not say that phrase for eight years,” he mentioned. “As a result of it is offensive. What concerning the Cleveland Indians? Identical factor. Why did they modify the title? As a result of it is offensive.”
Washington retired its former title in July 2020 after a long time of complaints that it was offensive to Native Individuals. The group opted to make use of the title Washington Soccer Crew as a placeholder. In February, the group revealed the Commanders because the official crew title.
Equally, MLB’s Cleveland franchise, which had been often called the Indians since 1915, formally modified its title to the Guardians following the 2021 season.
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Fever 'need an enforcer' after Caitlin Clark hard foul, NBA star Draymond Green says
The incident between Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter and Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark sparked a hot take from Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green on Saturday.
Carter drew criticism from social media for her hip-check of Clark. But Green was more concerned about the players around the former Iowa standout.
Green, who was suspended during the 2023-24 NBA season due to an in-game incident, wrote on Instagram that the Fever need an enforcer.
“Indiana better go invest in an enforcer… FAST!” he wrote in the comments section of an ESPNW post.
Others on social media agreed with Green’s take. Carter herself liked a post on X that suggested the Fever have no one to stick up for Clark in situations like those.
“Indiana Fever got no killers fr man. If this happened to Steph Curry I promise Draymond Green going federal lol. Somebody touch Luka like this and PJ, DJJ, anybody sliding. They don’t have an enforcer? Lol,” Complex’ Kameron Hay wrote on X.
FEVER GM IRATE OVER CAITLIN CLARK’S TREATMENT AFTER LATEST INCIDENT: ‘IT NEEDS TO STOP!’
Former NBA player Chandler Parsons also wondered where Clark’s teammates were.
But Carter, who didn’t answer any questions about the incident, wrote back to Parsons on Sunday that she was “cool” with Clark’s teammates.
“We grown asf & y’all talking about enforcer,” she added. “Man, gtfoh. Hoop up or shut up.”
Clark told reporters that she didn’t want to retaliate against any Sky players and possibly hurt her team’s chances of winning the game.
“I wasn’t expecting that, but it’s just, ‘Respond, calm down and let your play do the talking.’ It is what it is,” she said of the Carter incident, via the Indy Star.
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Regional playoffs: Moorpark suffers heartbreaking defeat in Division II final
Crazy.
That’s the word to best describe the emotional roller-coaster of the Moorpark High baseball team over the last two weeks.
Moorpark, the team that thought it won the Southern Section Division 2 baseball title on a walk-off home run in the seventh inning last month, only to see the umpires rule the ball bounced for a ground-rule double, faced more improbable drama Saturday in the Southern California Regional Division II championship game in Bakersfield.
The Musketeers took a 4-0 lead over Liberty into the bottom of seventh inning, only to see Brock Thompson tie the score on a one-out, three-run home run. Liberty ended up winning 6-5 on a walk-off RBI double with two outs in the 10th inning by Brody Berry.
Moorpark’s ability to persevere was tested over and over. After the score was tied in the seventh, Taylor Busch, the player who hit the home run that turned into a ground-rule double in a 7-6 loss to Hart on May 18, delivered an RBI double in the top of the eighth inning for a 5-4 Moorpark lead.
In the bottom of the eighth, Liberty loaded the bases with two outs and tied the score on a single, but center fielder Jacob Shannon-Wilkerson threw out the runner at the plate trying to score from second to force a ninth inning.
Sophomore pitcher Carson Cerny limited the Patriots to two hits and no runs for six innings. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the sixth by getting a popout to end the inning.
Sophomore AJ Mai and junior Cameron Johnson each hit home runs for Moorpark, which finished 21-12-1 for first-year coach Aaron Garcia.
DIVISION I: Orange Lutheran 7, La Mirada 6: Finnegan Stewart keyed a five-run first inning with a three-run double to help the Lancers (28-7) finish as regional champions. Ross Clark got a strikeout to end the game.
DIVISION III: St. John Bosco 5, Bakersfield Christian 4: The Braves rallied from a 4-0 deficit to win the title under first-year coach Andy Rojo. Zach Woodson had the key hit, a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score 4-4. The Braves won it in the bottom of the seventh when a balk was called with runners on first and third.
DIVISION IV: Oxnard Pacifica 2, University City 1: Ricky Garcia and Alex Villicana combined on a six-hitter to lift Pacifica to the championship.
DIVISION V: Delano Chavez 8, Azusa 6: It took nine innings to decide the Division V champion.
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DIVISION I: Murrieta Mesa 8, Del Norte 2: The Rams received 14 strikeouts from Lilly Hauser to win the regional. Paige Bambarger had two hits and three RBIs.
DIVISION II: Etiwanda 5, Chula Vista Mater Dei 4: Freshman Frankie Nevarez had two RBIs to help the Eagles survive a seventh-inning rally attempt by Mater Dei to win the title. Mater Dei scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh before Kimmy Aleman recorded consecutive strikeouts to secure the victory.
DIVISION IV: Oceanside 15, Garfield 4: Strong hitting lifted Oceanside to victory.
DIVISION V: Coastal Academay 7, Chatsworth 4: Sofia Tillis struck out nine for Coastal Academy.
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Trump receives thunderous applause at UFC 302
Donald Trump appeared at UFC 302 and received a huge ovation from the fans at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday night as fans awaited the main event featuring Dustin Poirier challenging for Islam Makhachev’s UFC Lightweight Championship.
Trump walked into the arena with UFC president Dana White. He also stopped for a second to greet comedian Theo Von. Trump shook the hands of some fans and waved to the crowd.
The former president then took his spot just outside the UFC Octagon and readied to watch the main card.
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It was one of Trump’s first public appearances since he was found guilty on all counts in a New York criminal trial on Thursday.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts.
“This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt as a rigged trial and disgrace. It wouldn’t give us a venue change,” Trump said afterward. “We were at five percent or 6% in this district, in this area. This was a rigged, disgraceful trial.”
Trump said “the real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people.”
DUSTIN POIRIER’S TITLE BOUT AT UFC 302 ‘COULD BE’ HIS LAST FIGHT: ‘THIS IS MY SHOT, I WON’T GET ANOTHER ONE’
“And they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here,” Trump said. “You have a Soros backed DA and the whole thing.”
He added: “We didn’t do anything wrong. I’m a very innocent man. And it’s okay. I’m fighting for our country. I’m fighting for our Constitution. Our whole country is being rigged right now.”
Trump said that the case was “done by the Biden administration in order to wound or hurt an opponent, a political opponent.”
“And I think it’s it’s just a disgrace. And we’ll keep fighting–we’ll fight till the end and we’ll win because our country’s gone to hell,” he said. “We don’t have the same country anymore. We have a divided mess. We’re a nation of decline, serious decline.”
Trump said “millions and millions of people pouring into our country right now from prisons and from mental institutions, terrorists. And they’re taking over our country. We have a country that’s in big trouble.”
“But this was a rigged decision right from day one, with a conflicted judge who should have never been allowed to try this case. Never,” he said. “And we will fight for our Constitution. This is long from over.”
Trump has made semi-regular appearances at UFC events. He’s close friends with White, who spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Trump’s favor.
Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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