LeBron James said the NBA isn’t torn about losing President Trump as a viewer due to his opposition to demonstrations during the national anthem.
, a voting rights group aimed at motivating Black Americans to vote in November. At the time of the announcement, he said the desire to create the group was fueled by the global outcry over George Floyd’s death while in police custody.
“Because of everything that’s going on, people are finally starting to listen to us — we feel like we’re finally getting a foot in the door,” James told thein June. “How long is up to us. We don’t know. But we feel like we’re getting some ears and some attention, and this is the time for us to finally make a difference.”
One of the things LeBron has worked on is More Than A Vote, which will fight voter suppression, especially which affects black communities: “They don’t believe that they can go and affect change. And that’s something that I grew up feeling the same way.”
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