‘Show LeBron this’ – Fans call out Donald Trump over 2020 national anthem clip 24OKT26

 

President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. At right is first lady Melania Trump and White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)AP

UPDATE!: VIDEO & ARTICLES: Donald Trump ripped for behavior at dignified transfer: ‘Take your (expletive) hat off’ & Donald Trump appears to be selling dignified transfer hats and they aren’t cheap 7&9MAR26

I do not agree with LeBron James' actions during the pre-game National Anthem, I do not understand why he chooses not to stand respectfully for such a short period of time. BUT I also do not support NOT MY pres donald jessica drumpf's/trump's condemnation of LeBron James. drumpf/trump is a 5 time draft dodger, committed treason against America on 6JAN21, and has the most greedy and corrupt administration of any president in our nation's 250 year history. He is sending American military personnel to die in his illegal and immoral war on Iran while making illegal immoral business deals with Russia while Russia supports Iran in drumpf's/trump's war. He is a disgrace. This from Yahoo!Sports.....

‘Show LeBron this’ – Fans call out Donald Trump over 2020 national anthem clip

Luke Randall

Sat, October 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM EDT

If Donald Trump expected his criticism of LeBron James to land without a return, he forgot the internet never deletes receipts.

A clip went viral online showing LeBron James loose and in his golf routine, stretching and going through warmups while the national anthem played in Philadelphia. Donald Trump pounced, taking aim at the footage out, calling LeBron a "total disgrace," and claiming he owed the military an apology.

He even acted out the stretches on stage at a rally to rile up the room. But a cool, calm and collected LeBron barely batted an eye, brushing off the outrage as just another "slow news day at the office".

Donald Trump played the orchestra during 2020 Super Bowl national them

It didn't take long for folks to pull up the receipts. Back during a 2020 Super Bowl bash at his Mar-a-Lago club, Donald Trump was caught on video looking like he was everywhere except in the moment while the anthem played.

Instead of hand-on-heart reverence, he was grinning, pointing out friends, adjusting his jacket, and playfully waving his hands around like an orchestra conductor.

For a guy who loves to wrap himself in the flag and preach about proper respect whenever an athlete steps out of line, the old clip made his lecture to LeBron James look pretty rich.

And that's exactly what fans have been talking about on X.

One fan seems to think he didn't know the words in the 2020 clip: "Notice he can't remember the words."

"Trump gestured during the anthem too in 2020 but only LeBron James owes apologies." Another added.

Another supporter wondered if LeBron had seen the video: "Please someone show LeBron this."

"Maybe Donald Trump should practice what he preaches to LeBron James before he starts making demands." One fan suggested Trump is just as bad as LeBron.

This supporter shared the same view: "Trump criticises LeBron yet Trump does it himself."

At the end of the day, common decency isn't optional. It shouldn't matter how big your name is or where you stand politically, standing for the anthem is just basic respect. Until the league actually puts real teeth behind its rules and enforces them, players will just keep doing whatever they feel like.

VIDEO & ARTICLE: Talarico presses anticorruption agenda, targeting both Paxton and Elon Musk 21OKT26

 

Exposé of fascist fotze trunt elon musk's attempts to buy corrupt fascist fotze trunt ken paxton's US Senate seat in the 2026 Midterm election. I hope and pray the people of Texas are of higher quality and moral character and intelligent enough not to elect paxton to the senate. This from Decency Daily, Houston Public Media and the video from Newsweek.....

Decency Daily

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Breaking: James Talarico's campaign just released an explosive ad revealing who is financing the attacks against him in Texas. And they brought the receipts.

The commercial opens with a question: "Do you keep seeing these attack ads against James Talarico?"

Then the narrator tells viewers to examine the organizations paying for them.

The narrator identifies several political action committees, including Texas PAC, America PAC and Lone Star Liberty PAC, as organizations allegedly financing the attacks.

The commercial then asks who's funding these groups.

That's when the ad delivers its answer. "Elon Musk."

And then came the receipts.

The commercial put financial records on the screen.

The image shows a table of reported political contributions, including transaction identification numbers, dates, amounts and contributor names. These are specific election finance entries that can be checked against public filings.

Two entries stand out.

September 9, 2026: $75 million.

September 23, 2026: $83 million.

Both list Musk as the contributor, totaling $158 million.

The narrator continues: "He's now spent more than $180 million to defeat James Talarico."

The commercial then connects that spending to Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, alleging Musk is financing his election effort.

"But why is the world's first trillionaire doing this?"

The narrator then alleges that Musk's political spending is connected to his interests in Texas land and water resources.

The campaign presents those interests as a possible explanation for his financial support of Paxton, before declaring: "And now he wants to buy his own personal U.S. senator."

The commercial ends with a direct warning:

"So let's remind Elon, Texas is not for sale."

Thank you to James Talarico for putting political spending records in front of Texas voters, so they can see it for themselves.

Time for every voter to hear it.

Talarico presses anticorruption agenda, targeting both Paxton and Elon Musk

Democratic state Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, speaking at the University of Houston, blasted Musk for pouring nearly $190 million into the campaign of his Republican rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Andrew Schneider

 | Posted onOctober 21, 2026, 4:20 PM (Last Updated: October 21, 2026, 10:32 PM)

Democratic state Rep. James Talarico made one of his final swings through the Houston area Wednesday ahead of November's U.S. Senate election, taking direct aim at trillionaire Elon Musk for bankrolling his Republican rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Speaking before a crowd at the UH Hilton on the main campus of the University of Houston, Talarico framed the Senate race as a fight against corruption.

"Ken Paxton was impeached by his own party, by his fellow Republicans for using his public office — his position of public trust — to enrich himself and his donors at the expense of the people of Texas," Talarico said. "Ken Paxton represents everything that’s wrong with this broken, corrupt system. He doesn’t serve us. He serves himself."

Paxton’s campaign has been dogged by multiple scandals, including his past indictment for felony securities fraud, as well as his 2023 impeachment on charges of abuse of office, which ultimately ended in his acquittal by the Texas Senate.

Talarico pledged to pass a raft of anti-corruption measures if elected. Specifically, he advocated for legislation to ban corporate political action committees and super PACs; to bar members of Congress from trading in stocks; to outlaw partisan gerrymandering by state governments; and to enact congressional term limits.

As a first-term lawmaker, Talarico would likely have limited power to push for any of these measures.

Talarico also took aim at Musk, pointing to the nearly $190 million in donations Paxton received from Musk through the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC tied to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

"In all likelihood, if you’ve seen an attack ad on your screen, that was Elon. If you’ve gotten lies in your mailbox, that was Elon. If you’ve received a text message saying scary things about me, that was Elon too," Talarico said. "Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants our taxpayer dollars. He wants his very own personal United States Senator. He is trying to buy Texas. But on Nov. 3, we are going to send a clear message to the world’s first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale."

Talarico spoke just hours after receiving the endorsement and vote of former Republican President George W. Bush's brother, Neil Bush.

"My vote was motivated by two things: deep concern about Ken Paxton’s record and genuine admiration for the character and principles I see in James Talarico," Neil Bush said in a post on Facebook. "Today, I voted against a style of politics that I believe has damaged our country. More importantly, I voted for the kind of character and leadership I hope will help heal it."

The Bush family did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Former President Bush’s daughter, Barbara Bush, earlier made a $2,500 donation to Lone Star Rising PAC, the main political action committee supporting Talarico’s campaign.

Paxton made his most recent campaign swing through the Houston area on Tuesday, with stops in Conroe and Sugar Land.

"It’s not just James Talarico, we have to worry about. You see, this race could very well determine who controls the US Senate for the next two or more years," Paxton told his Conroe audience. "I’m not exaggerating when I say if we lose Texas, we lose America. We all know it. That’s what we’re fighting for."

Most polling in the contest shows Talarico and Paxton in a statistical dead heat.

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