At today’s White House press briefing, NBC News’ Peter Alexander thought he really had Sarah Sanders between a rock and a hard place with this question:
"If the White House supports the [Colorado] baker's right of free speech, why doesn't the White House support the players' right to free speech?" https://t.co/6gGw4P9Ff2 pic.twitter.com/k7eL9UdPC3
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 5, 2018
A better question would have been: “Why should anyone take me seriously as a journalist?”
Another brilliantly idiotic question from the peanut gallery!
— didi?hopes? (@DidiHopes) June 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/JFRiley1/status/1004077871332290560
This is not remotely comparable https://t.co/46hBBCpYTb
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 5, 2018
These aren't comparable scenarios
— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@CutItOutPutin) June 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/Lopper11/status/1004076660197601280
First: It's not the baker's free speech, but his religious liberty. Second: The NFL, player's employer, has a right to set rules of conduct, and it's not a violation of free speech. Free speech is in regards to what the Government cannot do, not a private company.
— Paul A Marketos (@PaulAMarketos) June 5, 2018
Alexander may have been confused by the difference between the two situations, but not CNN contributor and Philadelphia magazine writer Ernest Owens. For him, the issue is black and white — literally:
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NBC News' Peter Alexander to Sarah Sanders: "If the White House supports the [Colorado] baker's right of free speech, why doesn't the White House support the [NFL] players' right to free speech?" via CBS
Answer: The baker is white, the athletes are Black.pic.twitter.com/NzlMmHngwO
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) June 5, 2018
Wow. Why didn’t we think of that? Oh yeah — because it’s asinine.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1004105559090585601
https://twitter.com/Go_Wildcats2018/status/1004107010374291457
No the NFL is a private organization and can set any employee rule they want. The state of Colorado was suppressing the baker's religious rights.
— Repeal the 17th Amendment ?? ?? (@WeNeedCoolidge) June 5, 2018
What a bunch of absolute crap. You should be embarrassed by this tweet.
— Ori (@MrXphilly) June 5, 2018
And ashamed of his own ignorant racism.
https://twitter.com/Cheshire0/status/1004109417367785472