Chris Kluwe is righteous. 🤜🏻🤛🏻 🇵🇸

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Chris Kluwe is righteous. 🤜🏻🤛🏻 🇵🇸
Chris Kluwe calls MAGA what it keeps on denying it is: a Nazi Movement.
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested over a protest at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday.
Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested over protest at Huntington Beach City Council meeting
By Michael David Smith
Published February 19, 2025 04:16 PM
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested over a protest at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday.
Kluwe was protesting Huntington Beach’s decision to display a plaque at its public library that uses the words, “Magical,” “Alluring,” “Galvanizing,” and “Adventurous” next to each other to spell out MAGA. All seven members of Huntington Beach’s City Council are Republicans.
Video from the city council meeting shows Kluwe criticizing the MAGA movement during the public discussion portion of the meeting, calling it “a Nazi movement” and then saying he would engage in civil disobedience. After Kluwe went to the front of the meeting where the city council sits, police handcuffed him and carried him out.
Kluwe was arrested on a charge of disrupting an assembly. He told the Orange County Register afterward that he was released after about four hours in custody.
Chris Kluwe, a former punter for the Vikings, was arrested after speaking at a City Council meeting in Huntington Beach, Calif.
About to start wearing a Chris Kluwe jersey 🙂↕️
Being carried out of a city council meeting by police officers isn’t your typical political campaign launch, but for former NFL star Chris K
Alix Breeden at Daily Kos:
Being carried out of a city council meeting by police officers isn’t your typical political campaign launch, but for former NFL star Chris Kluwe, it was the play that officially kicked off his career in politics. Now, the man who openly called MAGA a “Nazi movement” is going up against some of the “MAGA-nificent seven” city council members he protested against in the first place. “I'm passionate about the things that I believe in, and I always give 100% when I choose to do something,” Kluwe told Daily Kos. “And in this case, the thing I'm choosing to do is trying to save our democracy.” On Aug. 25, Kluwe announced that he is running for the California state Assembly in District 72, which encompasses Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Laguna Woods, Laguna Hills, and Aliso Viejo.
The longtime progressive activist and former Minnesota Vikings punter made a viral claim to fame in February at a city council meeting, where he peacefully protested a then-proposed and now-approved “MAGA” plaque in the Huntington Beach Library. “MAGA is profoundly corrupt, unmistakably anti-democracy, and, most importantly, MAGA is explicitly a Nazi movement,” Kluwe said as applause erupted in the room. “You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is.”
[...] Now, Kluwe told us, he’s choosing to go from protesting in the streets of Orange County to representing the people he marched alongside. But he won’t be ditching his World of Warcraft Bluesky handle or spicy takes to water down his political stance. Instead, he jokingly added “at the dismay of my campaign manager,” he plans to showcase something that many Democrats have been lacking for quite some time: authenticity.
Instead of consulting with focus groups or looking at what might poll well, he said, he’s sticking to saying what he believes. And while the election isn’t until 2026, Kluwe knows he has to start putting the work in now. The first play, he said, is getting people involved in local elections to begin with. “I think across America, the people who want a democracy far outnumber those who want an authoritarian form of government, and we just need them to show up,” Kluwe explained. And he has no doubt that we’re in a dire situation. “It's clear that Donald Trump wants to be a dictator. He said it himself,” Kluwe added.
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe kicks off his California Assembly seat run to fight against the radical MAGA agenda.
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested over a protest at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday.
Michael David Smith at NBC Sports:
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested over a protest at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday. Kluwe was protesting Huntington Beach’s decision to display a plaque at its public library that uses the words, “Magical,” “Alluring,” “Galvanizing,” and “Adventurous” next to each other to spell out MAGA. All seven members of Huntington Beach’s City Council are Republicans. Video from the city council meeting shows Kluwe criticizing the MAGA movement during the public discussion portion of the meeting, calling it “a Nazi movement” and then saying he would engage in civil disobedience. After Kluwe went to the front of the meeting where the city council sits, police handcuffed him and carried him out. Kluwe was arrested on a charge of disrupting an assembly. He told the Orange County Register afterward that he was released after about four hours in custody.
God Bless Chris Kluwe for taking a stand against the tyrannical MAGA agenda.
See Also:
HuffPost: Ex-NFL Player Hauled Out Of City Meeting After Railing Against ‘Nazi’ MAGA Movement
The Present Age (Parker Molloy): Democrats Could Learn Something from Former NFL Punter Chris Kluwe
Daily Kos: Ex-NFL player arrested for protesting MAGA plaque in public library
The Advocate: Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe slams MAGA for 'trying to erase trans people,' gets arrested
since chris kluwe is in the news again i want to point out this letter he wrote to maryland politician emmett burns 13 years ago because it's fucking awesome