The Washington Commanders on Friday fined defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio $100,000 for comments he made earlier this week calling the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol a “dustup,” head coach Ron Rivera announced.
Rivera said that while Del Rio has the constitutional right to voice his opinion, “words have consequences and his words hurt a lot of people in our community.”
On Monday, Del Rio tweeted in response to a Twitter post about upcoming hearings on the Jan. 6 attack, comparing it to Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020.
“Would love to understand ‘the whole story’ about why the summer of riots, looting, burning and the destruction of personal property is never discussed but this is??? #CommonSense,” he tweeted.
He took to Twitter again Wednesday after receiving backlash for appearing to downplay the severity of the Capitol attack, which involved a number of deaths.
“I made comments earlier today in referencing the attack that took place on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Referencing that situation as a dustup was irresponsible and negligent and I am sorry,” Del Rio said in a statement. “I stand by my comments condemning violence in communities across the country.
“I say that while also expressing my support as an American citizen for peaceful protest in our country. I have fully supported all peaceful protests in America. I love, respect, and support all my fellow coaches, players, and staff that I work with and respect their views and opinions.”
Rivera said he met with Del Rio on Friday morning to express his disappointment with his comments.
“His comments do not reflect the organization’s views and are extremely hurtful to our great community here in the” District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, Rivera said.
“As we saw last night in the hearings, what happened on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was an act of domestic terrorism. A group of citizens attempted to overturn the results of a free and fair election, and as a result, lives were lost and the Capitol building was damaged.
“I want to make it clear that our organization will not tolerate any equivalency between those who demanded justice in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the actions of those on January 6 who sought to topple our government.”
Rivera said the team plans to donate the fine to the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund.
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The Left thinks only the Left is entitled to free speech, justice, having their way exclusively in anything and everything. It ain’t just in the NFL.
The NFL is going to look rather stupid when the truth finally comes out,,,,right after the FBI cleans its own house having crossdressed as Democrat operatives just like J. Edgar Hoover used to dress up like a woman.
That’s assumes the FBI ever CAN CLEAN itself up..
“As we saw last night in the hearings, what happened on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was an act of domestic terrorism. A group of citizens attempted to overturn the results of a free and fair election, and as a result, lives were lost and the Capitol building was damaged.” Huh??
Ali Alexander had a meltdown on Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform.
“Edited audio!” he wrote. “Have you ever seen a video with more fake edits and SPLICES? This video is a spoof! Audio is completely edited.”
“J6 Committee, you won’t be getting an Oscar for this! Hoax!” Alexander continued as he sent out a dozen frenzied posts about the testimony.
“This is SO overly scripted. All teleprompter. No authenticity. This ain’t convincing anyone!”
“This ain’t convincing anyone!” — Yes is is, the Democrat Party’s “useful Idiots” will believe anything they hear from their Democrat Party’s gods.
AGAIN we see another “A one-sided, totally Democrat, POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!” (RINOs are Democrats)
Nancy Pelosi admitted an unfortunate truth about her
Orchestrate and fabricated impeachment “farce”
– It hinges on witness’s “allegations” not “proof”.
It’s Not A Question” Of “Proof”, It’s About “Allegations” 🙁 🙁 🙁
Unfortunately, the left’s LONG HELD that belief of “ONLY THEY know the truth, only THEY can do XYZ, only THEY are the ones in the right”.
This is exactly why I haven’t watched 1 single down of NFL Football since Kaepernick 1st “took a knee” during The National Anthem.
Me neither. NOR do i watch that new football league.
Rivera said that while Del Rio has the constitutional right to voice his opinion, “words have consequences and his words hurt a lot of people in our community.”
PROVE it!
I’d have told Rivera and the entire organization that I’d see them in H*ll and go with them if need be but I’d die before I apologized or paid them one red cent in fines.
The Anti-American Communist Democrat autocrats that rule OUR government have created a Post-Constitutional culture that has infested every corner of OUR Institutions and society. Most embedded so called “elected” representatives of the PEOPLE, are nothing more than white collar criminals and Traitors against the American People and OUR Constitution. They have destroyed OUR elections integrity through open Voter Fraud and get away with it through a complicit co-conspiring Propagandist Media and Marxist Judges. True AMERICANS will Rise to the challenge and take back OUR Country from the thralls of Real Tyranny!!!
I don’t buy Coke products since I became too “white”, I haven’t eaten an Oero cookie in six years,[made in Mexico], I cancelled my Pizza Hut account on line and no longer buy their pizza, I make my own and they are better, and on Sunday afternoons I watch old war movies and never again any thing from the “woke” NFL, thank goodness my beer company has not gone stupid yet and I can still find a non woke hotdog in the store…..the only real problem I have is now that “honey do list” can’t be ignored…LOL and the wifie is so much happier… that’s the good part…a happy wife a happy life…. now what to do on Monday night???
they are always gonna be the redskins to me and clevland mlb team will be the indians.
as far as that goes the nfl,mlb,mls,and the ncaa can all pound sand.
we have become a nation of sissy marys sticks and stone may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
liberalism in a nut shell make men and boys feminine sissys.
I don’t care about the NFL, so don’t give a rats behind, what they call themselves..