LeBron James Quits Social Media Due to ‘Negativity’ After His Attack on Trump Supporters Failed to Help Kamala Harris Win

November 21, 2024 Mark Wolf US 0

NBA star LeBron James announced Thursday that he’s decided to take some time off from social media.

The reason? Too much “negativity.”

James reposted a message from Rich Kleiman — an entrepreneur known for being fellow NBA player Kevin Durant’s agent — that spoke about, “so much hate and negativity in the world today” asserting that, “We can all acknowledge that sports is the last part of society that universally brings people together.”

Shortly after his repost, James made the following post indicating it was time to step away.

This would be all well and good for a four-time NBA champion if he truly considered professional sports to be an escape that brings Americans together while using his platform to spread positivity.

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However, James has spent the past election cycle doing just the opposite.

On Halloween, James posted a deceptively edited video — basically propaganda — with soundbites of President-elect Donald Trump, making him seem like a raging lunatic racist one would find in the Civil Rights Era among names like former Alabama Gov. George Wallace.

James added the caption to the video, “What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me.”

He ended his message with a desperate plea to his followers. “VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!”

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This video is the embodiment of the negativity James is complaining about.

How could James be so incredibly oblivious to the hypocrisy on display here?

TPUSA contributor Jon Root replied to James’s reposting of Kleiman’s message, reminding him how responsible he was for the atmosphere he now complains about.

Root appropriately told James he was “perpetuating the divisiveness and hate that is tearing this country apart.”

Well said.

If James truly wanted to bring the country together, he would stop posting propaganda, stop attacking Trump supporters, and do one of the hardest things in the world — admit he was wrong.

Running away from the problem that you created while saying it’s someone else’s fault isn’t going to help your case.

James doesn’t appear to be done with X.

Maybe after his break, he can come back with a new mindset and actually be part of the solution.



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