LeBron James on the attack on the federal Capitol: “Trump doesn’t care about this country or his family”

The Angels – LeBron James and his Lakers teammates were already upset after a Wisconsin district attorney decided Tuesday not to press charges against a police officer who shot a black man last year.

Then came Wednesday when a violent crowd loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Building to delay Congress from certifying the results of the November election.

What James saw on television with his family continued to strengthen his view of the great divide in the country.

“We live in two Americas and an excellent example of that was yesterday. If you don’t understand or see that, take a step back. Not just one step, but four or five or even ten steps back, ”James said Thursday night after Los Angeles lost to the San Antonio Spurs 118-109.

“How do you want your children or grandchildren to live in this beautiful country? Yesterday it wasn’t like that. I wondered if they were my kind storming the Capitol, what would have been the result. We all know what would have happened if someone had been approached, let alone if there had been a break-in, ”he added.

James was wearing a jersey when he entered Staples Center for the game that read “Do you get it now?” He had also written it on his sneakers during the game. Players and coaches from both teams hugged each other in a circle in the center of the court during the national anthem.

When asked what he meant by his jersey, James said he wants people to understand what athletes and blacks are saying.

“You will never understand the feeling of being a black man and woman in America”, James assured.

“Do you understand how difficult it is to keep inspiring and give everything we have? Everyone gets involved in what we offer, what we bring. How we dress, our music, our culture, our food. Everyone steals from what we do and then wants to do as we did or brought it into this world. We won’t get our due diligence or anything back to your country, other than a slap in the face. ‘

A district attorney’s decision Tuesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, not to press charges against the prosecutor who shot Jacob Blake sparked anger at the NBA.. The Blake incident was one of many social issues that players focused on last summer when play resumed in the bubble in Orlando, Florida.

James has been a critic of Trump during his four years in office, saying that what happened on the Capitol was a direct correlation to what the president represents.

“He doesn’t care about this country or his family. We saw the tweets all the way to this destruction. For the past four years we all knew “, noticed. “One thing that can never be fixed is time. We literally (wasted) four years in the trash. “

Yesterday was embarrassing. We should be an example to all other countries to make things work and change the world, and yesterday we looked like a third, fourth, fifth world country. It was embarrassing, ”he said.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who has also not been hesitant to voice his views on President Trump, said he believed the president was enjoying Wednesday’s uprising.

“I believe with all my heart that Trump enjoyed it,” Popovich said 90 minutes before kickoff. “They talked about the police and how easy it was, they removed the barriers and went straight in. That won’t happen unless there’s a wink and wink somewhere. That just won’t happen. It never happened at a protest where someone went. So I don’t think it’s so far-fetched that people are starting to talk about the 25th amendment. We know it probably won’t happen, ”he said.

Popovich also took the time to praise James, calling him an “iconic figure.”

“As a person and citizen and as someone who looks at the social problems of our time, he does not do this with hatred. It’s just telling the truth, ”Popovich said of James.