Dwyane Wade and LeBron James may no longer be teammates. But that doesn’t mean Wade doesn’t still have his friend’s back.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham insulted and belittled James’ intelligence for criticizing President Donald Trump, trafficking in problematic, racist tropes. Wade responded in a tweet, noting how Trump’s election has allowed racist people to openly express their beliefs.
They use to try and hide it.. now the president has given everyone the courage to live their truths. https://t.co/OwLSMHIG0m
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) February 16, 2018
Ingraham told James and Kevin Durant to “shut up and dribble” for their critical comments of Trump and lambasted them for using strong language and being “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical.