As more NFL players are captured impersonating President-elect Donald Trump‘s dance, concerns have arisen on social media that the league could be getting ready to announce a ban on the Trump’s signature moves.
Ever since Trump swept the Nov. 5 election in terms of electoral votes and the popular vote, a number of athletes, particularly in the NFL, have celebrated by dancing as the president-elect did at his rallies.
However, when Brock Bowers of the Las Vegas Raiders was asked Sunday about the dance, his postgame press conference abruptly ended. USA Today reporter Safid Deen was the one who posed the question and suggested it was the reason the press conference was cut short.
Asked Brock Bowers about his Trump TD celly: “I’ve seen everyone do it. I watched the UFC fight last night and Jon Jones did it. I like watching UFC so I saw it, and thought it was cool.”
Raiders PR ended his postgame availability after my question.
— Safid Deen 💯💯💯💯 (@Safid_Deen) November 17, 2024
“I’ve seen everyone do it,” Bowers said, according to Deen. “I watched the UFC fight last night, and Jon Jones did it. I like watching UFC, so I saw it and thought it was cool.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to the NFL for comment.
In the past, the NFL has disavowed political protest, such as the movement in 2016 that had many players, including Colin Kaepernick, kneeling during the national anthem. By 2018, the league required all players to stand for the anthem.
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Bowers followed the Tennessee Titans’ Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Calvin Ridley, the San Francisco 49ers’ Leonard Floyd, Sam Okuayinonu, and Nick Bosa, and the Detroit Lions’ Malcolm Rodriguez and Za’Darius Smith in imitating the dance. Clips of other athletes and celebrities dancing similarly have been circulated by Trump’s campaign and supporters.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) shared one such compilation on X Sunday with the caption: “Make America Fun Again.” That video has over 2.5 million views.