Trump Goes to the NBA Finals -- Look Who Attacked Him

 Larry Elder – HotAir

" President Donald Trump, a native of Queens, New York, and a longtime Knicks fan, announced plans to attend a NBA finals game at Madison Square Garden. As expected, Trump's New York political enemies pounced. But take a look at the resume of Trump's New York critics.

        U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said: "It's not clear to me that Donald Trump is a big Knicks fan. I mean, does this guy even know the difference between Karl Rove and Karl Anthony Towns? I don't think so. He's just injecting himself."

        But NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called Trump a lifelong fan, saying Trump "was a fixture at Madison Square Garden. He was here all the time. He's a genuine Knicks fan."

        Now this would be the same Hakeem Jeffries who once defended the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan and defended his anti-Semitic uncle Leonard Jeffries, a longtime professor at City College of New York.

        In April 2023, the Republican Jewish Coalition issued a statement about Mr. Jeffries:

"As CNN reported this week: for years, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries lied about having only a 'vague recollection' of his uncle Leonard Jeffries' nauseating antisemitism.

        "The disgusting remarks Leonard Jeffries made include: comparing Jews to 'dogs' and 'skunks', saying that 'rich Jews' financed the slave trade, and saying that Jewish Hollywood executives 'planned and plotted and programmed' a conspiracy to denigrate Black Americans in films." . . .More...

WATCH: NYC Descends into Chaos After Knicks End 53-Year Championship Drought Against Spurs  . . . “For more than 50 years, New Yorkers have waited for this moment. Through near misses, heartbreak and a hope that every year could be our year, this city never stopped believing in the Knicks. And this team fulfilled that hope with grit, resilience and heart — just like the five boroughs itself,” said Mayor Mamdani. “New Yorkers have cheered for our team from packed living rooms in the Bronx to watch parties in Brooklyn, from bars in Queens to Staten Island to Manhattan, and Madison Square Garden itself. Now it’s time for our city to celebrate together. Bing bong.”

"Of all of New York’s major professional sports teams – the Giants, Yankees, Mets, Rangers, Jets, and Islanders – only the Jets have had a longer championship drought than the Knicks.

"With a championship in tow, the Knicks will make their way back from San Antonio to what promises to be a hero’s welcome the likes of which New York City has not seen in some time." . . .

New York Knicks fans: We are the champions … so let’s destroy stuff! - . . . "What if, say, Scotty Scheffler won the Masters by sinking a 30-foot putt for a birdie on the 18th hole... and his fans proceeded to destroy Augusta National Golf Club?

"Is it traditional for the family of a student's spelling bee contest winner to set fire to the venue at which it was held? No? Then why the difference? That is a rhetorical question, one to which I believe most of us know the answer.

"Culture matters. Standards matter. Expectations (and assumed consequences) matter. As do simple human decency and dignity. But, what the hell, “Knicks in five! Knicks in five!”

"Now let’s torch Manhattan."