House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), decked out in Knicks gear, jabbed at President Donald Trump on Monday for “injecting himself” into the NBA Finals, ahead of the president’s attendance at Game 3 between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs.“It also is not clear to me that Donald Trump is a big Knicks fan,” Jeffries told reporters. “I mean, does this guy even know the difference between Karl Rove and Karl-Anthony Towns? I don’t think so.”Towns is a center for the Knicks, while Rove is a Republican political pundit and former deputy chief of staff to George W. Bush.
Jeffries continued, “He’s just injecting himself into the NBA Finals because he always has to bring the MAGA circus into town, and that’s unfortunate.”
Trump will be the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game, which will be at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. The president will be joined by White House communications director Steven Cheung and Office of Presidential Personnel Director Dan Scavino, according to people familiar with the president’s plans.
“Sports are at the forefront of American culture, and President Trump loves them as the people’s president,” White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told the Washington Examiner. “As a lifelong fan, the president looks forward to watching the Knicks compete to bring home their first NBA championship in more than 50 years at Madison Square Garden tonight.”TRUMP BRINGING AN ENTOURAGE AND SECURITY DISRUPTIONS TO GAME 3 OF KNICKS-SPURS
