It’s safe to say, some of us (millions of us) are facing a sad reality, Donald J. Trump is President-Elect. While some of us are trying to cope with our feelings and rationalize what’s going on, Pistons Head Coach, Stan Van Gundy, might’ve relayed what many of us feel.
After a disappointing, 82-114, loss to the Clippers, Van Gundy let the press have it when asked about the political election and the newly elected president. Here is a snippet, to hear the entire rant, check out Detroit Free Press Soundcloud below.
“I don’t think anybody can deny this guy is openly and brazenly racist and misogynistic,” Van Gundy said. “We have just thrown a good part of our population under the bus, and I have problems with thinking this is where we are as a country.”
“Martin Luther King said, ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but bends toward justice.’ I would have believed in that for a long time, but not today. … What we have done to minorities … in this election is despicable. I’m having a hard time dealing with it. This isn’t your normal candidate. I don’t know even know if I have political differences with him. I don’t even know what are his politics. I don’t know, other than to build a wall and ‘I hate people of color, and women are to be treated as sex objects and as servants to men.’ I don’t know how you get past that. I don’t know how you walk into the booth and vote for that.”
“It’s embarrassing. I have been ashamed of a lot of things that have happened in this country, but I can’t say I’ve ever been ashamed of our country until today. Until today. We all have to find our way to move forward, but that was — and I’m not even trying to make a political statement. To me, that’s beyond politics.”