Gregg Popovich asked for “people in power” to do something in response to the mass shootings that occurred over the weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
The San Antonio Spurs head coach was asked on Tuesday if basketball can help take people’s minds off the shootings, to which Popovich said that it could, but he urged lawmakers to do something.
“I think the situation we’re living in now, I think everybody looks for a little bit of distraction in some way, shape or form. But it’d be a lot better if people in power got off their a—– and got something done in a lot of different areas,” he said, per The Mercury News’ Mark Medina. “They’re on vacation right now. Nothing going on, so they’re taking a break. They’ll come back and fix the gun situation, the environment, the inequality in pay. They’ll fix all of that when they come back. I’m sure.”
On Saturday, a lone gunman walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas and killed 22 people and injuring 24 others. Less than 24 hours later, another gunman opened fire at a nightclub in Dayton, Ohio, and killed nine people, with an additional 14 others being injured by gunfire.
“We can’t fix the divisiveness in our country, but what we can do is be a great example of how people come together for a common goal and achieve it,” Popovich said, per ESPN.
