Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera announced Friday that defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio has been fined $100,000 after Del Rio compared the riot at the U.S. Capitol to riots of 2020 following the death of George Floyd.
“This morning, I met with Coach Del Rio to express how disappointed I am in his comments on Wednesday,” Rivera said in a statement. “His comments do not reflect the organization’s views and are extremely hurtful to our great community here in the DMV. As we saw last night in the hearings, what happened on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an act of domestic terrorism. A group of citizens attempted to overturn the results of a free and fair election, and as a result, lives were lost and the Capitol building was damaged.”
Rivera continued by saying, “Coach Del Rio did apologize for his comments on Wednesday, and he understands the distinction between the events of that dark day and peaceful protests, which are a hallmark of our democracy.”
FOX personality Tucker Carlson was not happy about the situation, so he decided to attack the head coach for issuing the fine.
“Jack Del Rio is a football coach, he’s defensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders, formerly known as the Redskins ’til for some reason that was unacceptable,” Carlson said, via ProFootballTalk. “So a few days ago Del Rio pointed out that nobody seems to talk about the BLM riots anymore. Instead they’re pretending to care about January 6. Well, he was attacked for this, ’cause you’re not allowed to like tell the truth on any level whatsoever. So he came back and said he stands by his comments.”
Tucker then went on to call Rivera a “fascist moron” for fining Del Rio.
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“Oh, he thought he had a right to respectfully express himself in the land of the free,” Carlson added. “But it turns out, no. Just hours ago, the coach of the Washington Commanders, a fascist moron called Ron Rivera, announced that Jack Del Rio has no right to talk, and he’s being fined $100,000 for doing it. Rivera began by claiming that, quote, ‘Lives were lost on January 6,’ which is a lie.”
Del Rio joined the Commanders as defensive coordinator in 2020.
