Matthew Schmidt
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357 appearances
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5 series
first heard Jun 2022
last heard 1 Jul
Matthew Schmidt’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Would you say the largest victory for LeBron in terms of just public stance when he dips into the political world was in the 2020 election?
Because we read your column from The Atlantic after Trump lost in 2020, and you wrote, quote, the election is a clear demonstration of why athletes should use their public platform to advocate for justice and democracy.
Now that black athletes have seen how powerful their voices can be, the stick to sports narrative may be gone for good.
I don't know if that ended up actually happening, but was this LeBron's biggest-
But did he pick a villain and at least defeat that villain for the time being?
We're back two years to 2022, actually, and that's, we actually read, reread a Will Leach column in New York Magazine in which, this was just before the midterms in 2022, which he was, LeBron James,
Didn't respond when J.D.
Vance called him vile.
So he wasn't really going back and forth.
The more than a vote campaign thing kind of grew quiet.
And then there was this quote from it.
He said, surely athletes saw how much shit James was taking and concluded totally understandably.
No, thanks.
And so he was kind of a human shield for for a lot.
Did die down there because of that 2020 victory.
And it's just like, hey, we're sort of a yeah, we're in a victory lap mode.
I thought it was his worst public moment.
To me, that was... Worse than Tamir Rice?
I thought it was more public.
I don't know why.
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