Trump finds help in Redskins push from HUD secreary

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President Donald Trump acquired help from Division of Housing and City Improvement (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner amid the push for the Washington Commanders to ditch its present nickname in favor of the Redskins.

Turner was an NFL defensive again for eight years. He performed for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos from 1995 to 2003 earlier than he referred to as it a profession.

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Scott Turner of the Washington Redskins appears on throughout a sport towards the Arizona Cardinals at Solar Satan Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. (Getty Photos)

He wrote a message in reply to Trump on Sunday.

"I performed within the NFL and was drafted by the Washington Redskins. Not the ‘Washington Soccer Staff’ or the ‘Commanders,’" he wrote on X. "@POTUS is true. It’s time to carry the Redskins’ title again."

The Redskns chosen Turner within the seventh spherical of the 1995 draft. He performed three seasons in Washington. He had 106 tackles and 5 interceptions in his profession.

Trump put the blitz on the Commanders, and the Cleveland Guardians of MLB, on Sunday with two Reality Social posts.

"The Washington ‘No matter’s’ ought to IMMEDIATELY change their title again to the Washington Redskins Soccer Staff. There's a massive clamoring for this," Trump wrote first. "Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of many six unique baseball groups, with a storied previous.

"Our nice Indian individuals, in large numbers, need this to occur. Their heritage and status is systematically being taken away from them. Instances are completely different now than they have been three or 4 years in the past. We're a Nation of ardour and customary sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!"

Then, he threatened to place the Commanders’ deal to take over the previous RFK Stadium web site in jeopardy in the event that they didn’t revert to the title.

Scott Turner #29 of the Washington Redskins watches from the sideline towards the Arizona Cardinals at Solar Satan Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on October 15, 1995. (Joseph Patronite/Getty Photos)

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"My assertion on the Washington Redskins has completely blown up, however solely in a really constructive method," Trump wrote in a second Reality Social put up. "I could put a restriction on them that in the event that they don’t change the title again to the unique ‘Washington Redskins,’ and do away with the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’ I received’t make a deal for them to construct a Stadium in Washington. The Staff can be rather more beneficial, and the Deal can be extra thrilling for everybody."

Daniel Snyder modified Washington’s group title from the Washington Redskins to the Washington Soccer Staff earlier than the beginning of the 2020 season amid a summer time of racial tensions. The group ultimately turned the Washington Commanders, and Snyder bought the group to Josh Harris.

Fox Information Digital reached out to the Commanders for remark. Harris has made clear he has no intention of fixing the nickname once more.

Harris mentioned on Fox Information Channel’s "Special Report" in April that the group wouldn't carry again the Redskins title even with plans to construct a brand new stadium in Washington, D.C.

Proprietor of the Washington Commanders group Josh Harris speaks at an occasion unveiling plans to host the 2027 NFL Draft in DC with President Donald Trump within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on Might 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Publish through Getty Photos)

"The Commanders’ title really has taken on an incredible type of component in our constructing," Harris responded to Bret Baier’s query in regards to the Redskins title coming again as a part of this new stadium deal. "So, the those who sure varieties of gamers which might be robust, that love soccer, are delegated Commanders and Jayden [Daniels], for instance, is a Commander, and so they're ranked.

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"And, you realize, the enterprise employees has gotten into it, and clearly, we're in a army metropolis right here. There's extra army personnel than anyplace else, so we're type of shifting ahead with the Commanders title, enthusiastic about that, and never trying again."