Although an official of the Department of Defense told Outkick that the purge of a characteristic about Jackie Robinson’s military service was accidentally performed, Stephen A. Smith does not believe that “it was an honest mistake at all.”
While the story had been eliminated, the new URL, which had also included The “Dei” lyrics In it, they directed the readers to a page of 404: the history and their original link were restored on Wednesday afternoon.
Smith led to the “first shot” of ESPN, where he called the Trump administration for “not being honest about” some things “, adding that there has” a concerted effort “to” scrub the story. “
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Stephen A. Smith speaking in 2021. (IMAGN)
“It is not so much that he wishes to eradicate Dei’s programs … how dares to ignore the reason for his existence in the first place? Similar to civil rights legislation in 1964, similar to things like affirmative action, similar to things as Rooney’s rule in the National Football League, etc., how do you dare to highlight why it needs to exist in the first place?” Smith said. “It was due to the iniquities of people in the United States of America, mainly the structure of white power that exists. It is a fact. It is known throughout history that it is a fact. They want to ignore and erase the need for those things to take place to start.”
Jackie Robinson, Baseball icon of the Major League League. (Hulton Archive/Getty images)
Robert Griffin III seems to take ESPN colleagues after his Jackie Robinson’s monologues
Smith said that “nobody is calling” Trump, but “I will.” He did it offering it, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“President Trump, I am happy to sit with you to have that conversation, Lord. I would love to try to defend it. Vice President Vance, you too. Pete Hegseth, you too. Stephen A. Smith is calling you on national television. I would love you to feel with the cameras rolling and try to defend this is ridiculous.”
The story, entitled “Sports Heroes that served: the great Jackie Robinson baseball was a soldier of World War II,” was launched on February 9, 2021, written by David Vergun. Other features in “Sports heroes that served” Include Bob Feller, Hoyt Wilhelm, Bob Uecker and many others.
Last month, the Pentagon requested an “update of digital content” that “would eliminate and archive news articles, photos and videos that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).”
Jackie Robinson, with a military uniform, became the first African -American to sign with a white professional baseball team. He signed a contract with the Minor Leagues Club in Montreal, an agricultural team for the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Getty images)
Robinson was recruited in the army five years before breaking the color barrier of the major baseball leagues in 1947 and was honorably discharged in 1944 after serving as second lieutenant during World War II. His number 42 was removed throughout baseball in 1997.
