NBA coach Steve Kerr mocks Trump after election win

NBA coach Steve Kerr mocked Donald Trump after the former president clinched the White House on Wednesday.
Trump swept the battleground states in a historic win this week to deliver him to a second term. Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors and outspoken supporter of Democrats, mocked the former president by saying he is glad there was no voter fraud this time around.
“I believe in democracy. I think the American people have spoken and voted for Trump. I want him to do well the next four years. I want our country to do well.” Kerr told reporters on Wednesday after a game against the Boston Celtics.
He then jabbed Trump with sarcastic comments about the results of the election.
“I’m just thankful there wasn’t any voting fraud this time. Last time, all those illegal immigrants who crashed the border, raped and murdered people and then voted six times, that was unfortunate,” he said sarcastically.
“But thankfully this time everything was clean. It’s great that every election has been really valid except for that last one four years ago. Twinkle in my eye as I say that, in case you couldn’t see it,” he quipped.
Kerr was referring to Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, where he repeatedly blamed Democrats for cheating despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud. After Trump won the White House this week, the president-elect has not repeated any claims fraud in the 2024 election despite suggesting for weeks that there would be.
Kerr spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August, where he touted Vice President Kamala Harris’s record and backed her for the White House. He’s been an outspoken critic of Trump and has criticized him for spreading misleading claims about elections.
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