The United States Presidential election is heating up as Vice President Kamala Harris challenges former President Donald Trump, and one current men’s college basketball coach is certainly not shy about sharing who he will be supporting in the upcoming election.
This week, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas shared a screenshot of a four-year-old article on social media to criticize what he described as the “radical” healthcare plans of Kamala Harris.
“Kamala Harris is so extreme she wants to kick you off the health insurance you get through your job. Like a true San Francisco radical, she wants everyone—even illegal aliens—on a government plan,” Cotton said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
The post clearly caught the attention of Auburn Tigers men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl, who did not hold back his own scathing criticism of Harris.
Thank you for pointing this out Senator Cotton, except my guess is that like many of her socialist, woke progressive beliefs she's now changing them or hiding them to get elected! We won't get fooled again! https://t.co/qTuLHxjADV
— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) August 26, 2024
“Thank you for pointing this out Senator Cotton, except my guess is that like many of her socialist, woke progressive beliefs she’s now changing them or hiding them to get elected! We won’t get fooled again!” Pearl said in his post.
Needless to say, it’s pretty jarring to see a current head coach express such clear political views, and it certainly led to a lot of reactions on social media.
This is the first time in the history of college basketball recruiting that opposing coaches are just going to show recruits Bruce Pearl’s tweets. https://t.co/zy0H6lnE7c
— Sam Neumann (@Sam_Neumann_) August 27, 2024
Bruce Pearl is exactly who lefties think of when we think of a Republican. Dude has jumped around America and NCAA being an absolute slime ball for 30 years https://t.co/qXaQxYUmCY
— Joseph Keig (@JosephMKeig) August 27, 2024
To all Black ballplayers and their parents considering @AuburnMBB, this is the trash @coachbrucepearl tweets. There are many other SEC schools to consider. Choose accordingly. https://t.co/MDY4BJzM1T
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) August 26, 2024
Man has more far right propaganda on his page than tweets about Auburn basketball https://t.co/Xbfs05hFYB
— CW (@CoreyX_) August 27, 2024
Hey Bruce you’re in the midst of a $50 million dollar contract, I don’t think any changes to health insurance will affect you.
Do we know her stance on your DUIs? https://t.co/7Kc4mT0usX
— Jared (C)hronically Online (@jacast) August 27, 2024
Anyone that would send their child to Auburn is out of their mind. He says his tweets and opinions are his own, but will that be the case when recruits begin considering other schools? @AuburnMBB @AuburnU https://t.co/umbwirfKx4
— Darnell Moses (@darnell_moses) August 26, 2024
It’s worth noting that the article Cotton shared and that Pearl reacted to is actually from 2020. Harris’ current platform does not mention any of this.
