Washington Commanders Coach Ridiculed For Highlighting Media Bias Over January 6 Riot

Jack Del Rio, Washington Commanders’ defensive coordinator is under fire for using common sense.

Del Rio made a comment regarding the January 6 “insurrection” ahead of the Democrat show trials, er, public hearings kicking off this week — calling it a “dustup,” while also questioning why the riots of 2020 were not given nearly the same amount of negative criticism by the media.

Commanders Defensive Coordinator Jack Del Rio:

It’s easy to see the images shown on TV. Businesses are burning down and people are losing their livelihoods. We then have some dust at the Capitol. Nothing was destroyed, and that’s a huge deal. pic.twitter.com/99mF3uxUTD

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 8, 2022

The following quote is a reply to a tweet that he had sent Monday. It was an explanation of a tweet that he responded to on Monday.

Would love to understand “the whole story “ about why the summer of riots, looting, burning and the destruction of personal property is never discussed but this is ???#CommonSense

— Jack Del Rio (@coachdelrio) June 7, 2022

Now obviously, what happened on January 6 is nothing short of stupid, irresponsible, and detrimental in so many ways, and calling it a “dustup” minimizes the incident as unimportant. Anybody who attempted to take over the national capital must be held accountable for their actions in every way possible.

Del Rio makes a good point. The 2020 riots were not as well-received as the Jan 6th riot.

Communities were burned to the ground, cities were in chaos, businesses were destroyed, people lost their lives, and neighbor was turned against neighbor, all in the name of “social justice.” But there was nothing just about what happened in those long and tortuous months, and yet the majority of media outlets maintained the riots were “mostly peaceful” and hailed these domestic terrorists as heroes because they championed a progressive-friendly cause.

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Even though Del Rio was spot on with his reasoning (despite having less than ideal execution), several high profile figures were predictably displeased with Del Rio’s statements. Virginia State Senator Scott Surrovell represents the region where the Commanders want to build a stadium.

Surrovell humiliated Del Rio because of his views and used his political influence and threatened to stop the team from developing in the future.

The likely indifference & tolerance in the @NFLJack Del Rio’s indifference toward insurrection is a clear sign of the league’s hypocrisy when it comes to blackballing @Kaepernick7 and also makes clear to me that we won’t be seeing any more votes on stadium bills this year https://t.co/PLAw0OJvQ6

— 🇺🇦Senator Scott Surovell 🇺🇦 (@ssurovell) June 8, 2022

Gee, that’s not blackmailing at all. 

Del Rio apologized for using harsh words to try and get back at the politician. He did however say that he would not be silenced and ashamed of what he believes.

“I can be an American, that’s what I do. I love this country, and I believe what I believe, and I’ve said what I want to say,” Del Rio said. “Every now and then, there’s some people that get offended by it.”