Trump Joins Bush in Supporting Redskins Team Name

By Published on October 5, 2015

Monday, Donald Trump came out in favor of the Washington Redskins keeping its nickname in an interview with the New York Times. Jeb Bush did the same with SiriusXM radio last week.

“Honestly, I don’t think they should change the name, unless the owner wanted to,” Trump told the Times.

But Trump also told the newspaper that the name had been in use a long time and not everyone views it as a slur. And, he viewed it as “unnecessary political correctness,” adding to his record of being anything but.

“I know Indians that are extremely proud of that name,” Trump said. “They think it’s a positive.”

Read the article “Trump Joins Bush in Supporting Redskins Team Name” on espn.go.com.

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