Rep. Grijalva Statement on Washington Football Team Retiring Name
July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on July 13 regarding the announcement that the Washington football team will retire its current name in favor of another to be announced:
"The campaign to end this form of racism has been going on for years, but the team owner and many of the people who have profited from it have insisted they'd never change. Today's announcement comes because those profits are drying up after years of tireless . . .
"The campaign to end this form of racism has been going on for years, but the team owner and many of the people who have profited from it have insisted they'd never change. Today's announcement comes because those profits are drying up after years of tireless . . .