Former NFL Punter Chris Kluwe Arrested While Protesting 'MAGA’ Plaque in Southern California

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Former NFL player arrested after calling MAGA a 'Nazi movement' at city council meeting

Kluwe kicked off his speech by telling council members that he is a 15-year resident of the city and wanted to speak out against the current council and its plans for a MAGA plaque at a local library.

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Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested while protesting 'MAGA' sign at Southern California city council meeting

Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested on Tuesday while protesting during a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California.

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Chris Kluwe, a former punter for the Minnesota Vikings, was enraged over the council’s decision to install a plaque in the public library that was an acronym for MAGA.

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Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested and carried out of a city council meeting after an anti-MAGA rant. Kluwe, who played for the Vikings from 2005 to 2012, unloaded on Donald Trump supporters. Despite many people seemingly not agreeing with the 43-year-old former pro athlete, you're allowed to criticize politicians.

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Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for protest at Southern California council meeting

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Former UCLA and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe said Wednesday he has been frustrated with how Democratic leaders have responded to President Donald Trump’s second administration, so he decided to get arrested at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting. Kluwe, who made headlines in 2012 with his advocacy for same-sex marriage, used his public comment […]

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Former NFL player arrested while protesting at California city council meeting

Former NFL player arrested while protesting at California city council meeting. Chris Kluwe was detained at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting on Tuesday. He delivered an impassioned speech criticizing the design of a plaque to be installed at the town's Central Library. Kluwe denounced MAGA as representing “profoundly corrupt, unmistakably anti-democracy”

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Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested over protest at Huntington Beach City Council meeting

Kluwe was protesting Huntington Beach's decision to display a plaque at its public library that uses the words "Magical" and "Alluring" next to each other. He was arrested on a charge of disrupting an assembly. Kluwe was in the NFL from 2005 to 2013, playing mostly with the Vikings.

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