Cotton: NBA Should Force Warriors’ Palihapitiya to Sell

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January 18, 2022

Cotton: NBA Should Force Warriors' Palihapitiya to Sell

Washington, D.C.- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement regarding Golden State Warrior part-owner Chamath Palihapitiya's comments dismissing the religious genocide against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region of China:

"Woke CEO Chamath Palihapitiya said no one cares about the Chinese Communist Party's mass enslavement, torture, and rape of religious minorities. He may be so callous that he doesn't care about genocide, but the American people do. The NBA has investigated owners and forced a sale after outrageous comments before, and it even moved the All-Star game to protest a North Carolina law saying boys and girls shouldn't use the same bathroom. The league will prove itself greedy, spineless, and hypocritical if it doesn't force Palihapitiya to sell his interest in the Warriors."

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