'Please go to Springfield': '90s NBA star Rex Chapman asks media to ignore second Trump shooting attempt, cover Ohio instead



Former NBA player Rex Chapman said he prefers the media cover the story of Haitian migrants in Ohio rather than see coverage of the second assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.

Chapman, who spent 13 seasons in the NBA from 1988-2000, is vehemently anti-Trump and has no problem consistently calling the former president racist.

Recently, after Haitian migrants were accused of eating local animals in Springfield, Ohio, Chapman expressed that he would prefer the media focus on that story rather than an attempted assassination on Trump in Florida.

"Media - please go to Springfield and cover the story there. Not the one on the golf course in Florida. We’re watching," Chapman wrote on X.

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'Trump and especially JD Vance are making up racist lies.'

Chapman disavowed "political violence" in relation to the assassination attempts against Trump but also equated it to the idea that Trump's "lies" inspire "bomb threats against hospitals and elementary schools."

The former player went on to call the Ohio story a "racist lie," throwing significant support behind Haitian immigrants.

"You ever meet someone from Haiti? They are the sweetest, most earnest, most beautiful people on the planet."

"They're working hard, paying taxes, filling up churches, and helping rebuild a deserted community," Chapman continued. "Trump and especially JD Vance are making up racist lies about violence, drugs and disease because they are racist liars."

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Chapman joins the Miami Heat, which he played for in 1995-1996, in its support for the Haitian immigrants. The Heat released a lengthy statement about the story, despite having no Haitian players on the team.

"The false narrative surrounding them is hurtful and offensive and has sadly made innocent people targets of hateful speech and physical threats," the team wrote.

The Heat faced swift backlash from fans with many responding with AI-generated memes showing Trump hugging animals like cats and ducks, the kinds of creatures the Haitians have been accused of eating.

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Chapman recently made a series of statements about Trump's performance during the presidential debate against Kamala Harris, saying Trump "sounds insane," while implying Vice President Harris was the only entirely truthful candidate.

"If an elderly relative was saying what Trump is saying at tonight’s debate at a family gathering - you’d laugh, roll your eyes - and fix yourself a stiff drink to get through the rest of the visit," he wrote on X.

"They keep saying, 'They only fact checked Trump!' Because she wasn't lying," Chapman added.

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Disgraced white former NBA player implies that Clarence Thomas is not authentically black because Thomas never came to one of his games



In a series of tweets, disgraced former NBA player Rex Chapman implied Thursday that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is not authentically black because he did not ever see Thomas in attendance at one of his basketball games.

After criticizing Thomas for attending a graduation event at Christendom College in 2018 at which there was "not another person of color" in the picture, Chapman asserted that Thomas "would not last 20-30 seconds in an NBA locker room." He specifically contrasted Thomas to former President Bill Clinton, who was white, but who "used to come to our games in Landover with the Bullets. Clarence Thomas - never." Chapman mused, "Why have you never seen Clarence Thomas at an NBA game? As in — ever?"

\u201cClarence Thomas would last 20-30 seconds in an NBA locker room.\u201d
— Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc (@Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc) 1656636555


\u201cBill Clinton used to come to our games in Landover with the Bullets. Clarence Thomas - never.\u201d
— Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc (@Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc) 1656636555

Chapman went on to double down, replying to another user's comment with a video from "The Chappelle Show" featuring well-known character Clayton Bigsby, in which Chappelle, for comedic effect, plays a blind black person who apparently does not realize he is black and is a white supremacist.

\u201c@CaptainSteez\u201d
— Albert Finestein (@Albert Finestein) 1656636795

Chapman, who was selected with the 8th overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft, played for several years in the NBA. During the seasons he played for the Washington Bullets, the Bullets were one of the worst teams in the league, racking up a combined putrid record of 45-119. Following his playing career, Chapman was offered numerous jobs in television broadcasting and for NBA teams, in spite of his well-publicized struggles with drug addiction, which included multiple trips to rehab and a highly publicized arrest for shoplifting.

After allegedly cleaning up his life, Chapman built a large following on Twitter by reposting content generated by others, frequently without attribution. Chapman also frequently peddles discredited hoaxes and misinformation on his Twitter account, which has over one million followers. In spite of his well-documented struggles with the truth — or perhaps because of them — Chapman was hired by CNN in January 2022 as a host for its now-defunct CNN+ streaming service.

Bizarrely, Chapman responded to criticism of his overtly racist criticism of Clarence Thomas by suggesting that the people who are criticizing him are somehow racist.

\u201cBeen dealing with racists a lot of years now. I welcome their hatred.\u201d
— Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc (@Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc) 1656648928

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