Former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom, who has taken a strong stance against the communist Chinese and has a $500,000 bounty on his head by the Turkish government, told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Thursday that he is considering running for office “when the time is right.”
(Video Credit: Fox Business)
While he appeared on “Mornings with Maria,” Freedom was asked if he has aspirations to hold a seat in public office after a clip was played showing the Biden administration publicly stating that they believe China has plans to provide lethal aid to Russia.
“Actually, I do. Actually, I do,” Freedom responded. “That’ll be very interesting.”
Bartiromo further asked him if he had plans to run for Congress and when he plans to do so.
“I would, actually,” the Turkish-American basketball star replied, appearing to be making a major political announcement. “When the time is right, and shoutout to whoever’s out there listening. Of course, I would love to.”
JUST NOW: @MariaBartiromo: “Do you have any interest in running for office?”@EnesFreedom: “I actually do.”
Maria: “You’d like to be a member of Congress?”
Enes: “I would actually when the time is right.”
— Mornings with Maria (@MorningsMaria) February 23, 2023
“Are you right now making plans to run for public office?” Bartiromo asked him.
“Yes, I do,” Freedom replied.
Then Bartiromo asked if he had started raising money yet for a run.
“Not yet, I haven’t started yet, but I started having conversations with some of my friends and members of Congress,” he answered.
Former CIA officer Mike Baker jokingly asked the freedom activist whether he wants to be the next Secretary of Transportation in a rather blatant dig at current Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who took 20 days to visit East Palestine, Ohio after a catastrophic train derailment occurred. Freedom laughed at the suggestion.
Former McKinsey consultant cosplays as construction worker, Transportation Secretary, shows up to wreckage latehttps://t.co/TLUlJ8g1oA
— American Wire News (@americanwire_) February 23, 2023
He also asked the former NBA star if he had any regrets about shifting his focus away from his basketball career.
Freedom told him, “A lot of people actually ask me this question, ‘you’ve lost millions of dollars, you lost your career’ and stuff. But people need to understand this is bigger than myself. This is bigger than me.”
“Whenever I sit down and have a conversation with those Tibetans, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese people – we call them Mongolians and Falun Gong – and whenever I hear what they’re going through, I was like, you know what? This is just bigger than basketball and I cannot just stay silent,” he asserted.
Freedom’s ongoing public excoriation of NBA star LeBron James’ cozy relationship with China is infamous. He has also taken aim at the NBA itself. Immediately after James broke the all-time NBA scoring record, Freedom congratulated him and then hammered the NBA legend for his soft stance on China.
It’s not surprising to hear the #NBA is only strengthening their relationship with #China.
The @NBA is China’s lapdog for as long as their wallets are expanding.Even after the #CCP sent spy balloons to the United States, the NBA won’t take a step back. pic.twitter.com/j7o1oiecmh
— Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) February 22, 2023
“He calls himself more than an athlete. He calls himself a human rights activist or freedom fighter, so I was just very disappointed in him choosing money and business over his morals, values, and principles,” Freedom said, referring to James’ relationship with the communist regime.
The bounty on his head from Turkey stems from Kanter Freedom’s criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s treatment of citizens there. He was banished from his home country originally over his support for Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish religious cleric living in exile in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. He famously added “Freedom” as his last name after becoming a US citizen in 2021.
FACT: @EnesFreedom is a law-abiding American citizen.
FACT: Turkey put a $500k bounty on his head for standing up for FREEDOM and Biden has said NOTHING.
This is NOT a partisan issue, Mr. President. WHERE ARE YOU?
— RSC (@RepublicanStudy) February 23, 2023
Freedom is very outspoken over China’s human rights abuses as well as its stranglehold over Tibet, Hong Kong, and Taiwan’s fight for freedom. He has been very vocal concerning Uyghur Muslims being put in camps and the abuses they suffer there such as torture and rape.
Get the latest BPR news delivered free to your inbox daily. SIGN UP HERE
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
- Netanyahu calls Trump’s ‘horrible’ dinner with Kanye West, Nick Fuentes a ‘big mistake’ - March 27, 2023
- Activist physically blocks sergeant at arms from taking mic over new bill criminalizing drag shows for kids - March 27, 2023
- CNN roasted for ridiculous story on ‘digital blackface’ and even Elon Musk piles on - March 27, 2023
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
