The athlete hopes his arrest after excoriating the Maga movement in a city council meeting will inspire others to resist<\/p>\n
Last week the former NFL player Chris Kluwe was arrested at a city council meeting in his home town of Huntington Beach, California, for approaching councilmembers after making an impassioned speech likening the Maga movement to nazism. This came after the council approved a plaque commemorating the city library\u2019s 50th anniversary. Writ largest on the plaque are the words \u201cMagical Alluring Galvanizing Adventurous\u201d \u2013 an acrostic of Maga.<\/p>\n
Kluwe ranked among the NFL\u2019s top punters while playing for the Minnesota Vikings in the early 2000s. During his career he was as well known for calling out NFL immorality and championing civil rights causes like same-sex marriage and racial justice as he was for pinning the opposition against their own goalline with his booming right leg.<\/p>\n
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