National Hockey League Declares War on Trump Supporters? Former Trump Campaign Staffer Reveals Chilling Account of Political Persecution
Richard Moorhead
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A North Carolina Trump campaign staffer revealed a chilling allegation of political persecution on Wednesday, detailing his account of being fired from a charter plane company merely for his previous employment with the Donald Trump campaign.
Dawson Buchanan went public with his account of being purged from his job by the National Hockey League on Tuesday night, hours after an associate alluded to an instance of political blacklisting. Buchanan had been hired to work for a private jet concierge company that provides transit services to the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes.
1) A couple of hours ago, I tweeted out that this tweet referred to me. Shortly after, I deleted that tweet. After much introspection, and talking with friends and family, I feel obligated to reveal why I deleted it. https://t.co/fQ4FRgY7qM
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
The NHL itself allegedly made the demand that Private Jet Services fire Buchanan, solely on the basis of his experience working for Donald Trump’s campaign.
7) I called the owner of PJS and asked for any explanation, and he told me very bluntly: the @NHL found out I worked for the Trump campaign and threatened to cancel the contract with PJS unless they fired me.
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
Buchanan explains that the company’s owner caved to corporate demands to fire Buchanan, openly admitting that his firing was entirely political in a conversation with the now-unemployed. The owner of Private Jet Services allegedly threatened to defame Buchanan and take bogus legal action if he went public with his claims of political persecution.
2) After identifying myself as the subject of the thread, @Fly_PJS reached out to me, threatening to take legal action and publicly defame me if I didn’t delete the tweet. Intimidated and nervous, I immediately deleted it.
— Dawson Buchanan (@dawsonbuchanan_) January 13, 2021
Big League Politics has reached out to the NHL, Private Jet Services, and the Carolina Hurricanes for comment.
Ironically, hockey’s following arguably trends more conservative than the fan bases of other American professional sports. They don’t seem to care how the league’s own fan base will react to treating Trump supporters as second class citizens; it’s an imperative to enact discrimination for any “responsible” corporation.
The NHL is no longer worthy of the attention span-let alone the money- of Republicans, right-wingers, and conservatives. Sports have great value to youth insofar they’re directly competing, it’s time to look beyond the meaningless spectacle of a left-wing corporation that detests you and your values.
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