This past week DeAndre Hopkins got into a bit of a dust-up with supporters of President Donald Trump.
While heading to his team’s showdown against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night, Hopkins came across a caravan of Trump fans. The fans in question later accused him of flipping them off and driving recklessly, while he denied the latter charge.
On Wednesday, footage emerged seemingly contradicting Hopkins’ claim that he was not driving recklessly.
During an appearance the All Things Covered podcast with Bryant McFadden and Patrick Peterson on Tuesday, Hopkins downplayed his encounter with the Trump supporters.
“Driving down the highway I guess I got in between a train or a bunch of cars that I wasn’t supposed to be in between in my car,” he said.
“And some of those were honking the horn at me and stuff like that I guess to tell me to get out of their way, and I didn’t.
“The guy in front of me stepping on his breaks and tried to stop dead in traffic and I got around him and I stuck him a birdie. I really was about to do the peace sign to him, but this finger right here was kinda hurting, so it didn’t make it up in time,” he added.
Yikes Dwight Howard. https://t.co/OZwkISeu2z
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 27, 2020
“But I was like, ‘Damn, dude, you’re trying to stop on breaks in dead traffic, cause I’m in your guys’ train and what not just trying to go to work?’
“So, yeah, there wasn’t nothing thrown out the car or anything like that. No speeding. Obviously, you see me right there. If I was in a Ferrari speeding, I don’t think you would be able to take a still picture of me. That’s all.”
Video footage of the incident seems to contradict Hopkins’ claim that there was “no speeding.”
Reactions to this revelation were mixed.
Lmfao I love this guy @DeAndreHopkins he’s driving a Ferrari what you expect ?? The Trump caravan took up a lot of the freeway plus driving slow which is putting peoples life at risk so stfu up already https://t.co/ShfXEWYNlg
— Noah (@NRiv3ra1) October 28, 2020
Well in his defense.. he had a job to get to! And the Trump parade was slowing him down https://t.co/vFLLLI1bjy
— Brandon De La Rosa (@BrandonDeLaRosa) October 28, 2020
Fans weren’t shy about how they looked. https://t.co/VEgkGVevr3
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 27, 2020
He should have just burned down a city and looted a store then he wouldn’t be in this kind of trouble
— Infinite Dreams (@7thSon1988) October 28, 2020
Maybe he was on a hurry for the game!
— Laura Pogba Cordeiro (@gigiacordeiro) October 28, 2020
The beef is real. https://t.co/R7VdyWaJT8
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 28, 2020
So? Freedom of speech and expression. 👍🏽DeAndre. If trump can’t deal with it then maybe he should resign.
— Michael 🇨🇦 (@MChang_a_lang) October 28, 2020
Another reason not to watch the @NFL
— Snowstorm (@currentfreeze) October 28, 2020
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Cardinals have yet to offer any sort of statement on what transpired. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury initially refused to comment on the situation due to a lack of facts being available. Now that the facts are out, he has continued to remain silent.
Will someone in the organization ultimately speak out on this matter? Time will tell.
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