The Irony of the GOP Buying So Many NFL Ads Ahead of Midterms

Republican politicians have repeatedly tried to pick fights with the National Football League. In just the past two years, Speaker Mike Johnson and others derided the choice of Bad Bunny as a Super Bowl halftime entertainer, while Senator Tommy Tuberville targeted the Minnesota Vikings’ male cheerleaders — accusing the league of wanting “to put gender in sports.” And who can forget President Donald Trump’s demand that the Washington Commanders change their name back to a racial slur?