Presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to make enemies throughout the country. It is about a month until the election and he’s not making himself a great option to be the next president of the United States. Tapes from 2005 surfaced of Trump talking to Billy Bush and he said less than favorable things about actions he would take against women, including saying he would sexually assault them. Trump’s defense is a simple one in his eyes. It’s just ‘locker room talk‘.
Unfortunately for Trump, not every athlete agrees with his claims of locker room talk. It’s not the first time Trump has done something stupid against athletes. LeBron James headlined a list of some athletes denouncing Trump’s claims completely. Yes, LeBron James does support Hillary Clinton and yes, he still continues to not address Donald Trump by name.
NBA
LeBron on Donald Trump: "That's not locker room talk. That's trash talk." pic.twitter.com/3optkXraM3
— Hayden Grove (@H_Grove) October 12, 2016
Locker room?
— Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) October 10, 2016
I haven't heard that one in any locker rooms https://t.co/Ci8NXOgFcI
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) October 10, 2016
All this heavy breathing seems more locker room-esque than anything #debate
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) October 10, 2016
Claiming Trump's comments are "locker room banter" is to suggest they are somehow acceptable. They aren't.
— Dahntay (@dahntay1) October 9, 2016
PSA: sexual advances without consent is NOT locker room talk.
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) October 10, 2016
That is NOT locker room talk.
— Julius Hodge (@Follow24Hodge) October 10, 2016
MLB
As an athlete, I've been in locker rooms my entire adult life and uh, that's not locker room talk.
— Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) October 10, 2016
What kind of fucked up locker rooms has Donald Trump been in…
— Brett Anderson (@BrettAnderson35) October 10, 2016
NFL
"Locker room talk" ?
— Donté Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) October 10, 2016
That's not locker room talk.
— Tom Crabtree (@itsCrab) October 10, 2016
Please stop saying "locker room talk"
— Jacob Tamme (@JacobTamme) October 10, 2016
That's not locker room talk.
— Tom Crabtree (@itsCrab) October 10, 2016
Have I been in every locker room? No. But the guys I know and respect don't talk like that. They talk about girls but not like that. Period.
— Chris Conley (@_flight17_) October 10, 2016
Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and UFC fighter C.M. Punk also refutes the claims
"Grab them by the pussy" isn't talk from any locker room I've ever been in. It's a Ted Bundy quote. #debate2016
— Coach (@CMPunk) October 10, 2016
Robbie Rogers of the L.A. Galaxy also didn’t agree with the ‘locker room talk’ defense
I'm offended as an athlete that @realDonaldTrump keeps using this "locker room talk" as an excuse.
— Robbie Rogers (@robbierogers) October 10, 2016
The one athlete that probably received the most attention on this Donald Trump topic, outside of Lebron James, might have been New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. A noted Trump friend. When asked about Trump’s comments, Brady abruptly walked away and ended his press conferece.
A special thanks to the guy who asked Tom Brady about Donald Trump locker room talk and the end of his press conference #WBZ #Patriots pic.twitter.com/sCx59IArsw
— Joe Giza (@JoeGiza) October 12, 2016