Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has opened up about his incident with Trump supporters on Sunday.
Before the Cardinals game against the Seahawks on Sunday Night Football, Hopkins was seen flipping off a Trump caravan while he was driving to the stadium.
— Richard Williams (@rwilliams254) October 25, 2020
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On Tuesday, Hopkins confirmed he flipped off the Trump supporters during his appearance on the “All Things Covered” podcast.
According to Hopkins, people were angry and honking their horns at him for inadvertently entering the caravan.You have to hear @DeAndreHopkins side of the story about what happened on the way to the game the other night…
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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. 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.
Hopkins goes on to deny that he was speeding or being aggressive towards the Trump caravan.
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, it was nothing. 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. But yeah, that’s all.”
The Cardinals have not commented on the situation and it doesn’t seem like Hopkins will be punished for flipping of the Trump supporters.
