An Alabama news anchor drew fierce backlash after she quoted the founder of a designated terrorist organization during her on-air sign-off.

During a Thursday evening broadcast on Birmingham’s ABC 33/40, WBMA-LD, Ashonti Ford, 38, told viewers, “Before we go, a quote from the founder of the Islamic Brotherhood: ‘The quieter you become, the more you’re able to hear.'”

‘The intent of our closing segment is always to end the newscast on a positive and thoughtful note.’

Ford was quoting the late Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) reacted to the on-air moment, writing in a post on X, “Pure insanity. The Radical Muslim Brotherhood is a TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.”

One X user responded, “Who made the decision to use the quote? That clown has to go!”

“She needs to be terminated!!” another individual wrote in response to Ford’s comments.

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In January, the State and Treasury Departments designated Muslim Brotherhood branches as Specially Designated Global Terrorist groups.

Jeff Cox, a news director for ABC 33/40, which Sinclair Broadcast Group operates, apologized for the quotation on Monday, AL.com reported.

“The intent of our closing segment is always to end the newscast on a positive and thoughtful note,” Cox said. “The quote included that evening was not intended to convey any political or ideological message.”

“However, we understand it was perceived that way and on behalf of the station, I sincerely apologize to those who were offended,” Cox added.

He asserted that Ford had no role in selecting the quote and stated that the matter was addressed internally.

“Although this quote was read by Ashonti Ford, Ashonti had nothing to do with the selection,” Cox continued. “We have addressed the matter internally, and we are making adjustments to ensure our content consistently meets our editorial standards moving forward.”

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A Sinclair spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “ABC 33/40 is reinforcing its editorial review protocols to ensure content aligns with the station’s standards.”

“ABC 33/40 has an established editorial process for reviewing content. In this case, that process fell short, and the station has taken steps to strengthen it moving forward,” the spokesperson continued. “The station’s on-air talent was not involved in the selection of the quote. This was an editorial matter, which has been addressed through our internal processes.”

Ford was not disciplined and remains on air, according to Fox News Digital.

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A congressman could neither confirm nor deny shocking claims made about hybrid alien species and a string of mysterious deaths.

During a recent interview, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) urged President Trump to disclose government secrets that he said would rock the nation, saying that what he has seen would keep people up at night.

‘This country would have come unglued, I think, if they would have heard all that I heard.’

Burchett spoke with Newsmax host Rob Finnerty about recent stories and claims made about UFOs and alien disclosure. Perhaps most shockingly, Finnerty highlighted claims made by former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who recently said he was once briefed by U.S. Army personnel about the locations of “hybrid breeding programs where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create some hybrid race that could engage in intergalactic communication.”

Gaetz told host Benny Johnson about “enforced breeding programs” between aliens and humans who had been abducted from war zones or migrant caravans.

When Finnerty asked Burchett for his response, he replied, “I’m still a member of Congress, so I can’t really comment too much on what Matt said.”

Burchett insisted he was being serious and added that if the government “would release the things that I’ve seen, you would stay up. You’d be up at night worrying about or thinking about this stuff.”

The congressman gave an example.

“I was briefed … on an issue two weeks ago, and it would have set the earth on — this country would have come unglued, I think, if they would have heard all that I heard, they would demand answers. And we need to.”

Burchett then told the host there was an active cover-up happening in the highest ranks.

RELATED: Aliens or shape-shifting demons? BlazeTV producer shares chilling personal evidence

All the allegedly shocking information that would have Americans up in arms is continuously being hidden from public view, Burchett claimed.

“Unfortunately, it just keeps getting covered up and covered up. And the people that know are dying or disappearing, as the case may be,” he went on.

To that end, Finnerty cited a recent story connecting six dead or missing personnel linked to “secret U.S. aerospace work,” all of which are stories from the past year.

For example, retired General William Neil McCasland allegedly “disappeared suddenly from his home” but left his phone, glasses, and watch, Finnerty said. He reportedly worked at an Air Force base that allegedly held debris from the Roswell, New Mexico, crash from the 1940s.

Monica Jacinto Reza is an aerospace engineer who vanished while hiking in the Angeles National Forest in June 2025.

In response to the stories, Burchett said, “I just know there are no coincidences in this town.”

“These folks have disappeared or died mysteriously, and the only thing that ties them together is the fact that they worked on things that are dealing with outer space, whether it’s UFOs or nuclear secrets or missiles or what have you,” he added.

Chillingly, Burchett also felt the need to tell the host, “For the record, I’m not suicidal, and I don’t take risks.”

RELATED: The Conspiracy Instinct

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The 61-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee, said he has been pushing for disclosure from the federal government, but he and his colleagues are often stymied by “arrogant” bureaucrats.

“When I’m in a meeting, in a closed-door meeting, and I asked about the president’s points on these, and then I’m told by some arrogant, unelected bureaucrat that the president is on a need-to-know basis, I think that says everything that needs to be said about what’s going on.”

Burchett described the typical bureaucrat as “some little punk with a man bun” who is “sort of running the show,” while decorated military officers are silenced.

The officers, Burchett explained, “are basically unallowed to say anything, and you can read their faces.”

The congressman remained steadfast in that he did not believe the recent deaths were coincidences and furthermore that he thinks President Trump is indeed the president who wants to provide disclosure on aliens.

Burchett said the president simply needs to be informed of what questions to ask and to be told the locations of certain “items.”

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A student who had been suspended for posting materials at a California high school to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement after anti-ICE protests has reportedly gotten some welcome news.

Parents at Torrey Pines High School received a letter in February notifying them of the suspension of the student, a junior, for violating the school’s rule against “conduct that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment.”

‘The law is clear: Public schools must allow students to peacefully express their political opinions.’

The message on the flyers simply read, “I Love ICE from Real Americans,” according to the letter. A screenshot of the letter was posted to social media and quickly went viral in defense of the student, who was not publicly identified.

The media attention led the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression to take up the student’s cause. On Wednesday, the organization said the district had expunged the suspension.

“We’re pleased the school has erased the suspension and will be watching closely to ensure the school respects its students’ First Amendment rights,” FIRE supervising senior attorney Conor Fitzpatrick said in a statement given to Blaze News. “The law is clear: Public schools must allow students to peacefully express their political opinions.”

FIRE also claimed that some of the students in an anti-ICE walkout at the school on February 6 had used aggressive and obscene messages against federal officers.

“If You’re an I.C.E. Agent Ya Mom’s a Hoe!!,” “F**k ICE,” and “ICE is KKK spelled differently” were some of the alleged examples cited by FIRE.

The school said that the walkouts were not sanctioned and that any student who left campus could be marked truant.

In an email statement to Blaze News, the San Dieguito Union High School District denied disciplining any student for their political viewpoint but did not confirm or deny the expungement.

“In general, student discipline matters are confidential under state and federal law, and the District cannot discuss details regarding any individual student or disciplinary action,” the district said.

RELATED: Praise rolls in for high school suspending hundreds of students over anti-ICE walkout: ‘Adults are taking charge’

Soon after the pro-ICE student’s suspension made national headlines, the principal of the school resigned from his position, leading many to suspect that he left to avoid further criticism.

The district said in an email statement to Blaze News that his retirement was unrelated to the controversy.

“School administrators can’t pick and choose which opinions students are allowed to express,” Fitzpatrick added. “Voicing an opinion which makes others upset is not ‘harassment’ or ‘intimidation,’ it is American democracy in action.”

Editor’s note: This article has been edited after publication to include a statement from the school district.

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While Democrats have mainly tried to blame Republicans for the damaging effects of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has admitted her own party’s culpability.

Omar was speaking at a town hall event on Tuesday when she said that Americans were under heightened terror alert, and the shutdown was placing them under needless threat.

‘Ilhan Omar admits Democrats are holding DHS hostage as terrorists want to kill Americans.’

“As many of you know, Democrats said we are not going to pass the appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security unless they agreed to 10 reforms, simple things like unmasking [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents when they were patrolling our communities,” Omar explained.

The partial shutdown is in its 47th day after the federal funding lapsed on Feb. 14.

“So far, the Republicans and the president have refused to say ‘yes’ to any of those reforms,” Omar continued. “Which means the department doesn’t have the resources to be able to pay for not just ICE and [Customs and Border Protection], but they don’t have the resources to pay for [Transportation Security Administration] agents. They don’t have the resources to fund the Coast Guard, to fund our cybersecurity employees.”

She added, “In a time when our terror alarm is higher than usual.”

Video of Omar’s comments were posted to social media by RNC Research with the caption: “Ilhan Omar admits Democrats are holding DHS hostage as terrorists want to kill Americans.”

The DHS shutdown has led to massive lines at some airports after a TSA workforce shortage resulted from paychecks being delayed.

While Omar is trying to warn Americans that the DHS shutdown puts them under greater threat of terror attack, she also previously said that there were conversations underway to dismantle DHS.

RELATED: Ilhan Omar rants that Trump wants to sleep with his daughter and calls his supporters ‘stupid’

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel has said that terror threats against the U.S. have more than doubled from 299 incidents in 2020 to 640 incidents in 2025.

Omar is facing a challenge for the Democratic primary against her re-election campaign after keeping the seat since first elected in 2018. Julie Le is a former DHS attorney who was removed after complaining to a judge that she was overworked and said the system “sucks” and her job also “sucks.”

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BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales didn’t previously have high hopes for liberals like Don Lemon, Nancy Pelosi, or Leslie Jones — but recent comments the three have made have set her expectations even lower.

“The other thing that the internet is really good for are videos of liberal losers,” Gonzales says before playing a clip of Lemon “hinting at a potential run for president.”

“I think I could be president of the United States,” Lemon said. “I could definitely run this country better than Donald Trump.”

“As an independent, though, there would be a hard time for me to run for anything because, you know, the way the system is set up, I’d have to choose a side. And so, you know, I probably would have to become a Democrat,” Lemon concluded.

Gonzales is amused.

“He would have to become a Democrat. That is hilarious. … This criminal, whose only accomplishment is terrorizing churchgoers, thinks for one second that he could be president,” she says.

And Pelosi’s comments weren’t much better.

“We always have concerns, but with this president and these Republicans who have no commitment to the rule of law and doing things the appropriate way, we’re ready. We have to be on guard as to what they may try to do to the technology,” Pelosi said in an interview on MS NOW.

“They may try to creep into the technology and create a false count,” she added.

“Oh, interesting, because back in my day, if you even mentioned that voting machines could be hacked, you would be sued into oblivion. So, it’s a very interesting turn of events to hear Nancy Pelosi admit that that was possible,” Gonzales comments, before turning her attention to former SNL cast member Leslie Jones.

“She, in all her brilliance, decided that marriage is slavery,” she says, playing a clip of Jones on Ziwe’s podcast.

“I think marriage is legalized slavery,” Jones stated.

“If he’s expecting you to be a trad wife, he might as well pull out a whip and a chain,” she continued.

Jones went on to advise the young audience not to get married.

“Obviously, trad wives, the trade-off is that their husbands are out working, and they get to stay home. It’s actually a total blessing. Women love that if they are in a position where they are able to do that,” Gonzales comments.

“But I’m not even convinced that Leslie Jones is a woman after hearing her speak. So, maybe that’s why she doesn’t quite get it,” she adds.

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A friendly podcast interview turned into a harrowing ordeal when comedian Leslie Jones faced every celebrity’s nightmare: having to justify her progressive beliefs.

In a recent appearance on writer and comedian Ziwe’s YouTube show “You’d Be an Iconic Guest,” the “Saturday Night Live” alum was her usual confident self, offering her takes on race, marriage, and culture.

Confident, that is, until the host began challenging Jones’ logic.

‘If he expecting you to be a trad wife, might as well pull out a whip and a chain.’

Ball and chain

After Jones said she finds “powerful men” like President Barack Obama attractive, Ziwe suggested that this proclivity might be interpreted as “submissive.”

“Could you be a trad wife, is what I’m asking,” the host added.

“Absolutely f**king not,” Jones replied.

When pressed to clarify, Jones expanded her contempt to marriage in general.

“Because that’s not who the f**k I am. And my daddy didn’t raise me like that,” Jones asserted. “To be anybody’s wife. My dad used to literally say that to me, ‘I didn’t raise you to be somebody’s wife.'”

“That’s so brave,” Ziwe replied, in a tone that suggested the opposite.

Undaunted — or unaware — Jones brought her rant to a bold conclusion: “I think marriage is legalized slavery.”

RELATED: Leslie Jones wants every ICE employee to go to prison: ‘Y’all know y’all did wrong stuff!’

Guys and gays

Ziwe, demonstrating an impressive restraint, calmly encouraged her guest to pursue her bizarre line of thought.

“Say more. Because if I’m thinking about slavery and I’m thinking about marriage, there are two different images that come into my head.”

“Absolutely not,” Jones came back. “I don’t know how you don’t. A man is, especially if he expecting you to be a trad wife, might as well pull out a whip and a chain.”

“I don’t believe in … marriage. … And I don’t think it’s beneficial for a woman at all,” Jones went on.

As Jones’ irritation mounted, Ziwe ramped up the trolling, asking her guest which cause she cared less about: gay rights or men’s rights.

“Male rights,” Jones replied. “Because f**k them, they already got rights.”

RELATED: Woke, foul-mouthed comic Leslie Jones promises to put her ‘foot right up your … a**es’ if any of you dare protest drag queens

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Again, Ziwe pressed Jones to explain.

When Jones said something about men needing to “evolve,” Ziwe countered by bringing up a recent incident in which the NBA reprimanded Jones for disrupting a game while sitting courtside.

“So it’s interesting as you talk about how men should do better and get better. You’re barking at a, you know, young 24-year-old doing their job … what’s the logic there?” the host asked.

Jones confirmed the incident, offering no justification other than her age: “I’m 58 … I should be able to do whatever I want.”

Therapy session

As the interview went on, Jones became increasingly exasperated, likening it to an interrogation, asking for her publicist, and at one point musing, “My career about to be over ’cause I think I’m going to attack this person.”

The interview culminated with Ziwe — demonstrating an impressive command of progressive-ese — calling out Jones for not watching her show before her appearance.

“You’ve never engaged with my work at all as a black woman? … Wow. And so you’re talking about breaking the glass ceiling and how men should do better. And you have a black woman sitting across from you, and you can’t even think to engage with her work[?]”

While Jones gamely stayed for the entire interview, despite her evident discomfort, she did admit it was not an enjoyable experience. “I’m gonna need therapy after this.”

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California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to deflect blame after a report of massive fraud draining taxpayer money in the Golden State.

The report is based on interviews with officials and experts as well as analysis of audits, data from local governments, criminal indictments, and other public records and found that tens of billions of dollars are likely being stolen right under the watch of Democrat political leaders.

‘Fraud here is colossal, rampant, ongoing, and well-documented.’

Newsom fired back but also tried to escape responsibility for the fraud.

“Money laundering is fraud. Information laundering, where unsourced slop gets laundered through multiple right wing ‘news’ outlets is fraud on the public,” wrote Newsom’s press office on social media.

“The NY Comic Book cites ‘facts’ completely unsourced, thinly sourced, or simply made up by by [sic] right wing activists posing as ‘journalists,’ with a straight face, knowing that other outlets and social media will misleadingly repeat and amplify,” his office added.

BlazeTV host Christopher Rufo, one of the authors of the report, responded to the governor on Fox Business.

“Gavin Newsom is definitely becoming associated with the word ‘fraud,’ but it’s not for fighting it. It’s for enabling it,” said Rufo.

“Even under the most conservative estimates, experts from Harvard, from the Department of Health and Human Services, from LexisNexis’ fraud division have told us that the fraud in California is unprecedented, it represents the largest financial crime in American history, and scammers have been stealing billions of dollars for years,” he added.

RELATED: Entire board of directors at California charter school resigns after allegations of massive fraud

“Some estimates say as high as $50 or $60 billion dollars a year from the state of California, from federal taxpayers, who actually send money to the state,” Rufo concluded.

“This reputation is catching up with the governor. He’s going to try to run away from it, but the facts are not on his side.”

The report found that the sum of fraud just under Newsom’s watch may already have cost taxpayers the staggering sum of $180 billion.

“Fraud here is colossal, rampant, ongoing, and well-documented,” wrote the California Post editorial board.

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Graham Platner, a middle-aged oyster farmer and Marine veteran, is running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Maine, hoping to beat Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in the June 9 primary and to ultimately unseat the Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins, in the general election.

Platner — who says he’s “running against the billionaire class that owns [Susan Collins] and all of Washington” — has not only survived but thrived in the face of numerous scandals of his own making.

Now it appears that critics have found yet another damning social media post from the candidate.

‘The left will love him more.’

An apparent screenshot of a 2012 Reddit post now making the rounds on X shows the following commentary from user P-Hustle, Platner’s old handle:

I’ve spent 8 years in the infantry, Marine Corps and Army, and I’ve been about as crudely atheist as one can be the entire time (zombie jesus jokes and Mary sucking at covering up being a skank, as examples). Promotion came like normal, and most of my fellow grunts had a similarly cynical attitude towards religion. Sure, there have been a few bible thumpers I’ve run into, but it was certainly never systemic.

The comment appears to be in response to the case of Jeremy Hall, an atheist who accused the military of becoming a Christian organization.

Blaze News reached out to Platner’s campaign for confirmation and comment but did not receive a response by deadline.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee said in response to Platner’s alleged mockery of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, “Just when you think Graham Platner can’t get any worse.”

The Maine Republican Party said in response to the post attributed to Platner, “This SHOULD be disqualifying but Maine’s leftist base has given Platner a pass on literally everything.”

RELATED: Senate Republicans tried to cave on Trump’s agenda

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Last year, numerous other inflammatory Reddit posts came to light, including posts in which Platner apparently identified as a communist, branded rural white Americans as racists, suggested service members worried about being raped should buy “Kevlar underwear,” and smeared all police officers as “bastards.”

Within days of Platner apologizing for his past posts and blaming them on a state of “disillusionment” following his return from Afghanistan, the Democratic candidate was outed for having an apparent “totenkopf” tattoo on his chest — a skull image popularized by Adolf Hitler’s Schutzstaffel elite guard and adopted as the symbol of the SS-Totenkopfverbande, the branch that guarded the concentration camps.

Although Platner appears to have had the tattoo covered up, members of his campaign still jumped ship. Leftist lawmakers such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.) continued, however, to support Platner’s campaign.

Nazi tattoo and rape jokes notwithstanding, he even picked up a few endorsements. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), for instance, endorsed Platner late last month, noting in a video statement, “Graham Platner has the grit to go against the grain and to fight for what is right.”

“Nazi tattoo; blaming rape victims; voters are dumb and racist; fake oyster biz financed by an Epstein associate; says black people don’t tip; former mercenary; etc etc etc,” wrote the Maine GOP. “Now this. But the left will love him more.”

Justin Davis, director of public affairs for the National Rifle Association, tweeted, “Maine by the numbers: 22% of voting Mainers are Catholic. Roughly 50% are Republican[.] Roughly 50% are Democrats[.] 100% of them will not take kindly to @grahamformaine calling the blessed Mother Mary a ‘skank.'”

Prior to the resurfacing of his alleged anti-Christian remarks, polling indicated that Platner was poised to clean up in the Democratic primary.

An Emerson College poll conducted last week found that Platner led Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) by 27 percentage points, 55% to 28%. A recent poll conducted by Impact Research put the left-leaning populist even further ahead, leading Mills 66% to 28%.

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President Donald Trump has officially fired Pam Bondi from her post as attorney general, and another administration official is expected to replace her.

Several reports indicated that Bondi’s firing was imminent after months of prolonged scrutiny, particularly over her mishandling of the Epstein files, which quickly became an Achilles’ heel for the administration. An administration official told Blaze News that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is Trump’s top pick to replace Bondi after the two met and discussed the role on Tuesday.

‘We love Pam.’

Bondi is expected to become the second Cabinet official to leave the administration, following the departure of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

“Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,” Trump announced in a Truth Social post. “Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900.”

RELATED: ‘Catching you red-handed!’ Massie gets sassy with Bondi over Epstein redactions

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“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General,” Trump added. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Tensions over the attorney general’s performance reached a fever pitch after Bondi apparently failed to adequately comply with the law, which Trump himself signed, requiring the release of all Epstein files, prompting calls for her removal.

RELATED: Trump makes big appearance in Epstein files — just not the way Democrats may have hoped

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Critics noted that the release of these files was repeatedly delayed and that the files had been at times improperly redacted to protect potential co-conspirators while revealing the identity of alleged victims. In a heated House Oversight hearing back in February, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) ripped into Bondi over the Epstein files rollout, saying it was “literally the worst thing you could do to the survivors.”

During this hearing, Bondi also attempted to argue that the Epstein files were just another Democrat ploy to distract from Trump’s accomplishments, infamously noting that the Dow Jones had surpassed 50,000 points.

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New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel says there is “a fine line” between personal expression and not being inclusive enough.

The coach and former Patriots player spoke to media in a formal setting on Tuesday and fielded questions about one of the team’s star running backs.

‘We’re trying to educate them.’

Particularly, Vrabel was asked about TreVeyon Henderson, who responded to the falling-out a Chicago Bulls player had with his team this week. The Bulls released player Jaden Ivey after he expressed disagreement with gay pride celebrations in the NBA while stating his support for Christianity.

In response to the story, Henderson, who describes himself as a “follower of Jesus Christ,” posted a series of Bible verses on his X account and only one time provided his own commentary.

“What path will you choose?” Henderson wrote, alongside images of Bible verses.

Vrabel was asked by a reporter how he differentiates between conduct that is detrimental to a team — the Bulls’ official reason for releasing Ivey — and a player’s right to personal expression.

“I think there is a fine line. I’m gonna tell you, I love TreVeyon,” Vrabel quickly replied. “I love the person. He cares deeply about our team. He cares deeply about his faith. He cares deeply about his family, his wife, the people in our building, and so I want [the players] to be able to express what they believe in their heart and in their mind.”

That was Vrabel’s setup before pivoting toward progressive ideology.

“But I also want to make sure that they’re educated, and we want to be inclusive,” he said firmly.

RELATED: Female ex-referee accuses NFL of sexism, sues after she was allegedly made to perform ‘an utterly humiliating’ act

Henderson’s posts hardly amounted to anything other than a copy and paste of Scripture. However, Coach Vrabel implied the posts could make others feel uncomfortable or possibly harm the team.

He also suggested that everyone with the Patriots “wants to provide an environment for people to, one, feel comfortable, but also to share their personal beliefs. And then also we represent the team, and we represent the organization.”

Vrabel continued, saying that while his players cannot have their phones taken away from them, they certainly need to be educated, a term he repeatedly used.

“We just want to educate them to — never going to tell them how to feel. Certainly want to make sure that they understand that their actions represent something more than just themselves.”

He concluded, “So I do think there’s a fine line. We’re always talking about those kinds of things. We’re trying to educate them.”

RELATED: Chicago Bulls drop Christian player just hours after he criticized Pride Month: ‘I know Jesus is the way’

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Henderson was his team’s top running back last season, garnering 911 yards on 180 carries in his rookie season. Carries were split with now-sixth-year player Rhamondre Stephenson, who had 603 yards on 130 carries.

Despite Henderson leading the team, he is listed as New England’s second-string for the upcoming season by ESPN, likely because Stevenson had double the number of carries in the NFL playoffs.

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