Steve Kerr channels Stephen Curry at DNC, calls for voters to tell Donald Trump ‘night night’ on Election Day

Fresh off leading Team USA to gold at the Paris Olympics, Steve Kerr has officially staked his claim in the U.S. presidential race.

The Golden State Warriors and men’s USA Basketball head coach spoke at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday and made his case for voters to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as president over former President Donald Trump in November.

For most of his roughly seven-minute speech, Kerr kept the subject matter to his pride in coaching Team USA to gold and his reasons for endorsing Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

He saved his first reference to Trump for his walk-off line, when he invoked the trademark celebration of Team USA and Warriors star Stephen Curry.

“It’s why I’m here tonight,” Kerr said. “It’s why I’ll be getting out every day to help people get out and vote on Nov. 5 and elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as the next president and vice president of the United States.

“And after the results are tallied that night, we can — in the words of the great Steph Curry — we can tell Donald Trump, ‘night night.'”

“In the words of the great Steph Curry, we can tell Donald Trump… night night!”

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Steve Kerr invoked Stephen Curry’s trademark celebration in calling for voters to elect Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kerr speaks on same night as Hillary Clinton, President Joe Biden

Kerr was invited to speak among a lineup of Democratic heavyweights that included former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ahead of Monday’s keynote speaker President Joe Biden. He appeared on stage shortly after a surprise appearance from Harris herself, who wasn’t scheduled to speak until the final night of the convention on Thursday.

Kerr took the stage with a nod to his Chicago background and Bulls fans in the building. As he walked to the podium, the United Center’s public address system blared the iconic introduction music from 1990s Bulls home…

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Publish date : 2024-08-20 02:46:21

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