Abdul Carter Criticizes Jaxson Dart Over Trump Introduction, Then Deletes Posts After 1 On-Air Rebuke
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Updated · Fox News · May 26
Abdul Carter Criticizes Jaxson Dart Over Trump Introduction, Then Deletes Posts After 1 On-Air Rebuke
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26
Abdul Carter publicly criticized Giants teammate Jaxson Dart after Dart introduced President Donald Trump at a May 22 event in Suffern, New York, turning the appearance into a national sports-media flashpoint.
Dart’s introduction drew outsized attention because he did not endorse a policy or campaign, yet ESPN’s "First Take" made it a lead topic and Carter’s social-media rebuke amplified the backlash inside the Giants.
1 earlier report said Carter later deleted the posts after former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason called the public criticism a "real error" on WFAN.
The dispute has widened into a broader argument over whether NFL players face harsher scrutiny for political associations than for off-field misconduct.
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