‘Against everything this country stands for’: ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe takes his local anti-Maga protest national

The athlete hopes his arrest after excoriating the Maga movement in a city council meeting will inspire others to resist

Last week the former NFL player Chris Kluwe was arrested at a city council meeting in his home town of Huntington Beach, California, for approaching councilmembers after making an impassioned speech likening the Maga movement to nazism. This came after the council approved a plaque commemorating the city library's 50th anniversary. Writ largest on the plaque are the words Magical Alluring Galvanizing Adventurous" - an acrostic of Maga.

Kluwe ranked among the NFL's top punters while playing for the Minnesota Vikings in the early 2000s. During his career he was as well known for calling out NFL immorality and championing civil rights causes like same-sex marriage and racial justice as he was for pinning the opposition against their own goalline with his booming right leg.