Posted on Jun 12, 2022
The Commanders' Jack Del Rio is off Twitter after calling the Jan. 6 riot a 'dust-up'
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First came his public apology. Then came the $100,000 fine. And now, Jack Del Rio's Twitter account has been deleted.
Del Rio's exit from the social media platform caps a rocky week for the Washington Commanders' defensive coordinator that began with a tweet, followed by comments to reporters, in which he compared the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to the 2020 racial justice protests.
"People's livelihoods are being destroyed, businesses are being burned down – no problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, nothing burned down – and we're gonna make that a major deal?" Del Rio told reporters after a Wednesday practice.
First came his public apology. Then came the $100,000 fine. And now, Jack Del Rio's Twitter account has been deleted.
Del Rio's exit from the social media platform caps a rocky week for the Washington Commanders' defensive coordinator that began with a tweet, followed by comments to reporters, in which he compared the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to the 2020 racial justice protests.
"People's livelihoods are being destroyed, businesses are being burned down – no problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, nothing burned down – and we're gonna make that a major deal?" Del Rio told reporters after a Wednesday practice.
The Commanders' Jack Del Rio is off Twitter after calling the Jan. 6 riot a 'dust-up'
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