LeBron James wore a 'Beto for Senate' cap to Texas
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James wore a "Beto for Senate" baseball hat in a photo shared by the team Saturday evening in advance of a game against the San Antonio Spurs. The cap endorses Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) in his race to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a contest that has gathered national attention.
In August, James thanked O'Rourke for his support of pro athletes' kneeling protests of police brutality and racial injustice. James called the viral clip of O'Rourke's comments a "must watch" and praised him "for the candid, thoughtful words."
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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.