After Ben Simmons had some pointed comments for the president early Tuesday morning, Tobias Harris took exception to a press release from a local politician.
On Tuesday morning, Harris quote tweeted a press release from Joe Gale, calling for the Montgomery County Commissioner to resign.
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Harris, who took part in peaceful protests over the weekend in the city in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minnenapolis, took it a step further by sharing a petition demanding Gale’s resignation.
It appears so many people attempted to access it after Harris shared it that the site’s server crashed.
This is apparently not the first time Gale has shared views of this nature. Harris retweeted the following:
Harris has already contributed to the community in a big way since signing a near-max contract this past offseason.
In October, he donated $1 million for a “community draft” to assist nine under-served communities in Philadelphia. In December, he spent the day at Bethune Elementary School in North Philadelphia, where he donated supplies and treated the black male teachers at the school to a night out at a Sixers game. He’s also made a variety of donations for COVID-19 relief.
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