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Washington Commanders’ Jack Del Rio Calls January 6 A ‘Dust-Up,’ Blasts Double Standard On George Floyd Protests

Virginia Kruta
Washington Commanders’ Jack Del Rio Calls January 6 A ‘Dust-Up,’ Blasts Double Standard On George Floyd Protests
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Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio sparked backlash when he referred to the January 6th riot on Capitol Hill as a “dust-up” — and complained that those responsible for riots all across the country during the summer of 2020 were not held to the same standard.

Del Rio spoke to reporters on Wednesday, and someone asked about a recent tweet in which he had compared the riots after George Floyd’s death to the January 6th riot and asked why — given all the focus on the latter — no one had any interest in getting to the bottom of the former.

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