A pizza shop owner is getting mixed reviews for kicking out a family that was dining in his restaurant recently, with some online critics saying he had every right to do it while others are outraged.
Dragon Pizza in Somerville, Massachusetts, became the topic of heated debate following the March 14 incident and subsequent social media posts. 
The owner recently shared an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHPnJmjst6c/">update via Instagram</a>, writing, “To all our guests with children: Anyone who has visited our restaurant knows we are a pizza shop that loves kids.”
“Sadly, we had to demand a group of negligent parents Friday to take their families home because they were disrespecting our dining room, other guests, and our team,” the post continued. 
“Our restaurant, or any restaurant, is not a place for unsupervised children to play,&#8221; it said. &#8220;It is here to share dining experiences.”
Dragon Pizza listed six points on the incident, noting that they “welcome all children dining in our restaurant with open arms” and “we do not appreciate parents who treat our pizza as a cheap, simple option to feed their children until they can have their own dinner.” 
The post concluded by saying, “It makes us very sad, but we refuse to allow entitled lazy parents to damage our reputation and the overall dining experience for all our guests. Respect restaurants. Bring your family to them. Raise your family in them. We are your community too.”
Restaurant owner Charlie Redd <a href="https://www.boston.com/food/food-news/2025/03/18/dragon-pizza-guests-with-kids/">said</a> in an interview with Boston.com that he is also a father and wants to make guests with children &#8220;comfortable.&#8221;
“It’s part of my philosophy to hospitality, for restaurants to engage everyone,&#8221; he told the outlet. &#8220;We’ve been very successful here at Dragon accommodating groups with kids.”
“The fault lies where the parents had to be spoken to multiple times and were ignoring our requests and our instructions to watch their kids,” Redd said. “Kids belong in restaurants. It’s a lot of fun.”
While many supported the restaurant in the comments, others questioned the decision to kick the family out.
“Why can’t parents give their kids pizza as a cheap easy option?” one Instagram commenter wrote, referencing one of the points made in the restaurant’s original post.
“Too many parents these days don’t understand that they need to actually parent their children. Good on you for sticking up for your staff and other patrons,” another person wrote.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who had a run-in with Redd in the past, also weighed in on the situation with a profanity-laced <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1902400901928657073">post</a> on X that read, in part, “This has created quite the (conundrum) for yours truly because I absolutely despise this dude (Charlie) Redd.&#8221;
“He probably blew this out of proportion because this guy just likes being an a**hole. This guy is a professional a**hole. There’s no other pizza place that keeps ending up in the news,” he went on.
Portnoy got into an argument with Redd in 2023 while visiting the restaurant for his popular One Bite Challenge, which involves him rating pizzerias. The social media personality described the slice as “super floppy” and gave it a 6.4 out of 10. 
The owner told Portnoy he was in the wrong for “judging a business with one bite.” This led to a heated exchange that <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/barstools-dave-portnoy-speaks-out-about-dragon-pizza-feud-its-like-living-in-a-bizarre-world/3130297/">went viral</a> at the time.

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The following is an excerpt taken from the new book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Jester-Became-King-Unauthorized/dp/B0DV3W4QBN/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How the Jester Became King: Dave Portnoy and the Real Unauthorized Story of Barstool Sports.</a>&#8221; by Charlie Stanton (Post Hill Press, December 2024)
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October 2003
Dave was sweaty and beyond exhausted as he bent down to drop off a stack of newspapers next to his bin at the Alewife T-Station in Cambridge. Sporting his questionable goatee and a beat-up Red Sox hat, his skin reeked of the cigar he had smoked inside his maroon 1992 Plymouth minivan while he trudged from station to station. His breath was a mix of tobacco and the hot Italian beef sandwich he’d ordered in between stops. Portnoy needed a shower. As he leaned over to fill the bin, he paused. The sound of fabric ripping echoed across the brown quarry tiles that lined the floors and walls of the subway entrance. Commuters turned their heads at the noise, and their eyes fixated on Portnoy. He knew immediately what had happened:
<blockquote>“It might as well have been like a gunshot went off in Alewife Station. Everybody in Alewife and maybe all of Cambridge just froze. And I was reduced to doing the ‘Oh my god did I just split my pants?’ maneuver. This, of course, is when you have a glazed expression over your face as you feel your ass to see what the damage is. Honestly, it was like time froze for a couple minutes.”</blockquote>
It was an unseasonably warm fall afternoon, just a few months after Mike Portnoy had given his son his $25,000 blessing. Dave, who had quit his sales job and moved back home with his parents to save money, was now spending it hand-delivering his newspapers to more than 100 Barstool Sports bins he had placed around Boston — a job that made grad school look like Margaritaville.
After all of his bins were filled, Portnoy would begin handing out his newspapers to the public, aggressively. The streets of Boston weren’t for the faint of heart. “When we upgraded from black and white to color copies, I would be just screaming things like ‘We got color now! We’re so much better than these other (papers)!’ Whatever the hook was.” Like a vendor peddling overpriced beer at nearby Fenway Park, Portnoy would yell at – borderline berate – commuters to take a copy.
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Portnoy was on his own when it came to distribution following Barstool’s first issue on August 27, 2003, when the temp company Labor Ready he hired to help him sent him mostly drifters, half of whom didn’t show up. “Let’s just say they weren’t the most dedicated workers to ever come down the pike,” Portnoy explained. And according to Portnoy, the outfit in Atlanta where he bought newspaper bins, Go Plastics, wasn’t able to deliver the bins on time for the day of the launch, which only compounded this calamity. Most commuters were unable to find Portnoy’s newspapers, as Barstool Sports sat inconspicuously inside plastic bags next to other competitors’ fully marked bins.
Of the 40 train stations where workers were supposed to hand out copies of Dave’s paper that day, only about 15 operated as planned. Portnoy would eventually hire local models to hand out his papers, which, to no surprise, worked better but were too expensive to continue with. “Chaotic and nearly disastrous,” is how Dave described his paper’s first days in existence. Unbeknownst to Portnoy, it was a phrase that would become the narrative of Barstool’s entire operation for the next 20 years.
At the start of Portnoy’s maiden voyage, he was able to produce several thousand copies of his weekly newspaper. This was dwarfed by the daily circulation of the 450,000 newspapers The Boston Globe printed, and the 300,000 distributed by both The Boston Herald and Metro Boston, the city’s largest free paper. But eventually Barstool would reach a peak of 40,000 issues every other week, which was on par with most other alt-weekly publications such as The Phoenix or The Improper Bostonian. Reaching this number was an unlikely development to everyone around Dave in those early days, including his production manager Erin Boyce.
Boyce worked at The Daily Item of Lynn, a neighboring town’s paper; she had extensive experience inside the publishing industry and agreed to help Portnoy after connecting through a friend of a friend. “I really only thought it would last six, maybe 12 issues. I’ve been in the newspaper industry for many years, and to start a publication in a dying industry is kind of unheard of. Little did I know 200 issues later, it would become part of my life for almost nine years.”
Boyce’s help was invaluable, but there was no doubt the 26-year-old was doing the work of five people just to produce the meager eight-page publication. Originally, Portnoy published his newspaper once a week. Mondays were the busiest in terms of writing, and Dave often stayed up past 2 a.m. finishing the last articles for that week’s issue. Tuesdays, Portnoy took his work over to the nearby graphic designer, who worked with Boyce to lay out the paper. Later that day, the layout was taken to Boyce’s printer, and once the thousands of copies were printed, Portnoy filled up his beaten-down minivan to the brim. “When I pick up Barstool Sports from our printer company, I swear I can hear her scream. I actually think the bottom of the car scrapes against the cement when it is fully loaded.”
Wednesdays started at 4:30 a.m. Portnoy made the 45-minute drive south down Route 1A to Boston, dropping his publication off at the bins he had placed inside various T-stations. “I had bins at T-stops I didn’t know existed before that,” Portnoy said of his paper route. He also stopped at select stores, bars, and restaurants he somehow convinced to take his newspapers, like the Grand Canal bar near The Boston Garden or Bayview Liquors in Southie.
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After emptying his van around 9:00 a.m., Dave headed to a T station and handed out copies of Barstool Sports to commuters. Around noon, he drove back to Swampscott to write; call potential advertisers (the paper had fake ones and real ones); or fix whatever part of the business was melting down that day. Around 4:00 p.m., he drove back into Boston to hand out papers again until returning home, well after dinner.
As for the rest of the week, Thursday was a repeat of Wednesday, while Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were reserved for writing. And Portnoy would spend each Monday just like the previous one, cramming in last-minute changes until the candle was burned at both ends. Unsurprisingly, this routine began taking a toll on his health, but as 2004 approached, people slowly began to read Portnoy’s paper. “It was always a good reception and when I judged it, it would be 10 people who took the paper and said they enjoyed it the first time I did it. The next issue would be 20 people, and the next issue would be 40, and the next 80. So, it always was slowly growing and there was something in my gut that was like I’m on to something here.”
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This excerpt is taken from &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Jester-Became-King-Unauthorized/dp/B0DV3W4QBN/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0">How the Jester Became King: Dave Portnoy and the Real Unauthorized Story of Barstool Sports.</a>&#8221; by Charlie Stanton. Published by permission of Post Hill Press. 
Charlie Stanton currently resides in New York City. Stanton graduated from Wake Forest University with Honors in Economics in 2012. In his free time, the author enjoys playing pickleball, paddle, tennis, running, skiing, and spending time with his three younger brothers.
The views expressed in this book excerpt are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Wire.

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Christmas came early for a pizzeria in Baltimore thanks to Barstool Founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dave-portnoy">Dave Portnoy</a> who stopped by and gave a massive gift to keep the place going that was ready to close its doors on December 25.
In a video posted on <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1871329945487569018">X</a> that’s since gone viral, Portnoy decided to check out a Maryland pizza joint to rate it as part of his One Bite Pizza rankings. 
Will, a veteran and owner of Tiny Brick Oven, started talking to Portnoy about how they were getting ready to close their doors forever on Christmas Day because the city had refused to give him a liquor license, something they had already been granted to his competition.
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He told Portnoy that without it, he was struggling and didn’t see how he could stay open one more day past Christmas. The Barstool Founder put in his pizza order to rank it and said, “What happens if this pizza is great and you start getting busy making money, can you stay open?”
The owner agreed he would then “stay open.”
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Portnoy turned to the camera and said, “We’re going to have to keep this place open&#8221; before he stepped outside with his new pie to take a bite.
“This is a reheat and very good,” Portnoy said. “Thin, New York kind of style. Like I really like it. There’s no way this place should be going out of business. None. So, that guy was the most upbeat guy you are ever going to have. Christmas spirit Will.”
“So, I’m going to give this pizza,&#8221; he added, before he headed back to the door and asked Will flat out, “How much money do you need to stay open for a year?”
The owner thought about it, but at first struggled to come up with a number. Eventually, he said, with a liquor license, he could continue to stay open if he had $60,000.
Portnoy then reached out his hand, shook it, telling the owner the matter was a done deal. Will was visibly shocked and excited and started to cheer for Portnoy.
The two exchanged numbers as Portnoy promised he would text him and that he would have the money before Christmas to keep the Tiny Brick Oven shop open for a year.
In the end, the Barstool Founder gave the little pizza shop a rating of 7.9, something that Will was overjoyed about.
“Merry Christmas,” Portnoy said as he walked out of the pizzeria.
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Barstool founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dave-portnoy">Dave Portnoy</a> admitted that Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party left him “no choice” but to vote for former President Donald Trump in the election.
In a lengthy video posted on Wednesday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DCBRZOhuakN/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, Portnoy said Trump beat Harris because the Dem party forced people like him, independents, and moderates to vote for Trump.
“The Democrats gave us no choice,” Portnoy said. “That was the worst campaign, and the pure arrogance and the moral superiority have driven people away. If you say you’re voting for Trump, suddenly you’re a Nazi, you’re Hitler, you’re garbage. Enough. Enough!”
“So when you call us that, you’re calling the majority of the country ‘racists, Hitlers, Nazis.’ I don’t think you get the words of what that means,” he added, noting that Democrats alienated voters by acting “like you’re better than us, smarter than us.”
“I voted for him [Trump]. And I felt I had no choice but to vote for him because of the campaign that the Democrats ran,” Portnoy continued, labeling Trump’s victory “clear” and “decisive,” with “millions and millions and millions of people” voting for the former president.
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The Barstool founder previously made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stop-the-gaslighting-barstool-founder-calls-kamala-worst-presidential-candidate-ever">headlines</a> when he unleashed a rant on the media for the “gaslighting” of the American people to push Harris, whom he said is the “worst presidential candidate” we have ever had in our history.
In a lengthy anti-Kamala rant posted on <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1845622877317640214">X,</a> Portnoy said the “gaslighting” claim that the Vice President is some kind of “change candidate” and is amazing had to stop, pointing out how she couldn&#8217;t even answer simple questions during friendly interviews.
Portnoy started out his video talking about how at recent rallies, Harris has told the crowd, “It’s time to turn the page,” trying to claim she’s something different than what we have seen from President Joe Biden — despite being the sitting VP — when it comes to the insane immigration problem, rising inflation, and crime. He also mentioned the disaster this administration has been around the world with regard to Afghanistan, Russia, Israel, and more.
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He said she then goes on friendly interviews like with “The View” and “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” and she claims to be basically the same as Biden — he played a clip of her saying there’s nothing she would do differently — or that she starts rambling about the American people’s ambitions, hopes, and dreams.
“What are we talking about?” Portnoy said. “This is the candidate that people say is such a great leader? Stop gaslighting us &#8230; Kamala Harris can’t even answer the easiest question of all time. She never gives a straight answer. She doesn’t seem to be able to put coherent thoughts together.”
“I am so sick of being gaslighted like she’s some great candidate,” he added. “There was a reason when she ran for president last time she didn’t get one vote. She dropped out before the primaries. There’s a reason the Democrats waited till after Biden got the nomination because she wouldn’t have gotten it again.”
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Barstool Sports founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stop-the-gaslighting-barstool-founder-calls-kamala-worst-presidential-candidate-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Portnoy</a>, Sirius XM host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly</a> and more have destroyed the left’s pearl-clutching over former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump’s</a> stop at McDonald’s in Pennsylvania where he worked the drive-thru and as a fry cooker for 15 minutes on Sunday.
Media outlets like <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-mcdonalds-troll-harris-1235138509/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rolling Stone magazine</a>, <a href="https://x.com/Newsweek/status/1848324596333740149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsweek</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1848125427232940440" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> have slammed Trump for what they’ve called a “bizarre&#8221; photo-op and a “staged” event for his 15 minutes of work at McDonald’s, where he drew attention to the claim by Vice President Kamala Harris that she worked there in college, though the campaign has yet to provide proof. 
Portnoy took to <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1848388945937117328">social media</a> and sarcastically wrote on X that, “Woodward and Bernstein who?  Looks like <a href="https://x.com/Newsweek">@Newsweek</a> just wrapped up the Pulitzer for investigative journalism.  Next up. Rumors Santa may not be real&#8230;.”
The host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1848366344493801954">agreed</a>, and reposted a screenshot of one person’s response to the Newsweek headline calling it “perfect.” The person wrote sarcastically “Wait he wasn’t actually hired as the new fry guy?”
The host of “Young Turks” Cenk Uygur posted on <a href="https://x.com/cenkuygur/status/1848359707011915929">social media</a> and wrote, &#8220;Some in the press called Trump&#8217;s McDonald&#8217;s photo-op bizarre. This is how you lose credibility.”
“That was a home run photo-op,” he added.”He looked like a real person there, connecting with the average American. If you can&#8217;t see that, you&#8217;re totally blind.”
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Woodward and Bernstein who? Looks like <a href="https://twitter.com/Newsweek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Newsweek</a> just wrapped up the Pulitzer for investigative journalism. Next up. Rumors Santa may not be real&#8230;. <a href="https://t.co/vaXvUAYCqF">https://t.co/vaXvUAYCqF</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1848388945937117328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway <a href="https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1848452024872145054">wrote</a>, “Where would we be without corporate media telling us that Donald Trump is *not* an actual McDonald&#8217;s employee&#8230;”
Daily Wire host <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1848404310121484381">Matt Walsh</a> also saw the Newsweek post and said jokingly on X, “This is false. Trump applied for the position online two weeks ago. He got the job and showed up to work his shift. The hours aren’t flexible enough to allow him to run for president though, so my sources tell me he’ll be transitioning into a part time cashier role at Kroger.”
Another person <a href="https://x.com/iowahawkblog/status/1848394006121808058">wrote</a> that Newsweek should “dust off the mantle, the Pulitzer Prize is on the way.&#8221; And &#8220;Mark my words, once the press takes down Trump in the McWatergate scandal, enrollment in journalism schools will quadruple.&#8221;
<a href="https://x.com/Newsweek/status/1848341344671891737">Newsweek later </a>doubled down on its Trump-McD’s piece with a second one about how the McDonald’s where Trump appeared had “failed its last health inspection.”
“An inspection report for the McDonald&#8217;s restaurant in Pennsylvania cited employees not having &#8216;hands clean and properly washed,'&#8221; the X post read.
Daily Wire Editor Emeritus and host Ben Shapiro reacted to the headlines and <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1848468283915440433?s=46&amp;t=yVg_AIbZC0FnyCtU4qPVYw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> that the reason Leftists are &#8220;losing their minds over Trump&#8217;s McDonald&#8217;s campaign appearance&#8221; is &#8220;because it demonstrates that he likes and cares about regular Americans. That&#8217;s genuine. As opposed to Kamala, who must receive a briefing session to pretend to care.&#8221;

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Barstool founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dave-portnoy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Portnoy</a> unleashed on the media for the “gaslighting” of the American people to push Kamala Harris, who he said is the “worst presidential candidate” we have ever had in our history.
In a lengthy anti-Kamala rant posted on <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1845622877317640214">X,</a> Portnoy said the “gaslighting” l claiming that the Vice President is some kind of “change candidate” and is amazing must stop, pointing out how she can’t even answer simple questions during friendly interviews.
Portnoy started out his video talking about how at recent rallies, Harris has told the crowd “It’s time to turn the page,” trying to claim she’s something different than what we have seen from President Joe Biden — despite being the sitting VP — when it comes to the insane immigration problem, rising inflation and crime. He also mentioned the disaster this administration has been around the world with regard to Afghanistan, Russia, Israel and more.
He said she then goes on friendly interviews like with “The View” and “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” and she’s claims to be basically the same as Biden — he played a clip of her saying there’s nothing she would do differently — or that she starts rambling about the American people’s ambitions, hopes, and dreams. 
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“What are we talking about?” Portnoy said. “This is the candidate that people say is such a great leader? Stop gaslighting us….Kamala Harris can’t even answer the easiest question of all time. She never gives a straight answer. She doesn’t seem to be able to put coherent thoughts together.”
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If you don&#8217;t like my political rants don&#8217;t watch this. But how can Kamala Harris keep calling herself the candidate of change when she is the sitting VP? I feel like I&#8217;m taking crazy pills. Vote for whoever you want but I had to point out how crazy it is.
Ps &#8211; I know people… <a href="https://t.co/E0KHlVaJBo">pic.twitter.com/E0KHlVaJBo</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1845622877317640214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
“It’s actually scary for me to think about what she’d be like on the international stage… I am so sick of being gaslighted like she’s some great candidate,” he added. “There was a reason when she ran for president last time she didn’t get one vote. She dropped out before the primaries. There’s a reason the Democrats waited till after Biden got the nomination because she wouldn’t have gotten it again.”
Portnoy said that like him or not, Trump has won the nomination of his party three times “fair and square” but Kamala can’t say the same and “has never had a vote cast for her.” 
“She is the worst presidential candidate in the history of American politics, honestly,” the Barstool founder said. “Now if you still want to vote for her because you hate Trump that much and you can’t stand him, you think he’s done all this evil s**t, do it. But stop the gaslighting please.The footage is there.”
“She can’t answer a simple question,” he added. “If you have any issues with the last four years, that’s her. And even though she’s saying she’s a change candidate, she literally will then go on interviews and say ‘same thing. I can’t think of one thing different.’ It&#8217;s like I&#8217;m taking crazy pills.&#8221;

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‘Stop The Gaslighting’: Barstool Founder Calls Kamala ‘Worst Presidential Candidate’ Ever

'Stop The Gaslighting': Barstool Founder Calls Kamala ‘Worst Presidential Candidate' Ever

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Barstool founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dave-portnoy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Portnoy</a> made it clear he’s furious with Democrats “hijacking” democracy after President Joe Biden announced he was out of the race and then endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
In a post on Monday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9uz-hMJPva/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA%3D%3D">Instagram</a>, Portnoy wrote about how “infuriating” it is to “listen to the left call” former President Donald Trump a “threat to Democracy when they have literally trampled on democracy” by not holding a primary and appointing Harris, comparing it to something that would happen in a “third world country.”
“I’m a libertarian,” Portnoy said. “I’m very much pro-choice … I’m not religious at all. So, there’s a lot on the Right that I don’t agree with … but I f***ing hate the extreme Left. And they are reminding me why I cannot vote for them.”
“And I can not vote for Kamala [Harris],” he added. “Because not even that they are trotting out Kamala now and that they whacked Joe Biden like I said they were gonna. … They hijacked democracy. No other way to say it.”
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“You know Kamala, news flash, ran for president in 2020. You know how many votes she got? Zero.” Portnoy continued, pointing out how disliked Harris was as a candidate. “And I guess she’s never going to have to get a real vote because she’s been hand-picked on purpose by the people who have been running Joe for the past 2-3 years. Now they are going to try to run her. It’s disgusting. It’s a hijacking of democracy.”
Portnoy said what really set him off was seeing leftist filmmaker/actor <a href="https://x.com/robreiner/status/1815372736551886855">Rob Reiner’s comment</a> that “Democracy will survive” now that Biden was out of office and Harris was running.
“The Democrats and the Left, the way they s*** on our face and tell us it’s 80 [degrees] and sunny is so infuriating,” the Barstool founder said. “Just admit you hijacked democracy. You hate him [Trump] so much you’re willing to trample on democracy. Steal the vote from the American public. The most, supposedly, important right an American has, the right to vote … you have stolen it from the Democratic Party.”
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“You have said, ‘You don’t get to choose who runs for president, we do, a group of elite, small people are going to handpick and shove down your throat who you vote for,’” he added. “Just admit that. But this ‘Democracy is saved’ and &#8216;America is saved,’ it’s the lowest point for democracy in my lifetime.”
“Just say you hate f***ing Trump so much you’re willing to do whatever it takes to beat Trump and it doesn’t matter what rights you steal, stomp on … you’re willing to do it,” Portnoy continued, suggesting that if the Left was honest about what they were doing, he might have an ounce of respect for them.
Portnoy previously made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barstool-founder-democrats-sent-out-biden-to-debate-because-they-want-to-whack-him">headlines</a> when he said that it was no accident “Democrats agreed to let Biden debate Trump,&#8221; suggesting it was the party’s way of removing him from the 2024 presidential ticket. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barstool-founder-democrats-sent-out-biden-to-debate-because-they-want-to-whack-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barstool Founder: Democrats Sent Out Biden To Debate Because They ‘Want To Whack Him’</a>

Barstool Founder Furious That Democrats Are ‘Hijacking’ Democracy

Barstool founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barstool-founder-dave-portnoy-promises-war-on-business-insider-theres-no-way-im-letting-this-go" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Portnoy</a> called an “emergency press conference” and suggested the Democrats sent President Joe Biden out to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-it-is-over-for-joe-biden-following-trump-biden-presidential-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate</a> because they “want to whack him.”
In a <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1806735519747019097">video</a> he posted on Friday on X, Portnoy told his millions of followers that he didn’t think it was an accident that the Democrats agreed to let Biden debate former President Donald Trump, suggesting it was the party’s way of removing him from the 2024 presidential ticket. The post has since gone viral with more than 1.5 million views at the time of this publication.
“That was as good as Joe Biden could ever do in a debate. Before it started, I tweeted out ‘how are the Democrats allowing Joe Biden to do a debate?’” Portnoy said, playing clips of Biden, calling him “a vegetable” and saying he “belongs in a nursing home.”
“The Democrats had to know that,” he added. “Why would you agree to a debate with Biden. At this stage, the earliest debate of all time, when you know he’s gone. When you know he can’t speak.”
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Emergency Press Conference &#8211; The Dems Sent Biden out For Slaughter <a href="https://t.co/SxwzJb5cKr">pic.twitter.com/SxwzJb5cKr</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1806735519747019097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
“When you know he’s a vegetable,” Portnoy continued. “Because they want to whack him. Because they know he is not going to be the nominee. I said this ten months ago, 11 months ago when [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom was in China being an idiot playing basketball with these little Chinese kids&#8230;”
The Barstool founder said at the time that Newsom was going to run for president and questioned in the clip on Friday why else would a governor take a tour of the world.
“Because he knew and the Democrats knew Joe Biden is gone. He’s gone,” Portnoy said. “And they need somebody else. And this is the scary part, like I said, Gavin Newsom is poison.”
“Gavin Newsom is everything that is wrong with every politician in the world,” he added. “He’s the guy who ruined California, strictest lockdowns during COVID.”
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He then talked about how Newsom closed public beaches, forced everyone to wear a mask even outside, and then was caught on camera out having dinner with friends at the French Laundry in Napa Valley with no mask in sight. 
“Rules for thee, not for me,” he added. “Gavin Newsom, he is going to be the Democratic [nominee], and I’m telling you right now, the guy is poison.”
Earlier in the video, Portnoy talked about how everyone has said how “how bad Joe Biden looked.&#8221;
“And I’m not talking Republicans and the Trump people. I’m talking the Democrats, CNN, just shoveling dirt on him,” Portnoy said. “Being like, ‘He didn’t do what he had to do. He looked weak. We may have to make a change.’”
In the clip, the founder of Barstool played several clips of members of the media reacting to Biden’s disastrous debate performance. One person in the video was CNN’s Chris Wallace, who said, “I think the question answers itself, he wasn’t capable of doing any better than he did.” CNN host Van Jones was another who added, “That was painful. We’re still far from our convention and there is time for this party to figure out a different way forward if he will allow us to do that.”

Barstool Founder: Democrats Sent Out Biden To Debate Because They ‘Want To Whack Him’

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Social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, issued a brutal context update on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a> piece about Barstool founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dave-portnoy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Portnoy</a>, who earlier in the week taped a call he had confronting one of the reporters writing what he deemed a &#8220;hit piece.&#8221;
During his taped conversation, Portnoy pressed reporter Emily Heil about why she was contacting participating pizzerias and sponsors of his &#8220;One Bite Pizza Festival&#8221; and seemingly asking them to defend their decision to participate in the event, while describing Portnoy as having a &#8220;history of misogynistic comments and other problematic behavior.&#8221; Notably, Heil told Portnoy on the call that she wanted the advertisers to think something negative was going to be printed, which she said is a press tactic used to get a response.
&#8220;A phone call between Emily Heil and Dave Portney was shared prior to publication, in which the WaPo journalist admits to intentionally misleading advertisers into speaking negatively of the One Bite Pizza Festival,&#8221; X said in a note labeled &#8220;Readers added context,&#8221; adding, &#8220;They agreed to an interview the next day but Wapo cancelled.&#8221;
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This weekend, New York will host Dave Portnoy&#39;s One Bite Pizza Festival.
Participating pizzerias have had to navigate buzz around the festival and backlash against the Barstool Sports founder&#39;s controversial remarks and allegations of sexual misconduct. <a href="https://t.co/v2XqLxkJwg">https://t.co/v2XqLxkJwg</a>
&mdash; The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1705322338189705308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s surreal we live in a country where activist reporters can openly get caught lying and admitting they are creating a false narrative to generate engagement and controversy AND still publish the article,&#8221; Portnoy commented following the Post&#8217;s publication of the story.
In a video of the call, which has garnered 43 million views, Portnoy pressed Heil about her journalism tactics. &#8220;We have this Pizzafest happening on Saturday, and you’re reaching out to our advertisers,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You’re basically sending an email that says, to the effect, ‘Dave’s a misogynic racist. Do you want to defend yourselves advertising at this event?’ Right?”
“We are planning to write about the festival and how some of the sponsors and participants have drawn criticism by seeming to associate themselves with Dave Portnoy, who has a history of misogynistic comments and other problematic behavior,” Portnoy read Heil&#8217;s email.
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During the conversation, the reporter shockingly told Portnoy, &#8220;You know, sometimes you have to say something like this is like, you know, it&#8217;s sort of a reporting tactic. When you want someone to respond, you kind of have to indicate that there might be something negative and then you get them to engage. That&#8217;s all I was trying to do.&#8221;
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It&#39;s surreal we live in a country where activist reporters can openly get caught lying and admitting they are creating a false narrative to generate engagement and controversy AND still publish the article <a href="https://t.co/kUtVMsFI9M">https://t.co/kUtVMsFI9M</a> <a href="https://t.co/R9wk8B9d3V">pic.twitter.com/R9wk8B9d3V</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1705333557860696414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy on Saturday commented on the Post receiving the context update from X. &#8220;That [Washington Post] got community noted for lying,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Ain&#8217;t no fun when the rabbit got the gun.&#8221;
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a> got community noted for lying 😂😂😂. Ain&#39;t no fun when the rabbit got the gun <a href="https://t.co/kUtVMsFI9M">https://t.co/kUtVMsFI9M</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1705558780765782366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Notably, none of Portnoy&#8217;s sponsors pulled out of the event, despite the Post&#8217;s apparent efforts.
&#8220;None of the pizzerias or sponsors contacted by The Post indicated that they were pulling their support,&#8221; the piece said. &#8220;Some said they lent their name and reputation to the event in exchange for publicity or access to the young, social media-savvy audience that Portnoy attracts. And some support Portnoy, whom they see as a champion of small business. His pizza reviews, they say, can increase revenue up to 50 percent. They point out that his Barstool Fund has raised tens of millions of dollars to help restaurants and other small businesses during the pandemic.&#8221;
Portnoy&#8217;s supporters cracked jokes about the Post during the festival, and when the Barstool CEO ran into a New York Times reporter, he told the pizza shop owner that the reporter is &#8220;bad news.&#8221;
&#8220;New York Times reporter trying to play nice to my face,&#8221; he captioned video of the interaction. &#8220;I know they&#8217;re nothing but bad news.&#8221;
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New York Times reporter trying to play nice to my face. I know they’re nothing but bad news <a href="https://t.co/JcERlGvpFE">pic.twitter.com/JcERlGvpFE</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1705724251272073643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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X Adds Brutal ‘Context’ Update To WaPo ‘Hit Piece’ After Dave Portnoy Tapes Call With Reporter

X, Formerly Twitter, Adds Brutal ‘Context’ Update To WaPo ‘Hit Piece’ On Dave Portnoy

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Former Fox News host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> indicated this week that he believes former President Donald Trump should have participated in the first Republican Party presidential debate and that both Trump and President Joe Biden are too old to be president.
Carlson made the remarks during an interview with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy this week.
&#8220;I thought Trump should have done, I thought he should’ve done the debate,&#8221; Portnoy said.
&#8220;Yeah,&#8221; Carlson agreed.
&#8220;For the betterment of the country, I think he should be on the debate stage,&#8221; Portnoy added.
&#8220;I kind of agree,&#8221; Carlson responded. &#8220;I like the debates, personally.&#8221;
Carlson then took an apparent shot at his former employer, saying that the problem with the organizations that host the debates is that they are &#8220;rotten and corrupt.&#8221;
Portnoy later added that he believes there has been &#8220;a shift where, internally, maybe the Democrats don’t think [Biden] can win and they’re setting the stage to do somebody else.&#8221;
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&#8220;To be honest, I think both Trump and Biden are too old,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don’t think you should be able to be that old to be president.&#8221;
Carlson interrupted to say, &#8220;I agree 100%.&#8221;
Trump is 77, Biden is 80.
The interview comes after Carlson interviewed Trump and aired the footage during the debate last week.
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Tucker Carlson agrees with Dave Portnoy that Trump is too old to hold office. He also agreed that Trump should have participated in the primary debate. 
Portnoy: &quot;Both Trump and Biden are too old.&quot; 
Tucker: &quot;I agree 100%.&quot;
Portnoy: &quot;How are these people running our country?&quot;… <a href="https://t.co/hM5vNfdcpi">pic.twitter.com/hM5vNfdcpi</a>
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Tucker Carlson: Trump Should Have Gone To GOP Primary Debate, He And Biden Too Old To Be President

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A host of celebrities stand to lose massive stakes in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/cryptocurrency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cryptocurrency</a> platform FTX after the company suddenly went under last week.
FTX filed for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/30-year-old-billionaire-loses-entire-fortune-overnight-as-his-bahamas-based-cryptocurrency-empire-implodes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bankruptcy</a> on Friday after users discovered that firms controlled by Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old founder of FTX, were likely fraudulently intertwined. The entrepreneur went from maintaining a $15.6 billion net worth to having “no material wealth” virtually overnight, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-11/bankman-fried-s-effective-altruism-implodes-with-his-fortunes#:~:text=The%20Bloomberg%20Billionaires%20Index%2C%20which,to%20have%20no%20material%20wealth." target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Among other aggressive marketing efforts, FTX had solicited a number of professional athletes to participate in advertisements featuring the exchange platform. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-confirms-divorce-from-wife-gisele-bundchen-after-13-years-of-marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divorced</a> last month, were once <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uymLJoKFlW8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brand ambassadors</a> with the company and held equity stakes, according to a <a href="https://blog.ftx.com/blog/mid_year_review_2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from FTX.
Golden State Warriors player Steph Curry was also made an ambassador for the company and given shares, according to a <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tom-brady-steph-curry-and-kevin-oleary-set-to-lose-big-from-ftx-bankruptcy-filing-11668205535?mod=banking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from MarketWatch. Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence agreed to a multi-year sponsorship contract with FTX in which he would receive cryptocurrency as part of his signing bonus. The company also signed deals to become the “official cryptocurrency exchange partner” of Major League Baseball and paid to call the Miami Heat’s home court the FTX Arena until at least 2040.
Blockfolio, a subsidiary of FTX, became a sponsor of Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy’s retail investing show Davey Daytrader Global. According to Portnoy, the company was their “biggest client ever.” Influencer and athlete Logan Paul partnered with FTX ahead of his fight with Floyd Mayweather, while comedian Larry David appeared in a Super Bowl <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5-rSxilxo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commercial</a> for FTX earlier this year.
Los Angeles Angels pitcher and outfielder Shohei Ohtani became a global ambassador for the company at the end of last year and received “all of his compensation in equity and cryptocurrencies,” according to a <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mlb-superstar-shohei-ohtani-joins-ftx-as-global-ambassador-through-long-term-partnership-301425911.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. Other ambassadors included basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary, retired baseball player David Ortiz, and tennis star Naomi Osaka, according to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-celebrities-including-tom-brady-tied-to-ftx-see-the-list-11668109684" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Wall Street Journal.
Account holders reportedly had difficulty removing their assets from FTX after the company filed for bankruptcy. It is not clear whether the celebrities paid in cryptocurrency continued to manage the digital coins in FTX accounts.
At least some celebrities and investors, however, were wise enough to avoid FTX and Bankman-Fried. As revealed in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-set-off-my-bs-detector-musk-wanted-nothing-to-do-with-now-bankrupt-crypto-billionaire-who-wanted-a-piece-of-twitter-buyout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">messages</a> between Elon Musk and investment banker Michael Grimes, the purported wunderkind had expressed interest in joining the world’s richest man as he acquired social media company Twitter, through both a multibillion-dollar stake and assistance with engineering a blockchain component for the platform.
When approached by Grimes about the potential partnership, Musk said that he was “backlogged with a mountain of critical work matters” and observed that supporting Twitter via blockchain would be “impossible,” since the bandwidth requirements would demand an “absolutely gigantic” peer-to-peer network that would defeat the purpose of decentralization. After Grimes said that Bankman-Fried would still be interested in Musk’s vision for Twitter purely from an investment standpoint, the world’s richest man agreed to speak with him later as long as he did not “have to have a laborious blockchain debate.”
Once the cryptocurrency exchange fizzled, Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1591224814597189633" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> on social media that he had never trusted Bankman-Fried. “He set off my bs detector,” Musk said, “which is why I did not think he had” $3 billion.
Bankman-Fried, a self-proclaimed “effective altruist,” contributed nearly $39 million to support Democrats in the recent midterm elections, which occurred days before his company imploded, according to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/top_donors/2022?disp=D&amp;type=V&amp;superonly=N" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from Open Secrets. He had been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/billionaire-ftx-founder-who-lost-entire-fortune-gave-massive-sum-to-democrats-before-empire-collapsed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preparing</a> to spend as much as $1 billion during the 2024 election cycle to keep the Democratic Party in control of the White House.

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Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, vented his rage after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell protested he didn’t know why Portnoy had been banned from NFL games.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked Goodell, “Why do you ban Dave Portnoy from NFL games? He’s a journalist. In fact, he’s a sports journalist. Why is he banned?”
“Congressman, I’m not familiar with that issue,” Goodell replied.
“Really?” Jordan interjected.
“I’m happy to check with my staff but I’m unaware of that,” Goodell continued.
“LIAR! LIAR! LIAR! YOU CAN’T LIE LIE LIE! HITLER!” Portnoy tweeted.
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LIAR! LIAR! LIAR! YOU CAN’T LIE LIE LIE! HITLER! <a href="https://t.co/a37veG8IQP">pic.twitter.com/a37veG8IQP</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1539642152438964227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Barstool Sports was banned from NFL games after the group protested at NFL headquarters in 2015 and wouldn’t leave; they were protesting then-New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s suspension for his participation in Deflategate. Portnoy is a strong Patriots fan.
After Portnoy &amp; co. protested at NFL headquarters, Portnoy created 70,000 towels that had Goodell&#8217;s face with a clown nose on them.
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I didn’t see any clown towels at the game
&#8211; Roger Goodell <a href="https://t.co/F5eeH35QWf">pic.twitter.com/F5eeH35QWf</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1539656377383387136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In 2018, Portnoy and Eric Sollenberger <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-rodger-goodell-hitler-says-barstools-dave-portnoy-amid-daniel-snyder-fiasco/">sneaked</a> into Super Bowl Media Day, then interviewed some players before they were arrested.
“Both Sollenberger and Portnoy disguised themselves and made fake media badges to ensure they would not be stopped by security,” <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-why-dave-portnoy-banned-nfl-games">Sportskeeda</a> recalled. “Portnoy would wear a hat and a fake mustache and go under the name Frannie Lydon. Barstool Sports founder would go further by having a &#8216;I heart Roger Goodell&#8217; on the hat he was wearing.”
In 2019 Portnoy was dragged out of that year&#8217;s Super Bowl. “Video shared on Barstool’s Instagram page shows a group of security guards swarming around Portnoy, then grabbing and literally carrying him out of the stadium as his feet flopped against its stairs,” <a href="https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2019/02/03/dave-portnoy-super-bowl/">Boston magazine</a> reported.
Team Portnoy issued a satiric response after Goodell’s testimony to Jordan, writing:
<blockquote>Adolf Hitler. Kim Jong-un. Henry Blodget. Roger Goodell. The Mount Rushmore of despicably evil leaders. Today Roger Goodell erased any doubt that he belongs on that list after he committed perjury, lying under oath to the US government.</blockquote>
Commenting on Goodell’s protestation that he was not familiar with the ban on Portnoy, Portnoy wrote, “We’ll take ‘Big Fat Lies’ for $2000, Alex.”
After calling Goodell’s reply “hogwash,&#8221; Portnoy continued, “We’re not sure what the punishment for lying to the US government and American people should be. But you have to assume the death penalty is on the table. In the meantime, Portnoy will continue to defend the First Amendment of the US Constitution and help bring truth to all Americans.”
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&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1539663534392774656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘Liar! Liar! Liar!’: Dave Portnoy Slams NFL’s Roger Goodell After Testimony Before Congress

Dave Portnoy slams NFL's Roger Goodell for claiming he didn't know why Portnoy was banned

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