{"id":7312,"date":"2024-12-04T04:52:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T04:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7312"},"modified":"2024-12-04T04:52:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T04:52:29","slug":"popular-political-commentator-wants-texans-lb-azeez-al-shaair-kicked-out-of-the-nfl-investigated-for-supporting-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7312","title":{"rendered":"Popular Political Commentator Wants Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair Kicked Out Of The NFL &#038; \u201cInvestigated For Supporting Terrorism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-before-content\">\n<div class=\"single-entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-row\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry-content-single\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2211909\" 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Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Azeez Al-Shaair is not a name that many\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0fans could say that they knew, but he certainly made a name for himself over his actions on Sunday, albeit for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody watching the Jacksonville Jaguars take on the\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0was shocked when the Houston linebacker brutally hit Jacksonville quarterback\u00a0Trevor Lawrence\u00a0in the head as he attempted to slide.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Lawrence began to go into a fencing position and was clearly knocked unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>This immediately resulted in penalty flags being thrown and Jaguars players getting in a scuffle with Al-Shaair.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Azeez Al-Shaair has somebody in the world of politics coming after him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s favorite author, Nick Adams, had quite the take on the Texans linebacker.<\/p>\n<p>Adams took to his X account and demanded that Al-Shaair should not only be kicked out of the league but also investigated for terrorism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<p>Nick Adams wants him out of the league for his vicious hit on Trevor Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>He further added that he wants Azeez Al-Shaair investigated for supporting terrorism after he wore pro-Hamas\/Palestine cleats for the NFL\u2019s My Cause My Cleats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHere are the pro-Hamas\/Palestine cleats Texans thug LB Azeez Al-Shaair wore when he committed an act of terror and attacked the head of Jaguars stub QB Trevor Lawrence,\u2019\u00a0he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He finished his statement by saying,\u00a0<em>\u201cAl-Shaair should not only be kicked out of the NFL, he should be investigated for supporting terrorism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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