CBS has found itself in hot water with conservative football fans after the network seemingly edited out the “Trump dance” celebration from Las Vegas Raiders star Brock Bowers. After scoring a touchdown during a recent game against the Miami Dolphins, Bowers paused in the end zone and busted out President-elect Donald Trump’s unmistakable dance moves, amid a wave of professional athletes doing the celebration after the election. While CBS aired it on live TV, the network made it a point to edit it out of a social media post.
Following CBS’s controversial move to seemingly shield its viewers from the signature dance, users on social media have called out the network. One person wrote on X, “Wowwww! NFL On CBS Caught Editing Trump Dance Out Of Raiders Touchdown Celebration. They don’t realize they’re making it 10x worse by trying to hide it and getting caught.”
Others wondered how far CBS would go after apparently censoring the Trump dance. Another user added “Oh, CBS must think we’re all still living in the Stone Age! Can’t handle a little fun? 🤷♂️ Just when you thought entertainment couldn’t get any more sanitized, they edit out the Raiders’ Trump dance. Next, will they edit out joy too? Keep it up, CBS! 🎭 false.”
A panel on the Outkick Hot Mic Podcast weighed in on the CBS controversy, calling out the network for supposedly imposing its worldview through the actions. “They may or may not have a certain worldview. And so they decided we’re not doing this on our social media, even though it appeared on the CBS network feed and the CBS broadcast live. But sure enough, they cut it out of their social media,” one commentator said.
Commenting on the supposed impact Trump has had on culture, one person pointed out that the president-elect has shifted the societal conversation away from the contentious social issues promoted by the progressive left. Instead American voters unified around the Trump-Vance campaign, manifesting in mainstream culture as demonstrated by the NFL Trump dances.
“Trump has pushed the culture away from racism, he allowed himself to be attacked and falsely maligned for being a racist and it exposed the left , it exposed the lie that they tell the American people and the world for years, that the USA is a racist country. That is a huge lie and thank God that @realDonaldTrump tore down that wall of lies that the Left and the mainstream media puppets have told since Obama resurrected it during his time in the presidency,” another person said, praising Trump.
Others highlighted the massive shift in cultural sentiment, particularly in the NFL, where just several years ago Collin Kaepernick inspired widespread kneeling for the national anthem in. “The NFL went from kneeling during the national anthem to dancing the Trump YMCA dance. That is what you call Making America Great Again!” the popular X account MAGA resource wrote.
Watch the edited clip that angered conservative fans here:
And watch full dance here:
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