HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Former UCLA and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested during a Huntington Beach City Council meeting Tuesday evening when he approached councilmembers after making an impassioned speech that likened the MAGA movement to Nazism.
Kluwe, a Huntington Beach resident, was protesting the council’s decision to place a plaque commemorating the public library’s anniversary. The plaque included the words “Magical Alluring Galvanizing Adventurous,” an apparent nod to President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan.
“We want to honor the library. We want there to be a plaque, but we don’t want MAGA on it because the library isn’t supposed to be political,” Kluwe told Eyewitness News Wednesday.
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During public comment at the meeting, Kluwe began by saying that everyone was in favor of a plaque to celebrate the library, but not one that referenced MAGA. He then used his time to “say what MAGA has stood for these past three weeks.”
