Scott Turner, Hud Secretary And Ex-redskins Player, Backs Trump's Pressure On Commanders To Bring Back Moniker

President Donald Trump received support from Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner amid nan push for nan Washington Commanders to ditch its existent nickname successful favour of nan Redskins.

Turner was an NFL protect backmost for 8 years. He played for nan Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos from 1995 to 2003 earlier he called it a career.

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Scott Turner of nan Washington Redskins looks connected during a crippled against nan Arizona Cardinals astatine Sun Devil Stadium successful Tempe, Arizona. (Getty Images)

He wrote a connection successful reply to Trump connected Sunday.

"I played successful nan NFL and was drafted by nan Washington Redskins. Not nan ‘Washington Football Team’ aliases nan ‘Commanders,’" he wrote connected X. "@POTUS is right. It’s clip to bring nan Redskins’ sanction back."

The Redskns selected Turner successful nan seventh information of nan 1995 draft. He played 3 seasons successful Washington. He had 106 tackles and 5 interceptions successful his career.

Trump put nan blitz connected nan Commanders, and nan Cleveland Guardians of MLB, connected Sunday pinch 2 Truth Social posts.

"The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY alteration their sanction backmost to nan Washington Redskins Football Team. There is simply a large clamoring for this," Trump wrote first. "Likewise, nan Cleveland Indians, 1 of nan six original shot teams, pinch a storied past.

"Our awesome Indian people, successful monolithic numbers, want this to happen. Their practice and prestige is systematically being taken distant from them. Times are different now than they were 3 aliases 4 years ago. We are a Country of passion and communal sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!"

Then, he threatened to put nan Commanders’ woody to return complete nan aged RFK Stadium tract successful jeopardy if they didn’t revert to nan name.

Scott Turner #29 of nan Washington Redskins watches from nan sideline against nan Arizona Cardinals astatine Sun Devil Stadium successful Tempe, Arizona connected October 15, 1995. (Joseph Patronite/Getty Images)

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"My connection connected nan Washington Redskins has wholly blown up, but only successful a very affirmative way," Trump wrote successful a 2nd Truth Social post. "I whitethorn put a regularisation connected them that if they don’t alteration nan sanction backmost to nan original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get free of nan ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’ I won’t make a woody for them to build a Stadium successful Washington. The Team would beryllium overmuch much valuable, and nan Deal would beryllium much breathtaking for everyone."

Daniel Snyder changed Washington’s squad sanction from nan Washington Redskins to nan Washington Football Team earlier nan commencement of nan 2020 play amid a summertime of group tensions. The squad yet became nan Washington Commanders, and Snyder sold nan squad to Josh Harris.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Commanders for comment. Harris has made clear he has nary volition of changing nan nickname again.

Harris said connected Fox News Channel’s "Special Report" in April that nan squad would not bring backmost nan Redskins sanction moreover pinch plans to build a caller stadium successful Washington, D.C.

Owner of nan Washington Commanders squad Josh Harris speaks astatine an arena unveiling plans to big nan 2027 NFL Draft successful DC pinch President Donald Trump successful nan Oval Office of nan White House connected May 5, 2025 successful Washington, DC. (Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"The Commanders’ sanction really has taken connected an astonishing benignant of constituent successful our building," Harris responded to Bret Baier’s mobility astir nan Redskins sanction coming backmost arsenic portion of this caller stadium deal. "So, nan group that definite types of players that are tough, that emotion football, are delegated Commanders and Jayden [Daniels], for example, is simply a Commander, and they're ranked.

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"And, you know, nan business unit has gotten into it, and obviously, we're successful a subject metropolis here. There's much subject unit than anyplace else, truthful we're benignant of moving guardant pinch nan Commanders name, excited astir that, and not looking back."

Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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