As of this writing, not a peep from the Minnesota Vikings, where he’s been their play-by-play announcer on the radio for decades. Allen is also unlikely to suffer any repercussions from KFAN, which is owned by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel).
Source: Awful Announcing
Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen appears to believe that “paid protesters” are part of the massive groups of people in and around Minneapolis dissenting and protesting the aggressive tactics and violence related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal agents, which has now led to several deaths.
During Friday’s episode of The Paul Allen Show on Twin Cities radio station KFAN, Allen, Chad Greenway, and Alec Lewis opened the show discussing the intense cold weather in the region. One person mentioned the recent story about a Los Angeles Rams player putting cayenne in his socks to stay warm, and Allen mentioned the urban legend about trees “exploding” from cold weather.
Umprompted, Allen then interjected by asking, “In conditions like this, do paid protesters get hazard pay? Those are the things that I’ve been thinking about this morning.”
A few moments later, he repeated his “paid protesters” jibe. That didn’t sit well, and his comments were later deleted from the podcast.
Allen’s specific comments appear to have been removed from the show’s podcast feed.
