Jared Kushner Goes After NBA Players Over Strike: They’re ‘Very Fortunate’ They Can Take Off From Work Without Financial ‘Consequences’

Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to President Donald Trump, took a shot at NBA players over their strike in an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC’s Squawk Box Thursday, calling NBA players “very fortunate” to have the means to be able to engage in a boycott of their own jobs.

“NBA players are very fortunate that they have the financial position where they’re able to take a night off from work without having to have the consequences to themselves financially,” Kushner said. “So they have that luxury, which is great.”

Kushner went on to criticize the league for what he seems to believe is empty rhetoric.

“I think with the NBA, there’s a lot of activism,” Kushner said. “And I think that they’ve put a lot of slogans out. But I think what we need to do is turn that from slogans and signals to actual action that’s going to solve the problem.”

The Milwaukee Bucks led five other teams to strike on Wednesday, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin — less than 50 miles from the Bucks’ home base.

The strike has already led to action in Wisconsin. On Wednesday night, the Bucks spoke with Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor and attorney general about police reform legislation. Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) has called a special session of the state legislature to debate some of these proposed measures.

Watch above, via CNBC.