{"id":6632,"date":"2019-05-10T07:58:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T11:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/shanephipps\/?p=6632"},"modified":"2019-05-10T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T11:59:37","slug":"bob-knight-donald-trump-and-their-supporters-are-birds-of-a-feather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shanephipps\/2019\/05\/10\/bob-knight-donald-trump-and-their-supporters-are-birds-of-a-feather\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Knight, Donald Trump, and Their Supporters are Birds of a Feather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\" — INDIANAPOLIS, IN \u2013 APRIL 27: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with former Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight during a campaign rally at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum on April 27, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Trump is preparing for the Indiana Primary on May 3. (Photo by John Sommers II\/Getty Images)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>
Back in December, I wrote an article called, \u201cThe Last Days of Trump.\u201d It was my reaction to the ESPN documentary, \u201cThe Last Days of Knight,\u201d about the fall of the legendary Indiana basketball coach. That doc made it very clear to me how similar Knight and Trump are, as well as their die-hard supporters. Just days before I wrote that article, Knight came out to support Trump at a rally in Indianapolis, which was held a mere 5 miles from my home. This scene was repeated on April 27. So I decided to revisit the subject in podcast form.<\/b><\/p>\n
**You can listen to that podcast by clicking on the link below.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n**
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