In the latest installment of a longtime rivalry, Clay Travis and Keith Olbermann traded barbs on Twitter Tuesday night after Travis compared Aaron Rodgers, Kyrie Irving, and Novak Djokovic to Muhammad Ali for their hesitancy to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
Olbermann said Travis “redefines dumbf*** racist” for his opinion. Travis countered by saying he couldn’t be labeled racist after comparing athletes of different races, while pointing out the similarities between Irving and Rodgers with Ali for their standing up to government policies. He also called COVID “our modern era Vietnam”.
Olbermann then said “Comparing people who are afraid of vaccination needles to the abuse and racism faced by Ali, is racism per se,” before telling Travis to have someone help him look up the definition of “per se”.
Travis responded by saying he was 10-years-old when Olbermann’s career peaked, saying “Now I’m 43 and you obsessively hit refresh to see my latest opinions and respond to them. That is failing, per se.”
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show host finished off the battle by saying “I’d tell you take the rest of the night off and spend it with your wife and kids, but you have neither a wife nor kids. Meaning you will soon die alone. Much like your career has,” before wishing Olbermann a good day.
On his Wednesday Countdown With Keith Olbermann podcast, the eponymous host said it was clear, in his eyes, that Travis didn’t know Ali’s story, which Olbermann then recapped.
“I’m trying to remember, Clay Travis, when did they try to put Rodgers in jail for five years? Or send Kyrie Irving to get shot somewhere in a war?”, Olbermann said.
After recapping the Twitter mentions with each other, Olbermann said “nobody with the IQ of a polo mallet believes COVID is our modern era Vietnam. If you think COVID and Vietnam are comparable, you are a bigger moron than your website OutKick racists would suggest.”
