Bernie Sanders celebrates the NBA's All-Star statement with a most baller GIF
The NBA on Thursday took the stand so many hoped it would by moving its 2017 All-Star game out of North Carolina in response to the state's recent anti-LGBT legislation.
If you're still feeling the Bern, you'll love what happened the following day.
Bernie Sanders -- the progressive Vermont senator whose underdog campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination galvanized millions and lasted longer than most predicted -- celebrated the NBA's statement for equal rights with a most baller GIF.
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Here's Sanders, as tweeted from his offical account, connecting from long distance in an NBA game.
What exactly does that GIF have to do with the NBA moving the 2017 All-Star Game? We're not quite sure! Where did that GIF originally come from? We have no idea!
Is it nonetheless extremely awesome? Yes!
Now back to your day.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
