Liberal blogger Ben Tribbett resigned on Monday evening after being hired by the Washington Redskins two weeks ago to defend the team’s name.
Tribbett told The Washington Post he felt like “things got a little out of control on Twitter” and he still doesn’t think the team name is a slur.
Deadspin compiled some of Tribbett’s tweets that further explained his resignation:
Obv. this issue with Redskins is one where I don’t see eye to eye with some friends. I just don’t agree with the attacks on the team name.
— Ben Tribbett (@notlarrysabato) July 8, 2014
I don’t want to be a distraction to the team as the political attacks have shifted towards being personal towards me.
— Ben Tribbett (@notlarrysabato) July 8, 2014
So I’m going to send in my resignation to the Redskins. Hopefully that allows debate to move back to where it should be.
— Ben Tribbett (@notlarrysabato) July 8, 2014
The Indian Country Today Media Network unearthed some of Tribbett’s tweets from 2010, which the news outlet described as “nasty.”
One of the tweets featured Tribbett saying, “Just took Chief for his last 300. I’d call it a scalping but that seems uncalled for.”
Tribbett wrote on his blog “Not Larry Sabato” before he shut it down.