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Rangers Announcer Removes Proud Boys Like After Outcry

7/11/2026

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Rangers announcer C.J. Nitkowski liked a Proud Boys tweet showing a women’s-hockey player making the “OK” sign.
He defended the like, saying he viewed the Proud Boys account as parody.
After PR director John Blake called him on Sunday, Nitkowski deleted the tweets and unfollowed Proud Boys on Monday.
The Anti-Defamation League does not list the “OK” sign as a hate symbol.
The Dallas Observer covered the controversy.

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Rangers announcer C.J. Nitkowski liked a Proud Boys tweet showing a women’s-hockey player making the “OK” sign.
He defended the like, saying he viewed the Proud Boys account as parody.
After PR director John Blake called him on Sunday, Nitkowski deleted the tweets and unfollowed Proud Boys on Monday.
The Anti-Defamation League does not list the “OK” sign as a hate symbol.
The Dallas Observer covered the controversy.