Colin Kaepernick appears to sideswipe Kevin McCarthy amid speaker's barbs with Gavin Newsom

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Colin Kaepernick appeared to take a shot at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday when he got in the middle of the Republican rep's barbs with Gavin Newsom.

"#KillingCounty," he wrote in reference to his TV series which examines so-called controversial deaths involving Kern County law enforcement.

McCarthy’s district covers parts of Kern, Tulare, Kings and Fresno Counties in California. McCarthy is a Bakersfield native and part of the documentary touches on the Bakersfield Police Department. Kaepernick has been more active in the social justice sphere since he left the 49ers following the 2016 season. Last month,at the NFL over the league’s social justice initiatives since he’s been off the field.

ABC News Studios hosts a screening event for"Killing County" from executive producer Colin Kaepernick in Burbank, California, on Feb. 9, 2023."I haven't seen any substantial change," Kaepernick said."I think there is a lot of work to do on that front. Obviously, not playing and being out of the NFL for six years is an indictment on where they are currently at. So I wouldn't put them at the forefront of goodwill and best of intentions in how they operate.

 

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