No, not the late Paul Allen….but Paul Allen, radio play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Vikings and host of a sports-talk show on KFAN in the Twin Cities.
He has apologized following comments about the ICE protests in Minneapolis.
On his morning show last Friday, Allen was talking about how cold it was in Minnesota and then said, “I’m beginning to wonder if, in conditions like this, do paid protesters get hazard pay? Those are the things that I’ve been thinking about this morning.”
The comment came a couple weeks after Minneapolis protester Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE agents, but a day before protester Alex Pretti was killed by Border Patrol agents.
Allen later said his comment was “insensitive and poorly-timed, and called it a “misguided attempt at humor.”
You think? A story that sorta flew under the radar, but it’s hard to find any humor in anything surrounding the situation in Minnesota.
Paul Allen
February 1, 2026 at QZVX
Bill says:
No, not the late Paul Allen….but Paul Allen, radio play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Vikings and host of a sports-talk show on KFAN in the Twin Cities.
He has apologized following comments about the ICE protests in Minneapolis.
On his morning show last Friday, Allen was talking about how cold it was in Minnesota and then said, “I’m beginning to wonder if, in conditions like this, do paid protesters get hazard pay? Those are the things that I’ve been thinking about this morning.”
The comment came a couple weeks after Minneapolis protester Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE agents, but a day before protester Alex Pretti was killed by Border Patrol agents.
Allen later said his comment was “insensitive and poorly-timed, and called it a “misguided attempt at humor.”
You think? A story that sorta flew under the radar, but it’s hard to find any humor in anything surrounding the situation in Minnesota.