Jean-Julien Rojer, left, talks with ESPN reporter Tom Rinaldi about the inspiration behind his eye-catching wardrobe. “It’s promoting peace and freedom and liberty,” Rojer said, referring to a rally last month in Charlottesville that included white supremacists marching on the city holding torches, and violent skirmishes that resulted between marchers and counterprotesters. Heather Heyer, 32, of Charlottesville, was killed when a car barreled into a crowd of counterprotesters. “I’m happy that they let me in and I’ve gotten to do my job here,” he said, calling the United States a “great country.”“Hopefully we will create those opportunities for everybody,” he said as the crowd cheered. Some of the biggest cheers from the audience came to the shirt designer himself, Anthony Law, who according to New York Times tennis correspondent Ben Rothenberg pumped his fist while Rojer spoke.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2017 15:22 UTC