Doug Baldwin has powerful commentary on an image of the White House staff

Doug Baldwin saw what so many Twitter users observed on Saturday following a tweet from former press secretary Sarah Sanders. Sharing a photo and a message, Sanders said goodbye to the White House, as she ended her two-year stint in her role. The photo, in particular, drew a few critical eyes, including those of retired NFL receiver Doug Baldwin.

“Is this why they call it the White House?” Baldwin wrote, and added, “You can not meet the diverse needs of the people when those who represent them are not diverse themselves.”

The image depicted President Donald Trump and his staff applauding Sanders. It also showed a staggering lack of diversity in the White House.

Baldwin’s thoughts followed similar sentiments from many on Twitter.

Baldwin has been critical of Trump’s White House in the past. Baldwin was outspoken during the NFL’s continued protests against social inequity, which was most closely tied to the kneeling of Colin Kaepernick during the national anthem. Those protests drew harsh criticism from Trump, who said the NFL’s protestors “shouldn’t be in the country.” Trump also used explicit language when describing the NFL’s activists.

Here’s what Baldwin said of Trump in may 2018:

“He’s an idiot, plain and simple. I mean, listen, I respect the man because he’s a human being, first and foremost. But he’s being more divisive, which is not surprising. It is what it is.

“But for him to say anybody who doesn’t follow his viewpoints, or his constituent’s viewpoints should be kicked out of the country, it’s just not very empathetic. It’s not very American-like, to me. It’s not very patriotic. It’s not what this country was founded upon. So it’s kind of ironic to me that the President of the United States is contradicting what our country is really built on.”

Baldwin, who retired this offseason, may be taking a step away from football, but he doesn’t seem interested in removing himself from the national discussion.