Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe said that he was fired from his job as a high school football coach following his protest at a local council meeting in California. Last week, Kluwe spoke out against a nod to the MAGA slogan popularized by President Donald Trump being featured on a commemorative plaque outside Huntington Beach Central Library.

Standing up -- and laying down -- for what he believes in has cost former NFL punter Chris Kluwe his job as a high school football coach in Southern California. Kluwe says he was fired from his job -- after being offered the opporunity to resign -- following his arrest last week at a city council meeting.

Former UCLA and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe’s stand against the Huntington Beach City Council over its approval of a plaque at the city library has cost him his job as an Edison High School freshman football coach.

The former NFL punter garnered national attention this month for his protest against a plaque at the Huntington Beach Central Library with a MAGA reference.

Former UCLA and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe’s stand against the Trump administration and the Huntington Beach City Council has cost him his job as an Edison High School freshman football coach,

Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe would reluctantly consider running for political office after all the attention his viral anti-MAGA speech at a California city council meeting has drummed up. Kluwe,

Kluwe was critical of the MAGA movement, going as far as calling it a "Nazi movement," before announcing his intention to engage in civil disobedience. He walked on to the meeting