Clarence Burgess Owens is an American politician, non-profit executive, and retired football player who is the Representative-elect for Utah’s 4th congressional district. Burgess played safety for ten seasons in the National Football League for the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders. Owens defeated incumbent Democrat Ben McAdams in the 2020 election.
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Clarence Burgess Owens is an American politician, non-profit executive, and retired football player who is the Representative-elect for Utah’s 4th congressional district. Burgess played safety for ten seasons in the National Football League for the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders. Since leaving the NFL, Owens has founded several businesses and is the CEO of a non-profits dedicated to helping troubled and incarcerated youth. Owens defeated incumbent Democrat Ben McAdams in the 2020 election. Owens was born in Columbus, Ohio, where his Texas-born father had come to do graduate studies he could not complete in Texas due to Jim Crow laws. The family later moved to Tallahassee, Florida, where Owens’ father taught as a college professor. He was one of four African-American players integrated onto a football team at a historically white high school.
Owens earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and chemistry from the University of Miami. In June 2019, Owens, who is black, provided testimony to a United States House Committee on the Judiciary subcommittee opposing a bill that advocated reparations for slavery. Owens has also criticized U.S. national anthem protests and Colin Kaepernick. He is a frequent guest contributor on Fox News. Owens says he left the NFL \”a cocky liberal\” but went on to become \”a very humbled and appreciative conservative \” He has also described his current views as \”very conservative. Owens said Democrats in Washington are held in thrall by Marxists and socialists, whom he described as enemies of America. He also said the Affordable Care Act should be repealed and that he supported President Donald Trump.
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