Sen. Ed Markey had already been an admirer of Enes Kanter’s political activism from afar, welcoming the newly acquired Celtics center to Massachusetts in an exchange on Twitter last week. This week, Markey got to greet the 6-foot-11 basketball player in person — and even offer him some help.
According the Bay State Democrat’s office, Kanter met with Markey and Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to discuss how to help the 27-year-old travel outside of the United States next season as part of his NBA duties.
International travel normally wouldn’t be a problem for a celebrity professional athlete.