'The GOP has sold its soul to Trump': Steve Kerr sounds off on president, 2020 presidential race

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr weighed in on the Republican and Democratic parties, the 2020 presidential race and Donald Trump on Wednesday in a tweet. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr weighed in on the Republican and Democratic parties, the 2020 presidential race and Donald Trump on Wednesday in a tweet. Photo: Paul Kuroda / Special To The Chronicle Photo: Paul Kuroda / Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close 'The GOP has sold its soul to Trump': Steve Kerr sounds off on president, 2020 presidential race 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr weighed in on the Republican and Democratic parties, the 2020 presidential race and Donald Trump on Wednesday in a tweet.

"I believe the vast majority of Americans want a unifying, moral leader. The GOP has sold its soul to Trump, so the Dems have to get this right in 2020," he wrote on Twitter. "Make this about jobs and unification. Period."

He included a link to a New York Times column written by Thomas L. Friedman titled, "Trump's Going to Get Re-elected, Isn't He?" Friedman's column expands on similar themes that Kerr opined on in his tweet.

"That doesn't mean a Democratic candidate should stand for nothing, just keep it simple: Focus on building national unity and good jobs," Friedman wrote.

I believe the vast majority of Americans want a unifying, moral leader.The GOP has sold its soul to Trump, so the Dems have to get this right in 2020. Make this about jobs and unification. Period.‘Trump’s Going to Get Re-elected, Isn’t He?’ https://t.co/DZ6EoRbPdI — Steve Kerr (@SteveKerr) July 18, 2019

This isn't even the first time this week that Kerr, who has been outspoken on political matters since taking over as head coach of the Warriors in 2015, has tweeted about national politics in America.

On Sunday, Kerr called on members of Congress to call the president out for what he said were "racist tweets."

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"Come on members of Congress, call out the president for his racist tweets this morning. Show some leadership. It's the job you were elected to do," he wrote.

The tweet was in response to a series of comments Trump made on Twitter that morning about Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, four women of color elected in Congress in 2018.

On Wednesday, Kerr also shared a Nicholas Kristof column from the New York Times called, "Racist to the Bone" that challenged Trump's claim that he doesn't "have a racist bone in [his] body."

Drew Costley is an SFGATE editorial assistant. Email: drew.costley@sfgate.com | Twitter: @drewcostley