However, the comparison to Kermit was not the reason why this incident was so controversial. The puppet’s suspension by a rope evoked stark imagery of the lynching of Black individuals in ...

known as “Bills Mafia,” expressed their disdain for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes by hanging a Kermit the Frog doll dressed in a Mahomes jersey and a black wig from a pole near the venue ...

The Kermit the Frog puppet is in reference to Mahomes ... The hanging puppet has racial undertones as it is reminiscent of the lynching of Black people in American history.