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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:48 AM Sep 2017

'I'm pissed off, I supported Donald Trump': Ex-NFL coach Rex Ryan hammers president...

‘I’m pissed off, I supported Donald Trump’: Ex-NFL coach Rex Ryan hammers president over anthem attack

TOM BOGGIONI
24 SEP 2017 AT 11:34 ET

During a Sunday morning panel segment on ESPN, former Buffalo Bills and New York Jets coach Rex Ryan lambasted Donald Trump, saying he is appalled at the president’s comments about players taking a knee during the national anthem.

“Let me tell you, I’m pissed off, I’ll be honest with you,” Ryan said Sunday morning. “I supported Donald Trump. I sat back when he asked me to introduce him at a rally in Buffalo, I did that.”

Addressing Trump’s Friday night comments directed at ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick, Ryan continued, “But I’m reading these comments, and it’s appalling to me. And I’m sure it’s appalling to almost any citizen in our country. It should be.”

“You know, calling our players SOBs and all that kind of stuff, that’s not the men that I know. The men that I know in the locker room I’m proud of. I’m proud to be associated with those people,” Ryan added. “I apologized for being pissed off but guess what? That’s it, because right away I’m associated with what Donald Trump stands for and all that because I introduced him. I never signed up for that, I never wanted that. That doesn’t mean I support 100 percent of the things he says.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/im-pissed-off-i-supported-donald-trump-ex-nfl-coach-rex-ryan-hammers-president-over-anthem-attack/
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'I'm pissed off, I supported Donald Trump': Ex-NFL coach Rex Ryan hammers president... (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
File this under 'good to know' MLAA Sep 2017 #1
He wasn't pissed off by the events that led Kap to take a knee risk begin with. onecaliberal Sep 2017 #2
"I supported Donald Trump" Nuff said. maveric Sep 2017 #3
Bullies and assholes supporting each other nt maryellen99 Sep 2017 #4
I think he is more pissed at getting caught Doreen Sep 2017 #5

MLAA

(17,298 posts)
1. File this under 'good to know'
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 12:07 PM
Sep 2017

Glad he is speaking out now. However...

All the derogatory and hateful comments about large groups of Americans during the election wasn't enough. But calling football players SOBS was a bridge too far for this Coach.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
5. I think he is more pissed at getting caught
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 01:57 PM
Sep 2017

purposely ignoring the obvious from the start that trump is like that in the first place. It was pretty clear you idiotic asshole.

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