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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,036 posts) Sun Sep 24, 2017, 03:01 PM Sep 2017

Trump comments condemned across NFL

The National Football League and other sports leagues went on the offense against President Trump on Sunday after a weekend of the president attacking sports players over what he said is a lack of respect for the country.

By Sunday, Trump was subject to high-profile protests from coaches and players of professional football, basketball, hockey and baseball.

The feud spread overseas—with players taking a knee during the national anthem in London—and the league announced it will re-air a televised advertisement promoting franchise unity on Sunday in the wake of the president's attacks.

More players than usual knelt during the national anthem on Sunday during the first game following Trump suggesting players who kneel, rather than stand, for the anthem should be fired. Players in the past have knelt during the anthem to protest racial injustice as they see it in the U.S.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352146-nfl-goes-on-offense-against-trump?rnd=1506273712

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Trump comments condemned across NFL (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2017 OP

Football's a bigger religion than Dumpism is. Warpy Sep 2017 #1

Yep. Going after Steph Curry too underpants Sep 2017 #2

Precisely. *This is NOT just about getting on one knee at a football game anymore* janx Sep 2017 #3

Warpy

(111,277 posts)

1. Football's a bigger religion than Dumpism is.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 03:08 PM

Sep 2017

Donnie stepped in shit up to his knees with this one. I think there are a lot of very confused old bigots out there today.

underpants

(182,830 posts)

2. Yep. Going after Steph Curry too

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 03:16 PM

Sep 2017

Big mistake. Huge.

janx

(24,128 posts)

3. Precisely. *This is NOT just about getting on one knee at a football game anymore*

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 03:28 PM

Sep 2017

By Sunday, Trump was subject to high-profile protests from coaches and players of professional football, basketball, hockey and baseball.

What some people posting here fail to understand is that though the gesture started as a response to racial injustice, this is now about Trump himself. It's about his birther conspiracies, racism, xenophobia, and ignorance.

It is about what happened at Charlottesville and his reaction to it.

It is about his pandering and fear tactics recently in Alabama. He is a madman, and he has claimed this thing. He owns it now.

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