Posted on 08/28/2016 2:22:21 PM PDT by drewh
Rep. Pete King shot back on Sunday.
"Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the national anthem is entirely wrong," King, a Republican Representative from the second district, said in an email statement. "It is also an indicator of how low our cultural standards have been degraded that anyone is actually supporting this behavior.
". . . Having an NFL quarterback insult our flag by refusing to stand during the playing of the 'Star Spangled Banner,' adds neither honesty nor intelligence to that debate."
King added Kaepernick's claims of black oppression are overstated and, more controversially, self-inflicted.
"Kaepernick charges that America 'oppresses black people and people of color' even though America has elected and re-elected an African-American President and in the previous eight years of the Bush Administration both Secretaries of State (Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice) were African-American," King said. "And in Kaepernick's NFL the large majority of players are African-American.
"If he is referring to violence against African-Americans, that comes primarily from within the black community itself. If he is reciting the fraudulent Black Lives Matter theme that police are targeting African-Americans, then he is clearly wrong and misguided.
King added America's immigration is a sign of strength in the racial debate.
New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, a black Puerto Rican American, chided his fellow NFL player for making it personal and racial.
"Regardless of how you feel about the things that are going on in America today and the things that are going on across the world with gun violence and things like that: You've got to respect the flag and stand up with your teammates," Cruz told USA Today's Lorenzo Reyes.
"It's bigger than just you." !
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This guy is a punk, okay both of these guys are punks. Rep. King is as big an embarrassment as CK.
That's right, only white American's are the oppressors.
That is what this statement really is saying.
How long will white Americans put up with outlandish lie and defamation?
“Kaepernick charges that America ‘oppresses black people and people of color”
“”Kudos to Rep King for saying what all of us are thinking.””
That’s for sure. I love how people like this idiot can be so disrespectful of the country and still enjoy all the perks and opportunities. Doesn’t appear that he’s suffered from any injustice or lack of employment opportunities!
Then shouldn’t he be leaving our country to go fight for what he believes in? Or he would prefer to stay here making an *** of himself and raking in the dough? Isn’t this what “all hat and no cattle” is all about?
Does he realize he looks like a moronic jerk......sitting there w/ that ugly face full of Muslim hair?
Heh.....you may be right.
“”Thirty years ago,when I first saw “Salvador” I commented to my husband that I really liked “that actor”.””
That was the first VCR tape I ever bought..the story always stayed with me as well as Woods and Belushi’s acting...
Woods totally and completely “sacked” the NFL with that tweet.
Lets see his real father abandoned him and he was raised by a white family and became an NFL QB making huge dollars. The only one who oppressed him was his own black father. What rhymes with Kap? Thats what he is..
He was really good in “Holocaust”.
How is it that an employee can engage in a political protest of any kind in the workplace?
Can his eyes get any closer together?
He should be banned from sports.
Period.
Perhaps that is what gives him his ‘narrow vision’ of things.
He’s a recent convert to the Religion of Blowing People to Pieces ... and his female squeeze is a Black Liars Murder type.
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=34857
The New York Giants Send A Clear Message To America After Kaepernick’s Anthem Protest
“He was really good in “Holocaust”.
I’ll be darned——I don’t remember him ——I haven’t seen it since it originally aired. Time for a re-watch for me.
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LOL, he has already banned himself!
The dumb bastard created 100,000,000 adult enemies in the span of 30 seconds and forever barred himself from tens of millions of dollars in endorsements.
I wish more of the over paid, no respect NFL, NBA and MLB jerks would professionally self immolate themselves too!
So why does Colin Kaepernick live in a country he so despises?
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