"National disgrace? You've gotta be ******* me!"
Posted on 12/03/2019 5:31:07 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
A Marine veteran who served in Iraq and is running for Congress in California called out Colin Kaepernick on Monday for “pulling the racism and victim card.”
Jeremy Staat, who also played in 31 NFL games across four seasons, wrote to supporters in a recent fundraising email that Kaepernick is a "national disgrace and I'm tired of seeing him celebrated like he's a hero."
On Monday, Staat told “Fox & Friends that “[Kaepernick] knew what he was getting into when he decided to kneel and now he’s going to go ahead and capitalize" on his decision. He accused the former NFL quarterback of "essentially extorting the black community and using Nike as his little shiny horse, if you will, to ride in on."
Staat, who is running for Congress as a Republican in California’s 8th district, said that he is tired of veterans being treated as second-class citizens and that, instead of attacking law enforcement like Kaepernick, he wants to be part of the solution by helping President Trump in Congress.
Staat played alongside the late Pat Tillman at Arizona State before playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1998 to 2000. The former defensive end joined the Marine Corps in 2006 and deployed to Iraq the following year.
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"National disgrace? You've gotta be ******* me!"
Staat played alongside the late Pat Tillman at Arizona State before playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1998 to 2000. The former defensive end joined the Marine Corps in 2006 and deployed to Iraq the following year.
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Amazing American!
My leader in the clubhouse for president in 2024.
Far fetched: Kap runs for Pelosi’s seat after she cuts off impeachment process and retires.
THIS is the type of guy we need in Congress.
Crappernick is not a national anything, not even a national bad joke. He's a personal disgrace to himself.
I don’t know; that hair of his seems like enough to embarrass the entire hemisphere.
LOL
100% of the teams in the NFL expressed zero interest in hiring him!
Heh... and vice versa. It's obvious he's just in a different game, trying to be the NFL's bugbear.
Yup.
Krapperdick is a disgrace, I quit watching NFL football after 50 years because the NFL refused to stand for America.
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