Posted on 09/24/2017 4:09:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Celebrities and sports stars took to social media over the weekend to urge athletes from around the sporting world to “take a knee” during the National Anthem, after President Donald Trump said Friday that any players who protest in that manner should be fired by their team’s owners.
Celebrities including Jeffrey Wright, John Legend, Evan Rachel Wood, Sarah Silverman, Kumail Nanjiani, Daniel Tosh, and Ed Asner, and sports stars including NBA player Chris Paul and NFL cornerback Richard Sherman all took to their Twitter accounts to weigh in on the NFL protests.
At a rally in Alabama Friday, Trump said NFL team owners should fire those who disrespect the country by kneeling during the National Anthem, a form of protest popularized by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick at the start of the 2016 NFL season.
The president followed up his Friday comments with several posts to his Twitter account early Sunday: “If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast,” he wrote.
But several stars took Trump on directly over the weekend, including HBO’s Westworld star Wright, who tweeted: “Kneel so hard Sunday the earth shakes.”
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Boycott NFL.
'Nough said.
>>“Kneel so hard Sunday the earth shakes.”
Can you imagine the outrage if Tim Tebow would have said that when he was QB of the Broncos?
While they’re on their knees. let’s pray for them
Collective IQ of zero.
They are all too arrogant and stupid to realize how they get their money.
Yeah baby, a death spiral on steroids fueled by hollywood. God i love this country
Celebrities?
Ticketholders: During the NFL games if you aren’t disgusted enough not to go, sing the national anthem during pauses in the game.
Rich Commie loon celebrities who make MILLIONS who wouldn’t put an apron on to feed the homeless come out to disrespect our flag..WOW what courage these idiots have..send their asses to North Korea, ONE WAY
I love it! Trump should send each of them a gift basket for all but ensuring a massive landslide victory for his 2nd term not to mention all the other Repubs it’s going to help. Just PLEASE, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Arizona - Vote for the OTHER guy when the RyanMcCainMcConnell vomitus is up for election.
Yeah, suggest they kneel in a church and see what happens.
The earth couldn’t shake, they are all lightweights.
What are they taking a knee in support of? Cop hate? Trump got their attention alright. Now we know who the anti Americans are.
“Celebrities? “
Near as I can tell from looking each of them up on wikipedia, they are ether Black or they are Capos.
Indeed more of the Hollywood ZERO list.
I thought Richard Sherman was sort of conservative a few years back. It only lasted for a few months after he became notorious for being a loudmouth during a live interview.
Maybe I just imagined him being reasonable and logical back then.
Oh, all right. Celebutards.
Names seem familiar for some reason...
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