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What Trump's NFL, Curry remarks should signal to his base (The Left takes the bait)
CNN Opinion ^ | September 23, 2017 | Professor Julian Zelizer, Political Analyst

Posted on 09/23/2017 4:08:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Donald Trump is going to war with some high-profile African-American athletes who have political thoughts on their minds. The President said that fans should walk out when NFL players like Colin Kaepernick take a knee during the national anthem to protest our nation's inadequate response to racial inequities.

After the NBA superstar Stephen Curry told the media that he did not want to go to the White House to be honored by Trump, the President decided to take time from his busy day to tweet a withdrawal of the invitation.

It would be easy to see this as just one more trivial story about an immature president who watches too much television and has no control over his rhetorical impulses.

But it's much worse than that. Trump's desire to go after an African-American athlete who has been protesting our well-documented problems with race and criminal justice, or an African-American athlete who does not feel comfortable in the White House given the President's controversial positions on social issues, fit into a longer and troubling history of his capitalizing on the politics of racial division.....

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Politics; Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; curry; football; kaepernick; stephencurry; trump; warriors
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To: L,TOWM
Those males are not involved in criminal activity.

No but they let it all go on and carry their own chips on their shoulders. But you're right. The stats are even scarier.

41 posted on 09/23/2017 6:53:04 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
fit into a longer and troubling history of his capitalizing on the politics of racial division.....

Oh THAT'S rich! After 8 years of the most racially-divisive president in history?

42 posted on 09/23/2017 7:29:37 PM PDT by montag813 (ue)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The writer is a moron. Liberal athletes are crying because of Trump victory over Clinton. Get over it, morons...


43 posted on 09/23/2017 8:11:22 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: samtheman

#37. re “Would you (the professor) stop confusing the issue with facts! Please”

He can’t. That’s how leftist professors operate. “Facts, we don’t need no stinkin’ facts”.

It’s my opinion or the low grade!

I’m the one with the PhD after my name (Pretty Dumb).


44 posted on 09/23/2017 10:34:10 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s pretty much white money that makes these otherwise sanitation workers into millionaires. Keep it up. Double down. Whatever.


45 posted on 09/23/2017 10:37:35 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Screw these anti-American losers. I won’t participate in their worthless offerings.


46 posted on 10/03/2017 8:16:28 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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