Posted on 04/25/2018 10:46:00 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The owner of the New England Patriots said in a meeting with NFL owners, executives and players that President Trump was using public fury over football players who kneel during the national anthem as "fodder to do his mission."
In an audio recording of the private meeting, which was obtained by The New York Times, Robert Kraft said that Trump seized on the national anthem protests to spread division and anger.
"The problem we have is, we have a president who will use that as fodder to do his mission that I don’t feel is in the best interests of America,” Kraft, a longtime Trump supporter, said, according to the Times. "It’s divisive and it’s horrible."
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New England Pussyhats
I am not a Patriots fan but have made excuses for them against haters out respect for their sheer talent. There is no excuse for this.
Decided who you are supporting for President in 2020 yet?
What an idiot. American viewers were pretty pissed off (and still are) without Trump’s input. NFL burned their own paychecks, not Trump - and Trump is just pissed off like US.
We should remind the NFL about there decline of the Vets Add because it ‘was political.’ Yet the let their own players carry out a protest while on the clock? Hmmm.
Maybe Trump just voiced what most Americans were thinking about the situation.
Trump does not act like an adult. I hope someone else will be the Republican nominee in 2020. I know that some Trump supporters think he’s a “fighter” because of stuff like this, but they would laugh at a Democratic president who did this.
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Just so you know who you are dealing with
NOOOO.....it’s those who dare to attack the Communists who are the divisive forces.
I wonder when the dwindling season ticket orders will reach the point that they can no longer be ignored by the Bob Krafts AND the media?
The media and the NFL ignored us. Trump just gave a voice to our concerns.
The media and the NFL doesn’t have a problem when the Democrats give a voice to their voters concerns. Obama was never labeled as being divisive. Now, in fact, the NFL is funding their concerns.
Naturally, it’s Trump’s fault. What’s Kraft’s position on the kneelers?
Well, I guess he is no longer a friend.
Reagan would have commented and condemned it.
and I mean embrace Hogg the way his gay bf is doing here and at the prom.
A billionaire NFL owner is a snowflake...who knew?
The only game I watched this season was the Super Bowl. Sorry to hear Kraft has taken the side of the thugs. Guess nothing’s going to change.
So, it's TRUMP who's inflaming and pandering...not Kraft, and not the kneelers.
Tell us more...
I’ve been a Patriots fan since childhood, even when they were a terrible football team.
Now I can start disliking them without reserve.
When Hogg’s fly, Bob.
You make a good point. I should probably find another source besides “The Hill” before completely abandoning my 40+ years as a fan of the Patriots.
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