Outrage Mounts Over Refusal of NFL Quarterback to Stand for National Anthem

Newsmax.com ^ | Sunday, 28 Aug 2016 11:31 AM | Eric Mack

[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." !

[2ndDivisionVet]

Was he waving an IRA flag as he said this?

[choctaw man]

I’m a huge sports fan.
I’m about to be a former sports fan if these types of demonstrations continue (BL Matter; Hands up, don’t shoot; and the rest of that crap) by these privileged, rich athletes.

[Paladin2]

NFL is obviously unAmerican.

[ColdOne]

He was raised by evil whitey, has no problem of taking the mans money too.

[Red Badger]

Attention Whore!........

[Donglalinger]

Birds of a feather..

[Liz]

REP KING: "Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the national anthem is entirely wrong. It is 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. "

Kudos to Rep King for saying what all of us are thinking.

[Noob1999]

Gee, and you had such a promising career!

Toot-ta-loo!

[FlingWingFlyer]

"It's bigger than just you." !

Nuff said.

[DoughtyOne]

With Trump fixin to kick "Pickles" ass every which way but loose, the swing back to patriotism, this Colin Kaepernick picked the wrong time to make an anti-U. S. statement.  This won't end well for him.

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[CommerceComet]

Even though he might have said the right thing here, I still think that Peter King is an arrogant piece of crap who is a disgrace to the office.

[Brown Deer]

https://conservativedailypost.com/colin-kaepernick-converted-to-islam-before-his-anti-american-stance-coincidence/

[ozzymandus]

I suspect this is a big ploy by a bad QB to blame “racism” when he gets fired. If the commissioner had any guts, he’d throw this jerk out of the NFL.

[A_Former_Democrat]

King is being much too kind

[Bruce Kurtz]

“Was he waving an IRA flag as he said this?” Since he just converted to islam, the question should be was he waving an isis flag?

[2ndDivisionVet]

I meant King, not the football player.

[RightGeek]

[uncitizen]

James Woods is not just a genius, he’s a great man.

[ZOOKER]

It's a free country, he has the right to sit.

I hope he sits the whole season.

At home.