Semper Fi! Congressman Hunter. Thank you for your service!
Posted on 09/01/2016 3:31:27 PM PDT by Kaslin
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick will make his first appearance on the football field since he refused to stand last week during the national anthem to protest "a country that oppresses black people and people of color."
Tonight, Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers will play in San Diego at a preseason game celebrating the military. The controversial quarterback has said he will not stand for the anthem at the game on Thursday night.
One U.S. congressmen from the San Diego area had a message for Kaepernick:
“He probably fits in very well in San Francisco,” Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter said in an interview on the ESPN/ABC podcast, “Capital Games.” “That might be one of the reasons that he’s able to do this or feel confident about it.”
“A city like San Diego is too patriotic,” said Hunter, adding that he believes Kaepernick would be out of a job if he played for the Chargers.
“I don’t think we’d have a player like him, frankly, I think he’d be booed out or the owners would be forced to not accept someone like him,” he said.
Hunter is a military veteran who represents East County, San Diego. He also serves on the House Armed Services Committee.
“I think you can combat what Kaepernick’s doing with a show of force on the other side,” said Hunter. “That’s saying, ‘Hey, we respect the flag because it stands for something that’s constant, and that’s the sacrifices and what the American military has done for this country.’”
Kaepernick was recently photographed wearing socks that depict police officers as pigs, but insisted he was not making a statement about all police officers, only those who are "rogue."
Bench him.
I think he’s looking for an excuse to sue....
Pelosiville might put up with this guy’s crap, but I expect better from San Diego—it’s basically a military town.
Unless it’s changed drastically since I lived there, this idiot won’t be feeling the love.
I think he’s trying to get traded.
CC
Chip Kelly is looking like a real weak leader.
I know Belichick would never allow something like this to happen, and it would have nothing to do with politics. He simply does not allow distractions.
Kaepernick’s job is to be a QB. Not a activist. Do Your Job.
He’d stand at attention and respect for a crescent moon flag, I’d wager.
OH YEAH!
BIG TIME.
I “could” be attending, but I didn’t want to leave my Louie at home all alone.
Instead, I’m taking him to Dog Beach in a few minutes.
A rich-elite looking down on people who love the National Anthem
Heck no. Let him feel (physically and emotionally) how patriotic US citizens feel about this creep.
NO!!!!
Leave him in and see if he gets a leg twisted/hurt or an ankle twisted/hurt or just friggin' hurt!
Isn’t it time for his teammates to kick him out of the locker room?
He was already a freak and now he’s been brainwashed into being a BLM Muslim. That’s gonna get old.
Does he even play? He’s the third string QB isn’t he???? He wont see much play time,in my opinion. I wish the media would ignore him tonite, and not even show him sitting there pouting. Let us see the opening ceremony, not him!
GO CHARGERS!
Kaepernick is doing this so that when the inevitable cut comes late this year or early next then he can argue that it was because of his politics and not his lack of talent.
I think his career was already in the tank and he wants a different legacy than “you just suck”.
When is the game on?
Semper Fi! Congressman Hunter. Thank you for your service!
Miss me yet?
I think he’s blaming the fact that he ended up sucking on everybody else but him
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