Posted on 09/23/2017 10:17:15 AM PDT by mandaladon
Former Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) tweeted that she hopes all NFL players kneel during the national anthem on Sunday in response to President Trump's remarks attacking Colin Kaepernick.
Edwards, who left Congress earlier this year, called Trump a "white supremacist who squats in our White House" in her tweet.
Trump suggested at a rally Friday night for Alabama Senate candidate Luther Strange (R) that NFL players like Kaepernick who kneel during the national anthem should be fired and fans should walk out.
"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now,'" Trump said, adding, "'He is fired.'"
"When people like yourselves turn on television and you see those people taking the knee when they are playing our great national anthem – the only thing you could do better is if you see it, even if it's one player, leave the stadium," Trump added Friday. "I guarantee things will stop."
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell responded to Trump's remarks on Saturday, calling them "divisive" and saying they show a "lack of respect" for the league and its players.
“Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players, and a failure to understand the overwhelming force for good our clubs and players represent in our communities," Goodell said.
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You can even boycott them indirectly to have an impact.
Just today, I was in a tire store getting my car repaired. And what did I see? I saw a big promotion advertising that Bridgestone is the official tire of the NFL.
Well, the next time I need to buy tires, Bridgestone is off the list. Easily done.
She’s as privileged as anybody can be. Enjoys cutaneous protection from any criticism.
“BOYCOTT THE NFL; NBA; HOCKEY; AND ALL OTHER SPORTS...don’t buy their products, don’t watch on T.V. and don’t waste the gas and oil and money to attend their sports then lets see how long it is going to take to have them crawling on their hands and knees back to us...”
Sorry, but I love hockey and to me it’s the only sport where no one is talking about race, religion or ethnicity. Players are from all over the world and if you ever been to a game you would know it’s family friendly. And the fighting is still cleaner than the crap they show on television.
I think the answer is to revive The American Football League and let’s see what the team owners think about the alienation of the vast majority of patriotic football fans...
And Subjects and Serfs take a knee in submission to their masters, while free citizens whose government submits to them proudly stand with hand over heart.
Their side during the eight year nightmare was MUCH worse than that. Obama weaponized the IRS, let Clinton commit treason and massive crimes via her fraudulent foundation, unmasked one person every business day, turned the Intelligence Community loose on Trump, crammed blatantly unconstitutional Obamacare down our throats, and had virulent racists as AG at DOJ. He was hellbent on destroying the USA.
That created all this division which is now spilling over to everyday life, sports, TV, etc.
CW II is coming!
They are all talk. Those spoiled brat millionaire players will not walk away from their paychecks if the rules allowing such protests were changed, or a new football league replaced a defunct NFL...
This is the power we have.
Note U of Missouri which is crumbling because administration wouldn't stand up for what is right. They placated the protestors at the cost of admissions, donations, and attendance at their cash cow football program. Other colleges as well.
Protesting NFL players are free to think and do whatever they want, but we will not endorse their public protests on an NFL stage. How ironic that wildly successful stories touch all minorities, including politics, TV, movies, music etc....all hugely compensated positions. If it's not good enough then try another country, just don't expect a similar success anywhere else.
Bump!
DemocRATs reaching out to USA haters.
There are few lib fans, they think the sport is too violent.
Democrats are headed for the dust bin of history. They're putting themselves in that spot - we don't need to assist with digging the hole they're digging for themselves.
We can watch.
We can speak truth to their lies - and liars. That's enough...
BRING IT ALL YOU MILLIONAIRE CRY BABIES. WATCH THE NFL CRASH AND BURN!!!!! TALK ABOUT SUICIDE.
The players indeed represent a force for good. They jump to a beat down if them ho get moufy wit it. They show young male fans how to treat a woman who ain’t know wats good fo she ho ass! If yo ho get jiggy wit it and yo ain’t dig it, grab she hair and drag her ho ass into the nearest elevator and punch her bitch face til it bleed! She ain’t do nuffin about it no how she know wat good fo her.
Roger Goodell is a fraud. Remember all the tributes to the military
*******
His dad was an anti-Vietnam war Senator who lost his seat in 1970...
Of course if the players do this crap, the BEST RESPONSE would be the fans getting out of their seats and simply leaving the stadiums.
It would be just great if the owners get to see a totally packed house, just to see it virtually cleared by kickoff time.
“We have great doctors and scientists, but not great athletes.”
Yea, they covered that in the movie “Airplane”.
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