Posted on 06/14/2020 8:54:59 AM PDT by Stravinsky
Donald Trump has long had two cherished American institutions standing beside him as he railed against athletes taking a knee during the national anthem: NASCAR and the NFL.
This week, they both started to walk away.
Bending to the cultural moment, NASCAR and the NFL in recent days reversed course on their approach to athletes protesting racial injustice. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he had been wrong for not listening to protesting players earlier and encouraged “all to speak out and peacefully protest.” Meanwhile, NASCAR relaxed rules barring kneeling during the national anthem and banned Confederate flags from its events. Within days, a NASCAR driver was circling a track in a race car emblazoned with #BlackLivesMatter and a NASCAR official was taking a knee during pre-race ceremonies.
The moves came in response to the protests that have erupted across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died at the hands of the Minneapolis police. And they reflected shifting cultural attitudes — polls show an increasing percentage of the population view racism as a big problem in the country and the protests as a justified response.
Yet Trump stood his ground. He attacked Goodell, wondering whether the commissioner was telling players “that it would now be O.K. for the players to KNEEL, or not to stand, for the national anthem, thereby disrespecting our Country & our Flag?” And he separately lashed out about a blossoming discussion about renaming military bases named after Confederate leaders.
The changing tenor from the two leagues could be pivotal for Trump, though. The president has long leaned on the front offices of each organization as he has publicly attacked athletes who took a knee during the national anthem, and privately pressured some team owners to change anthem rules.
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Um. Okay.
NFL was gone a long time ago. In fact The NFL started it.
Trump is on an anti-kneeling crusade?
Corporations are hedging their bets. The dicks.
Still developing as to what NASCAR and NFL will lose in the way of followers.
Other way around. They’ve lost the president and the American people.
Corporations Run Everything Now.
The movie “Rollerball” was Prophecy.
Trump loses two allies?
LOL
That’s hilarious
No, you lost more customers and have been losing since the last guy who occupied the White Hut....
Yeah right.
Let’s see how long they keep the big audiences while they tell them to kneel before their new rulers.
NASCAR and the NFL Lose a Critical Ally in President Trump
He Still Shows Respect For America.
There - fixed it.
Exzaxkly.
It seems the headline should read:
NASCAR and the NFL lose pivotal ally in their kneeling crusade: THEIR FANS
Anti-kneeling crusade? Who makes up this crap? Oh, demolib haters.
Simply systemic corporate dumbassery.
Hey, didja catch UFC last nite?
Really excellent chick fights.
(Flame suit on)
Yes, headline was so silly I just had to share it. Not surprising coming from Politico though.
Remember the Air Force One flyover at Daytona?
Remember Trump’s lap around the track?
Boycott NASCAR. They suck.
Do they know there is a difference between the NFL NASCAR organizations and their fans?
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