Asked on a KIRO radio program in Seattle about Kaepernick’s action and his explanation, Trump responded: “I think it’s a bad thing. Let him try, it’s not gonna happen”.
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Here’s audio of the interview. It’s awesome how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak.
But until then. if Kaepernick is the team’s second-best QB heading into Week 1, I think he should and will be on the roster in Week 1. “I think it’s a bad thing”, Trump said in the interview. “For him doing it in that way really irked me”.
So things tore apart once it became clear that the 49ers wouldn’t lose anything by turning to Blaine Gabbert.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is exercising his constitutional right to protest.
Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Kaepernick can “do whatever he wants”.
“In general, what I can say is that I certainly don’t share the views that Mr. Kaepernick expressed after the game in explaining his reasoning for his actions, but we surely would all acknowledge and even defend his right to express those views in the settings that he chooses”, Earnest said.
Jets safety Calvin Pryor agreed with Sudfeld, and said by Kaepernick sitting during the national anthem, he is merely “drawing attention” to himself, not the problems the country is dealing with.
Steelers left tackle Alejandro Villanueva, who played at Army and served in Afghanistan before forging a job in the National Football League, said he agrees that the U.S.
“I just know that I am very thankful to be an American”.
I won’t and can’t say there’s any unanimous thought in any locker room, but I would say the main theme of yesterday was that the players appreciated that Kaepernick addressed the team, addressed all questions from them and the media and that his position was principled and determined.
Plenty of people who have reacted to the decision of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to refuse to stand for the national anthem due to his belief that African-Americans and people of color are oppressed in this country by embracing the message but questioning the method.
Many people on Twitter blasted Kaepernick as unpatriotic and ungrateful, while others praised him for speaking out on a societal issue.
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“The American flag and our national anthem stand for something, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States salutes all who stand with us”, said Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander Brian Duffy. In 1996, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf of the Denver Nuggets refused to stand for the anthem, saying the flag was a symbol of oppression. “Voltaire so eloquently stated, “I may not agree with what you say, but I’ll defend it until death your right to say it, ‘” Harbaugh told ESPN.com”. “We’re playing a game for a living”.
