"If my guys take a knee, I'll take a knee," Fizdale said.
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Take a Knee, My Ass (I Won't Take a Knee) is dumb, disingenuous, and devoid of any redeeming qualities.
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"If people in this country take a knee and the national football players want to take a knee, they should take a knee at night, every night, and thank God in heaven Donald J. Trump is president of the United States," Bannon told Fox News.
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Before the game kicks off, bettors can wager on -2202 odds that any player will take a knee during the national anthem, or +2628 odds that no players will take a knee.
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But if I could, I'd take a knee on Sundays.
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So [people think], how dare Colin Kaepernick take a knee.
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Few other players were willing to take a knee then.
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Will a player take a knee during the national anthem?
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"We did not take a knee" was a constant refrain.
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"I'd probably take a knee and get carried out," Pink shared.
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No different from you using your moment to take a knee.
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If you need to take a knee after digesting that, I understand.
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Proud to take a knee, and to stand tall against social injustice.
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If players choose to take a knee, the organization will be fined.
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So those football players should take a knee if they so choose.
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In youth sports, players take a knee when another player is hurt.
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But when you take a knee — well that's why she lost the election.
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The "X-Files" stars aren't the only famous faces to take a knee.
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"I've decided that I'm going to continue to take a knee," he said.
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The "Take A Knee" protests have divided football fans, politicians and voters for months.
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Last month, Trump called on NFL owners to fire players who take a knee.
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The White House is imploding — just take a knee and run out the clock.
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PS- It was an Army vet vet told CK to take a knee pic.twitter.
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Perhaps, D.J. Shuler suggested, he could take a knee during the national anthem instead.
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We spoke with Marshall -- one of the NFL's first players to take a knee -- about how Maxwell -- MLB's only player to take a knee -- was allegedly denied service by a pro-Trump waiter ... and Brandon saw a silver lining in the "ridiculous" act.
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" 'Take a knee and stand like Kaepernick' In Raekwon's "Purple Brick Road," Oakland rapper G-Eazy urges people to stand up for what they believe in like Kaepernick did: "Believe in something, stand for it or take a knee and stand like Kaepernick.
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His protest rippled throughout the league as other players also began to take a knee.
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"Proud to take a knee, and to stand tall against social injustice," the caption reads.
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"You'd never take a knee ... so take a stand on Election Day," the mailer reads.
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I take a knee and I ask her, 'Will you marry me and take my name?
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The two also disagreed over whether N.F.L. players should take a knee during the national anthem.
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And I wanted to support my African-American teammates today who wanted to take a knee.
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There's still plenty of time for celebrities to take a knee and rethink their political outreach.
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Georgetown Law faculty arrives to take a knee in protest of Sessions' appearance on campus. pic.twitter.
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The CEO refused to take a knee (take a knead?) and instead blamed the NFL anthem protests.
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Trump feuded with NFL players who participated in the Take a Knee movement over the football season.
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Kovalev battered Simakov, forcing him to take a knee twice before knocking him out in the seventh.
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Kaepernick started the "take a knee" movement in 2016 to protest police shootings of unarmed black men.
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"This is who he is," says a longtime ally, referring to the NFL take-a-knee conflict.
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If players are going to take a knee until the U.S. is perfect, they'll be kneeling forever.
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Online petitions requested all of the performers take a knee in support of Kaepernick and his goals.
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The guy who reigned king over 25 women for 10 weeks must suddenly take a knee and propose.
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"We sorta came to a middle ground where he would take a knee alongside his teammates," Boyer says.
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I'm just going to take a knee like Kaepernick and let the whites figure this out amongst themselves.
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Stills has also made headlines with his protests, including continuing to take a knee during the national anthem.
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Kaepernick in 2016 was the first NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem before games.
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He also called on supporters to walk out of games when players take a knee during the anthem.
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"Take a Knee My Ass" went viral, garnering millions of views across streaming music platforms, YouTube and Facebook Live.
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"I'd rather see him take a knee than stand up, put his hands up and get murdered," Lynch said.
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Doesn't that prove the reason why those kids felt it was necessary to take a knee to begin with?
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If Michael Strahan was still playing football, he believes that he would join in the take a knee protests.
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It seems the growing trend in the NFL is for players to take a knee during the national anthem.
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Trump also targeted other NFL players and owners for allowing players to take a knee or skip the anthem.
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In NBA 20053K17 there is no option to have your player take a knee during the anthem, of course.
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Ninety percent of blacks and 71 percent of Hispanics say they support the players' right to take a knee.
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Kaepernick was the first NFL player to take a knee as a form of protest during the National Anthem.
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Tonight, Oakland A's Bruce Maxwell has become the first MLB player to take a knee during the national anthem.
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My money would have been on Jones to be the first player to take a knee, despite his comments.
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Detroit Lions players take a knee during the national anthem before a game against the Atlanta Falcons in September.
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There is Rosie the Riveter; after we see an image of a football player, two dancers take a knee.
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The "Take a Knee" protest has now grown beyond the sporting world, and entertainers and performers are joining in.
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FOWLER: When the coaches talking to their players, everybody take a knee so you can hear me, hear me talking.
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"Kaepernick risked his career to take a knee for equality, and the NFL punished him for it," the petition reads.
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A few weeks later he opted to take a knee instead to clarify that he wasn't protesting the U.S. military.
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Patriots reporter for the Providence Journal Mark Daniels also noted that lots of defensive players chose to take a knee.
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I know when a career is over, and Kaepernick's was winding down well before he decided to take a knee.
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When you go down and take a knee, or any other way, you're sitting essentially for our great national anthem.
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This means that public school pupils -- and those in charter schools, because they're publicly funded -- can usually take a knee.
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Kaepernick was the first athlete to take a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality.
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Trump has objected to athletes who "take a knee" to protest racial injustice and law enforcement mistreatment of African-Americans.
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"Kaepernick risked his career to take a knee for equality, and the NFL punished him for it," the petition said.
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Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit or take a knee during the national anthem exploded into a national conversation about race.
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Earlier Saturday, Goodell hit Trump for encouraging league owners to remove players who take a knee during the national anthem.
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Kaepernick was the first NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem before games during the 2016 season.
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When you go down and take a knee or any other way, you're sitting, essentially, for our great national anthem.
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On Sunday, two national anthem singers — one in Detroit and one in Tennessee — chose to take a knee during their performances.
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Instead, he rage-tweeted over and over again about NFL players who take a knee in protest during the national anthem.
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The decision of more NFL players to take a knee is also a way to stand up for their former colleague.
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Activist and director Spike Lee, who has been outspoken on race and supports players who take a knee, will also participate.
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The analysis covers Trump's initial (and slightly bizarre) call to fire NFL players who take a knee and the subsequent backlash.
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The fight heated up in the ninth round when a Wilder right hand found Fury and saw him take a knee.
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Kaepernick refused to take a knee during the national anthem at NFL games, which sparked a widespread debate on racial justice.
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A coalition of advocacy groups "take a knee" outside of a hotel where quarterly NFL league meetings are being held, on Oct.
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"Kaepernick risked his career to take a knee for equality, and the NFL punished him for it," wrote petition starter Vic Oyedeji.
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Across the country, football players continue to take a knee during the national anthem to peacefully protest police brutality and systemic racism.
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And out of nowhere you hear, 'If the little N-word want to take a knee, they shouldn't be able to play.
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Teams can now be fined if players decide to take a knee and don&apost show respect for the flag, end quote.
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Before this ordeal ... Bruce was known for being the only MLB player to take a knee during the National Anthem this season.
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"They don't need to take a knee when they can communicate their messages on their own," Roberts said in a telephone interview.
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At a rally in 2017, he used profanity in urging team owners to fire players who take a knee during the anthem.
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His speech defended the rights of players in the National Football League to take a knee during the national anthem went viral.
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His speech defending the rights of players in the National Football League to take a knee during the national anthem went viral.
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The White House has denied that Trump's criticism of NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem is racially motivated.
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Players responded to the president incredulously on social media, and yesterday's NFL games saw even more players take a knee during the anthem.
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But the policy also gives the league the ability to fine teams whose players take a knee or sit while on the field.
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Until you take a knee and beg forgiveness from the American people, you're not going to set foot out on this field again.
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Likewise, the Cato Institute, a nonpartisan think tank took to twitter to show how Americans really feel about athletes who take a knee.
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Every few minutes the young officer would dash behind a boulder and take a knee, then dash back out and issue new orders.
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"Just gonna take a knee like [San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin] Kaepernick and let the whites figure this out amongst themselves," he said.
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When Colin Kaepernick and his allies "take a knee," they adopt a pose drawn from the lexicon of 21976th– and 19th-century abolitionism.
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The issue that primarily moved Kaepernick to take a knee, the killing of unarmed black people by the police, remains a huge problem.
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Anyway, the number of jokes I saw from people that I respect on Twitter about the "take a knee" thing was really upsetting.
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A bee, bear, and even fish take a knee in the cartoon ad as "The Star Spangled Banner" is hummed in the background.
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Last week, Trump called on NFL owners to fire any "son of a bitch" players who take a knee during the national anthem.
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Colin Kaepernick's decision to take a knee during the national anthem has been well-covered and we've heard opinions from nearly everyone about it.
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The Bengals' coaches could have asked McCarron to take a knee, force the Steelers to use their remaining timeouts and try a field goal.
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It's considered fashionable among the social justice crowd to take a knee during the national anthem, burn the American flag and dishonor our troops.
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Look — when they take a knee — there's plenty of time to do knees and there's plenty of time to do lots of other things.
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In 2016, Kaepernick became the first NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and racial injustice.
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NFL team owners this week decided that players will no longer be allowed to take a knee during the playing of the national anthem.
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Trump has repeatedly gone after NFL players who kneel during the national anthem, saying the league's owners should fire players who take a knee.
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Over the past month, an increasing number of players have chosen to "Take A Knee" during the anthem to protest racial inequality and police brutality.
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It was a similar scene on the Jacksonville sideline in London, with some players standing arm-in-arm and others choosing to take a knee.
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Memorial Day is a time to honor the lives of those who would rather die than take a knee when our national anthem is played.
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It&aposs just the fact that like Harf couldn&apost get here when she did her one more thing and take a knee every time.
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In addition to talking about the law and Donald Trump, Couric asked Ginsburg to weigh in on athletes continuing to take a knee with Kaepernick.
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And I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up, or take a knee, for your rights, anytime, anywhere, in any place.
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Mike's heard about the push for the artists to take a knee during the show, and says more power to 'em if they do it.
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Opinion: It's time for the Navy to take a knee 'Operational pause' The collision prompted the Navy to order a rare, one-day operational pause.
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The two men listened to each other, learned from each other, and came to the compromise that Kaepernick would take a knee instead of sitting.
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They can still take a knee; they just can't do it publicly, effectively barring the possibility of any protest statements by players on live television.
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The football players who will continue to take a knee this season are part of a noble tradition of sports figures acting from their conscience.
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"I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up, or take a knee, for your rights," he told the questioner, in Houston.
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Imagine what would happen if some of the TV anchors or commentators decided to "take a knee" during their shows in an act of protest.
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The president doubled down on that criticism on Saturday, writing on Twitter that players that take a knee during the national anthem should be fired.
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Vernon, who has been kneeling since early on in the NFL season, appeared to be the only player to take a knee before the game.
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Watson used Trump's spat with NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem at professional sporting events to introduce his 40-page order.
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"I'm very offended by people that take a knee when the national anthem is played," the Illinois Republican said in an interview with The Hill.
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Dak's been getting crap for backing up Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones who recently said his players will NOT take a knee during the anthem.
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If you want to take a knee during the national anthem in the privacy of your home to prove a point about police brutality that's fine.
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On Saturday night, Bruce Maxwell of the Oakland A's became the first player in the MLB to take a knee during the National Anthem, ESPN reports.
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PLUS: The former 49ers player reveals if he'd take a knee if he was still in the NFL Come back every day at 8:30 a.m.
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This afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence left a game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers after some players chose to take a knee.
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I sort of joked that he didn't have to do that, and, dead serious, he goes, 'Son, you should make everyone take a knee for you.
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Some are even calling for Travis Scott, Big Boi and Maroon 5 to take a knee during their performance -- but don't count Akon among that group.
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And I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up, or take a knee, for your rights, any time, anywhere, in any place.
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His action has sparked criticism but has also inspired other athletes to similarly take a knee or participate in other forms of protest during the anthem.
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Fines and penalties await teams whose personnel take a knee (as a way to protest racial injustice -- not to disrespect the military, as some have claimed).
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When players take a knee during the playing of the national anthem, in the manner made famous by quarterback Colin Kaepernick, they kneel rather than stand.
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The first NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem in protest of social injustice, Kaepernick remains unsigned after leaving the San Francisco 49ers.
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Football players take a knee during the national anthem to protest what they see as racial injustices and the vice president ostentatiously walks out on them.
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The president kept up his feud with the National Football League over players who take a knee in protest during the playing of the national anthem.
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When his rookie quarterback was nowhere to be found, interim head coach Bill Callahan sent backup quarterback Case Keenum onto the field to take a knee.
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Protesters are ready Now, a group called Refuse Facism ATL says it is organizing a "Take a Knee" protest against the President outside of the stadium.
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Take a moment, take a breath, take a knee, do what you need to do to get your mind and your spirit and your heart right.
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The report comes at a time when there is debate about NFL players in the U.S. who take a knee during the national anthem before football games.
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As the season progressed other players—all of them black, like most of the National Football League (NFL)—also began to "take a knee" during the anthem.
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" Peppers told ESPN, "We just decided to take a knee and pray for the people who have been affected and just pray for the world in general.
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The app offered its users the chance to weigh in on a variety of topics, and they've had "take a knee" in the mix for several months.
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" NFL: "It is very disrespectful to our country when they take a knee... the American people are very angry... it is highly disrespectful — they shouldn't do it.
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Rubio has previously defended Colin Kaepernick, who was the first NFL player to take a knee during the anthem to protest police brutality and other social issues.
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The famed creator of ABC's "Scandal" and "Grey's Anatomy" tweeted to her more than 1.6 million followers on Thursday: He insults patriotism of take a knee NFL?
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The uproar comes on the heels of another controversy ignited by Trump last month over NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem before games.
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A teammate approached me about the idea to take a knee in order to show solidarity with victims in our country of violence and oppression, specifically minorities.
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Likewise, when black players take a knee during the national anthem to protest police violence against African-Americans, they are making a gesture of pain and distress.
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Over the past month, multiple NFL players and teams have opted to "Take A Knee" during the National Anthem and, in some cases, stay in their locker rooms.
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Given the protests during the anthem throughout the season, all eyes are on the players to whether or not they'll take a knee once they're on the field.
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We got Peter Kraus -- a fan fave who wouldn't take a knee for Rachel this season -- and asked if rumors that he's the next 'Bachelor' carry any weight.
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But it seemed that more people were thinking about Colin Kaepernick, the "take a knee" former quarterback who is now the face of Nike's "Just Do It" campaign.
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Too bad Woods squandered an opportunity to stand up for racial equality and basic human rights like the right to take a knee in the face of oppression.
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"If you think that it's OK to take a knee during our national anthem and disrespect openly the national anthem, you are wrong," Light told The Boston Herald.
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Natalie Calderon, a 17-year-old Latina student, wrote "Deception": America, the so-called land of the free But is it still free if I take a knee?
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PK Subban says more women should follow Lindsey Vonn's lead and take a knee for their mans ... telling TMZ Sports a lot of dudes wanna get proposed to!!!
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Fans connected Jay-Z and Beyoncé's actions to Colin Kaepernick's decision to take a knee during the national anthem before games in 2016 in protest against police brutality.
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The players who kneel are mostly (though not universally) African-American, and they take a knee as a silent and powerful protest of police violence and systemic racism.
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Colin Kaepernick, a once brilliant young quarterback, chose to take a knee for his beliefs and endured apparent blackballing by the most powerful sports league in North America.
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It couldn't be clearer ... Donald Trump -- who called for the firing of the "son's of bitches who take a knee" --- has actually solidified the movement to kneel in protest.
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Throughout this time, some NFL fans saw the players' decision to kneel, or "take a knee," during the anthem as anti-American and attacked the players via social media.
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New England called a timeout after Butler's interception, but many Super Bowl party guests apparently didn't wait around to watch Tom Brady take a knee before they hailed cabs.
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" Newsday reporter Calvin Watkins proclaimed , "In a dream world all the players should come out for the anthem and take a knee or raise a fist for Week 1.
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"I always support the take-a-knee movement, but I also never said that I was boycotting the NFL or that other artists should boycott the NFL," he says.
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That is why they're doing it, and I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights anytime, anywhere, anyplace.
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Later in the half, he was brought back on the field to take a knee after it was announced that he had been cleared by the league's concussion protocol.
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In Kaepernick's absence, numerous other NFL players have continued to take a knee, raise a fist or remain off the field during the national anthem to protest social injustice.
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" Atlanta rapper David Banner defended those who take a knee, tweeting, "America doesn't give a f--- about black people so why should we pledge to a bloody ass flag.
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Trump has argued players who take a knee during the anthem are disrespecting the United States and in September suggested that team owners fire players who choose to kneel.
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In fact, Trump underestimated the impact of his words, seeing more and more players take a knee, link arms, or remain in the locker room during the national anthem.
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Holly Bass, "NWBA #7 (CROWN)" My original inspiration was old school team photos—you know, where the back row would stand and the front row would take a knee?
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On today's episode: • Michael Powell, a Sports of The Times columnist, on the president's criticism of athletes who take a knee during the national anthem, and the players' responses.
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It revisits a specific historical incident — Mr. Smith's raising of a Black Power fist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics — and links it to take-a-knee protest now.
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Alabama's Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore said Wednesday that NFL players and other athletes who take a knee during the national anthem in protest are violating a federal law.
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Alvarez, whose record improves to 51-1-113, sealed the win with a left hook that caused Fielding to take a knee and the referee to end the bout.
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At the rally, Trump said NFL fans should leave games if players kneel during the national anthem and called on NFL owners to fire players who take a knee.
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Trump has called on players who take a knee during the anthem to be fired, tweeting this week that the NFL should "set a rule" to ban the practice.
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Asked by an audience member during her morning show if she would take a knee during the national anthem, Kelly said she is a "lover" of the First Amendment.
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The Dallas Cowboys, led by owner Jerry Jones (center), take a knee while the national anthem is performed prior to an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sept.
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The newly signed safety -- sportin' an all-black "#IMWITHKAP" shirt ... says he needs to evaluate "the scope of our country" before he decides whether he'll continue to take a knee.
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" House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said it was unprecedented that "two military services have now had to take a knee to review safety and training procedures.
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"To me, perhaps the most effective thing to do would be to stand for the national anthem, but, the second the last note is struck, take a knee," he suggested.
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On the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Harris opened his remarks by taking a dig at Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem.
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The President said that fans should walk out when NFL players like Colin Kaepernick take a knee during the national anthem to protest our nation's inadequate response to racial inequities.
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Trump has said football players who take a knee during the anthem should be fired or suspended, tweeting Tuesday that the NFL should "set a rule" to ban the practice.
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When players take a knee in the manner made famous by quarterback Colin Kaepernick, they cut the white emancipator from the frame and thereby create something new: an abolition image.
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Trump has blasted football players who take a knee during the anthem, saying they should be fired by the NFL and the league should "set a rule" banning the practice.
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President Trump doubled down on his criticism of N.F.L. players who take a knee during the national anthem, saying fans should boycott games unless the players are fired or suspended.
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Rep. Steve Russell (R-Okla.), a combat veteran who served in Iraq, says NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem are disrespecting soldiers who died in battle.
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Outraged by Trump's comments that NFL owners should fire players who take a knee during the anthem to protest racism, Curry joined a chorus of athletes who criticized the President.
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We all made Josey take a knee, because she wasn't sure whether she was going to, and she asked me and I said yes, and it was beautiful and right.
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During a show in Missouri, McCoy unveiled a new song, "Take a Knee... My Ass," criticizing the NFL players protesting police brutality and systemic racism by kneeling during the national anthem.
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The 49ers quarterback has been in the limelight for his decision to take a knee during the U.S. national anthem in protest over the deaths of black men shot by police.
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The former San Francisco 85033ers quarterback was the first NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem to protest social injustice, and has remained unsigned for nearly two years.
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The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback was the first NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem to protest social injustice, and has remained unsigned for nearly two years.
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Trump has repeatedly railed against NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem as a means of protesting racial and social injustice in the U.S. View the discussion thread.
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Trump told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade that he supported the NFL's new policy and blasted the players who have decided to take a knee during the anthem to protest racial injustices.
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Donald Trump is pissed off at two Miami Dolphins receivers who continued the "take a knee" demonstration into the 2018 NFL season ... and now he's calling for them to be suspended.
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And yet President Trump's directives — if players take a knee during the national anthem, he said, the N.F.L. owners should fire them and fans should walk out — had done just that.
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But he kicked things into a completely different gear this year, hammering players who opted to take a knee during the playing of the national anthem in protest of racial injustice.
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I'm sure everybody gets to a point where they run out of [stuff] to say, and they've got to take a knee and recharge and be introspective and live their life.
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The week after the election, she called to tell me she wanted to take a knee, Colin Kaepernick style, as she stood with her fellow cheerleaders during a school pep rally.
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"I think this is just something that people were doing kind of on their own," Pocan said when asked if other House Democrats have planned to take a knee on the floor.
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The NFL is re-airing its "Unity" commercial in response to Donald Trump's call for the firing of basketball and football players who choose to take a knee during the National Anthem.
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By that time you admire the loser because it would be so much easier and smarter to take a knee, but boxers don't know they're finished until their opponent determines they are.
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Pence left the game Sunday in the midst of an ongoing national debate about the "Take A Knee" movement initiated by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016 to protest police brutality.
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The ex-San Francisco 49ers player was the first NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem in protest of social injustice — and he remains unsigned to a new team.
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This is the case even though he insists that his main motivation in condemning athletes who take a knee during the National Anthem are dishonoring the sacrifice of America's fallen service personnel.
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In October last year, a group of activist players, including the Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins wrote a very strong piece for CNN under the headline Behind 'take a knee' lies this racial injustice.
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"I think it's completely disrespectful for an elected an official who represents the community to look away from the flag and take a knee, which is what she did," Linares told CNN.
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The comedian was leaving TAO in L.A. on Sunday when he was asked if it was out of line for players to take a knee after President Donald Trump condemned the action.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted the National Football League's decision to not discipline players who take a knee during the national anthem, calling it a "total disrespect" to the United States.
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The ex-San Francisco 49ers player was the first NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem in protest of social injustice — and he remains unsigned to a new team.
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Today, when football players such as Colin Kaepernick have decided to take a knee in protest against police brutality rather than stand for the national anthem, they have paid a similar price.
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"Lately, some players in the NFL have been choosing to take a knee during the national anthem, a time which I believe should be reserved to respect our service members," the man said.
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Legend, who has long been outspoken about his support for the take-a-knee movement, recognizes that it's a complicated situation for not only the NFL, but also the acts performing during halftime.
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Sources familiar with the situation tell us, none of the players will take a knee, which is consistent with the entire season ... not a single member of the team has taken a knee.
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He first began criticizing demonstrations last year when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to take a knee during the anthem as a way to protest police brutality and racial inequality.
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At stadiums around the country this Sunday, some NFL players will take a knee during the National Anthem as part of ongoing demonstrations against racial injustice and recent comments by President Donald Trump.
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The Packers-Bears matchup is the first game since a wave of demonstrations swept the NFL last weekend following President Trump's attacks on NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem.
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At the same time, the league is a proxy for questions about racism in America and about the First Amendment, thanks to the "take a knee" movement, initiated in 259 by Colin Kaepernick.
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Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren asked Wednesday what NFL players were protesting when they take a knee during the national anthem, saying you could get "a hundred different answers" about what the gesture means.
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The stock quickly recouped losses earlier this month in a move sparked by an advertisement featuring former quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who started the NFL "take a knee protest" against racial inequality in America.
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President Trump told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade last week that he supported the NFL's new policy and blasted the players who have decided to take a knee during the anthem to protest racial injustices.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision to take a knee during the national anthem has set off a wide-ranging debate over free speech and how far athletes should go with their protests.
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And so nonviolently, peacefully, while the eyes of this country are watching these games, they take a knee to bring our attention and our focus to this problem and ensure that we fix it.
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The comments from the NASCAR owners come as NFL players took part in protests at games across the country after Trump slammed players who take a knee, rather than stand, during the national anthem.
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Trump has repeatedly lashed out at NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem at games as a mean to protest social and racial injustices in the U.S. View the discussion thread.
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She posted an Instagram video that was like, it's like her and one of her cohosts, I guess, they like say something and slap hands, and they're like, if you agree, take a knee.
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While supporters of the take-a-knee protests believe the players are exercising their constitutional rights, the President was speaking for other Americans, many on the right, who see the whole thing as unpatriotic.
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Prior to the Reign's next game, on Wednesday night, the host Washington Spirit franchise played the anthem before players had taken the field, thus foiling Rapinoe's plan to again take a knee in protest.
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On Sunday, Miami Dolphins' safety Michael Thomas fought back tears when speaking out against President Donald Trump's criticism of NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem as a way of protesting.
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The president's comments come as NFL players across the country protested during the national anthem at Sunday football games after Trump suggested team owners should fire players who take a knee during the song.
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Kaepernick's memoir, which will be released this year, will cover the backlash sparked in 2016 by his decision to take a knee during the national anthem to protest systemic racial injustice and police brutality.
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He called athletes who refuse to stand for the flag "sons of b******," demanding that they be "fired," which outraged many players, leading some to take a knee in protest of Trump and social injustice.
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T.I. says he's GLAD the parents of an 8-year-old youth football team supported the players' decision to take a knee during the national anthem ... saying it's important for people to use their platforms.
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg is going to bat for Colin Kaepernick ... telling TMZ Sports he supports the QB's right to take a knee during the national anthem -- and he's ripping Trump for going after the protesters.
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Multiple Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars players knelt on Sunday during the playing of the national anthem at the first NFL game since President Trump called for players who take a knee to be fired.
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The campaign comes weeks after Nike saw a jump in sales with an ad campaign that featured Colin Kaepernick, the NFL player who started the "take a knee" protests against police brutality and racial inequality.
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The NFL players' union promises a fight, players ripped it as forced patriotism and the owner of the New York Jets says he'll gladly pay the fines if any of his players take a knee.
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"My first instinct was to just kind of look, see where the gunshots were coming from, kind of establish a safe perimeter, take a knee and shoot what I could shoot," Fox told his outlet.
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Kaepernick, a former quarterback with the San Francisco 2628ers, became the first player to take a knee during the national anthem during the 28503 NFL season as part of an effort to protest social injustice.
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Common's responding to President Trump's bashing of "son of a bitch" NFL players who take a knee during the anthem by going another route -- calmly praising the man who did it first as a hero.
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There was solidarity from Oakland A's catcher Bruce Maxwell, the first MLB player to take a knee, and from the WNBA's LA Sparks, who didn't take the court during the anthem of their championship game.
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He argued that ratings had fallen because viewers were turned off by athletes who chose to take a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality and other forms of racial injustice in America.
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For a coach to tell a player not to take a knee, that goes against everything our country stands for and the rights that the brave men and women that serve this country fight for.
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Trump could have acknowledged the deep challenges African Americans face -- Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, chose to take a knee during the anthem last season to spotlight police violence against African Americans.
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Mr Trump used it to describe black men ("those people") peacefully protesting, while encouraging the overwhelmingly white, conservative audience ("people like yourselves") to "leave the stadium" if they see "just one" of them take a knee.
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Last fall, when quarterback Colin Kaepernick's take a knee protests gained national attention, NFL teams had to make a very visible decision: stand for the anthem, or follow Kaepernick's suit and make a statement in solidarity.
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Seems Trump is referring to Kaep's recent back and forth with the Seattle Seahawks -- which canceled a workout with the QB because he refused to stipulate he would NOT take a knee during the 2018 season.
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"I think that Virginians are just disgusted by rampant political correctness that labels everybody a racist simply because they're patriotic and they're disgusted with NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem," he said.
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He's so brave that he's willing to cast aside the First Amendment so those "sons of bitches," as the President calls them, don't take a knee as a form of protest when the anthem is played.
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Steph Curry Trump prompted a wave of protests in the sports world and beyond in September, when he called on NFL owners to fire players who take a knee during the National Anthem to protest racism.
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" He added: "And so nonviolently, peacefully, while the eyes of this country are watching these games, they take a knee to bring our attention and our focus to this problem to ensure that we fix it.
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Just getting on your nerves like stepping on them, or when you go to take a knee and play a solo and getting it on your kneecap, then your knee hurts really bad the next day.
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Kaepernick and Reid had filed a lawsuit against the NFL claiming owners and league officials colluded to keep them off NFL rosters because they chose to take a knee during the national anthem at NFL games.
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Others were looking for Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine to take a knee in solidarity with former NFL star Colin Kaepernick whose protests against police brutality against black Americans have been excoriated by President Donald Trump.
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Football players who "take a knee" – and in so doing visually signal they are giving up during a song that says America will endure – should consider whether their activity accurately demonstrates their own intentions to improve equality.
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During the National Anthem on Thursday, players at four separate games chose take a knee, raise their fists, or remain in the locker room during the National Anthem, in protest of police brutality and racism in America.
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Safety Eric Reid will make his team debut in Sunday's game against the New York Giants and hasn't yet decided if he will take a knee during the national anthem to continue his protest against social injustice.
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Reid Sr. says he had no idea his son was planning to take a knee with Kaep before the 49ers took on the Chargers in San Diego on "Salute the Military Night" ... but he was pleasantly surprised.
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While supporters of the take-a-knee protests believe the players are exercising their constitutional rights, the President has styled himself as a spokesman for other Americans, many on the right, who see the demonstrations as unpatriotic.
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Primomo, a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, also went after the NFL players who take a knee rather than standing during the national anthem at football games.
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"To me, perhaps the most effective thing to do would be to stand for the national anthem, but the second the last note is struck, take a knee," Costas said Saturday in an interview on CNN's "Smerconish".
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Stevie doubled down and took 2 knees, clearly in response to Trump's tirade Friday night when he called for NFL owners to fire those "son's of bitches" who dare to take a knee during the National Anthem.
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At a rally on Friday for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Luther Strange, President Donald Trump criticized players who take a knee during the national anthem and said National Football League officials should fire players who do so.
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The New Saints will take a knee ahead of the national anthem at NFL games and stand while the song is performed, in an effort to "show respect to all," the team's quarterback Drew Brees said Friday.
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The partisan furor around whether NFL players should take a knee during the national anthem before games — a fire President Trump has relentlessly fueled for five days now — has brought out fierce reactions from people across the nation.
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O'Rourke added, "And so nonviolently, peacefully, while the eyes of this country are watching these games, they take a knee to bring our attention and our focus to this problem to ensure that we fix it," he concluded.
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Ya gotta assume ... if a team does show up, they will ask him about his kneeling protest and if he plans to continue to take a knee during the national anthem if he does sign with a team.
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Trump said Friday that NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem at professional football games should be fired, and he called on his supporters to walk out on the sporting events when athletes do it.
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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is calling on Maroon 22019, Travis Scott and Big Boi to take a knee in solidarity with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick during their performance in the Super Bowl 53 halftime show on Sunday.
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It looked like the NFL was going to pull off something impressive -- addressing the political concerns of players who chose to take a knee while creating a moment of finality that would pivot the conversation away from politics.
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He is not watching because he believes Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, was blackballed by the N.F.L. for protesting for social justice when he chose to take a knee for the national anthem before games.
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It's extremely hard to pretend that American society is unified and dynamic when the nation's being torn apart by a controversy over a backup San Francisco quarterback's decision to take a knee when the national anthem is played.
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Dozens of NFL players have followed his lead and opted to "Take A Knee" in protest of racial inequality in America — and even celebrities joined in by posting photos of themselves taking a knee in a show of solidarity.
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"And so non-violently, peacefully, while the eyes of this country are watching these games, [some NFL players] take a knee to bring our attention and our focus to this problem to ensure that we fix it," O'Rourke said.
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For her 20th anniversary as host, Ms. Hansen and Mr. Shortz taped a puzzle segment in front of a live audience, seemingly made up primarily of NPR employees: ■ 58A: TAKE A KNEE makes its New York Times Crossword debut.
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In the midst of the NFL controversy over players who take a knee instead of standing for the national anthem, let us remember the many reasons why many of us stand for the flag and how it all began.
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President Donald Trump launched the NFL into a heated debate on race and patriotism in America in September when he repeatedly urged NFL owners to fire players who take a knee during the National Anthem to protest institutionalized racism.
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The tension between Donald Trump and the NFL players who've participated in the Take A Knee movement continues to grow after Vice President Mike Pence left the Indianapolis Colts game, per Trump's instructions, when team members kneeled for the national anthem.
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Kaepernick protested by sitting during the anthem, while those who have taken up his cause have opted to take a knee as "The Star Spangled Banner" plays and the protest is known known as taking a knee because of that.
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On "son of a bitch" athletes taking a knee during the national anthem Trump has repeatedly and sharply condemned professional sports players who opt to take a knee during the playing of the national anthem in protest of racial injustice.
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It has become fashionable for social justice warriors to take a knee during the playing of our national anthem, or to ban the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag, as supposedly courageous acts of civil protest against our nation's heritage.
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He defended the right of N.F.L. players to take a knee during the national anthem to protest police killings of unarmed African-Americans, supports "Medicare for All," and slams Cruz for being in the pocket of the National Rifle Association.
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But it is hard for me to imagine that many Americans would object to those who take a knee because they want to honor our country and its exceptionalism as a "shining city on a hill" as Ronald Reagan once said.
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The public notices when N.F.L. players decide to do something outside the bounds of the game: Colin Kaepernick influenced thousands of young people across America to "take a knee" during their own games, which created a wave of acute consciousness.
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Yang's detention stands in stark comparison to the ongoing US national anthem protests in the NFL, where despite outrage from US President Donald Trump, players continue to take a knee during the anthem to make a stand against racial injustice.
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The brave showing of solidarity also came just weeks after James shared a video condemning Trump for trying to create a greater divide in the United States by spending so much time talking about the Take A Knee demonstrations in the NFL.
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What he did seem to know is that Rapinoe was one of the first white athletes to take a knee during the national anthem, which she did in September 2016, during an NWSL game between Chicago and Seattle in support of Colin Kaepernick.
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The pair of league sources said that over the past 14 months, Goodell has gotten "a great deal of clarity on what's driving players to take a knee on Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays," and that one of the issues is criminal justice reform.
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Angus King said, pointing to hashtags that are being being promoted on both sides of recent politically charged events—like NFL players&apos decision to take a knee during the national anthem—in order to get people riled up on social media.
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U.S. women's national team star Meghan Rapinoe has been one of the many professional athletes to take a knee during the national anthem to raise awareness of social injustice and inequality for African Americans, and in support of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
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"So nonviolently, peacefully, while the eyes of this country are watching these games, they take a knee to bring our attention and our focus to this problem to ensure that we fix it," he responded when asked about his stance on the protests.
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In the season finale, Viall stepped onto the proposal stage — yes, there's a stage where all of the proposals are required to take place — but opted not take a knee in front of the woman he'd been dating for under a month.
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The president ignited a public furor last week when he said during a rally in Alabama that players who kneel in protest during the anthem should be fired and urged supporters to walk out of NFL games when athletes take a knee.
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"If you want to take a knee or sit during our 'Star-Spangled Banner': Call me a racist cuz I'm not [politically correct] and think you have to remind me that black lives matter," Kid Rock said during his address, MLive reported.
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What about the argument that liberals — and, in this case, I — use another double standard when we applaud Barr's dismissal while defending the rights of football players who take a knee to protest police brutality during the singing of the national anthem?
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The entry at 58A, TAKE A KNEE, seemed like it could be part of the theme if KNEE is thought of as a verb, but I don't believe it's in the theme set because it lies outside the symmetry of the theme.
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Protestors can "take your football and shove it," the two-term congressman said in an interview with The Hill TV. "As a combat veteran we didn't take a knee on the battlefield over some protest or some stupidity on domestic politics," added Russell.
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Congress is as split as the rest of the country when it comes to the protests, which began when San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick started to take a knee during the national anthem last year to protest social inequality and racial injustice. Rep.
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All these horrible tragedies and he's bored and would rather/ Cause a Twitter storm with the Packers Over the past couple weeks, Trump has repeatedly rage-tweeted about NFL players who take a knee in protest of racial injustice during the national anthem.
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While the gig has been considered a big honor in past years, it has now been highly criticized in wake of the NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick and other football players, who have decided to take a knee in protest of police brutality and inequality.
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Unable to gain a foothold against Pacquiao's swarming attacks, Matthysse (39-5-1) looked to land on the counter but was forced to take a knee towards the end of the fifth round when he was visibly shaken by a right hook to the temple.
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However, Kaepernick's legacy of protest was amplified by his absence on the field and he was honored by the ACLU and Sports Illustrated for his willingness to take a stand -- or rather take a knee -- for what he believed in regardless of the consequences.
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On the Take A Knee movement todayBeing a cheerleader and protesting had a positive impact at Buena Vista, but I decided to try a different approach at my new school [Parker transferred from BVU to Grand View University id Des Moines in September, 2017].
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Kaepernick first knelt during the national anthem as a way of protesting the treatment of black Americans in the US, and some 49ers players have continued to take a knee during the anthem since Kaepernick — who is no longer with the team — first did.
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Unable to gain a foothold against Pacquiao's attacks, Matthysse (39-5-1) looked to land on the counter but was forced to take a knee toward the end of the fifth round when he was visibly shaken by a right hook to the temple.
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Asked whether N.F.L. players were right to take a knee during the national anthem in protest of police violence and racial inequality, Mr. Capuano said he approved of their right to protest, but he did not support the tactic because it had been divisive.
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Got a bit shaky at the end.. was pretty uneasy about singing the anthem and probably won't ever be invited to sing it again but I had to take a knee for the opening game in my city and let my voice be heard.
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At the height of the contentious presidential election, Linder posted an article titled "White America, It's Time to Take a Knee" about Colin Kaepernick, an NFL quarterback who garnered national attention last year for refusing to stand during the national anthem at the beginning of his games.
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And, of course, a petition was circulated (with 115K signatures as of the day of the Super Bowl) encouraging Maroon 5 to drop out of their halftime performance, or to at least take a knee when they perform in solidarity with the NFL players who protest.
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Requiring teams come on the field for the pre-game national anthem wastes a good five minutes that could have been devoted to rally cries, stirring speeches, chalk talks, or the time-honored football tradition of removing helmets and bringing it in to take a knee.
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Luther StrangeLuther Johnson StrangeGOP frets over nightmare scenario for Senate primaries Roy Moore trails Republican field in Alabama The Hill's Morning Report — US strikes approved against Iran pulled back MORE (R-Ala.) was overshadowed by Trump's suggestion that NFL owners should fire players who take a knee.
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At the time, Cardi and a large number of hip-hop stars slammed the NFL over the league's perceived shunning of Kaepernick — the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who was the first to take a knee in September 2016, launching a trend of protests on the field.
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Jones also came out strongest against the anthem protests, saying any player who did not stand for the anthem would not play—this after plopping down front and center to take a knee before the anthem with his players before a Monday Night Football game in September.
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They can be very useful (one basically lets you take a knee and then go early on the next turn, skipping ahead in the order of play), but they feel divorced from morale both as a concept and as a mechanical expression of your MechWarriors' confidence and spirits.
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One flier: "You'd never take a knee ... So take a stand on election day" If Gillespie wins, and probably even if he doesn't, he showed how the Trump America First impulse — laced with plays on racial fears — is not a bug but a feature of the new Trump GOP.
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In their outmatched game against the Iowa Hawkeyes, they took a knee at the one-yard-line by mistake, one of their players ran into a ref on a route, and then they took a timeout right before the half, only to take a knee on 4th and two.
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Conway said Americans should talk about what the flag means instead of focusing on players who take a knee during the anthem "The flag, I still think is the most cohesive, unifying symbol in our nation ... at a time when we feel very fractured and divided," Conway said.
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And while the mainstream news organizations have framed the NFL protests through the prism of patriotism and support for the military, the black press has focused on the crisis of police brutality and racial violence that underlie the athletes' decision to take a knee during the national anthem.
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No one on "Roseanne" has used the word "racist," let alone lobbed a slur; instead, the show relies on code, such as when Roseanne snarks that Jackie might want to "take a knee," even as her black granddaughter, Mary (Jayden Ray), sits nearby, an irony no one remarks on.
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"I think 'take a knee' has really taken on a life of its own and spearheaded everything else that's been going on," said the former tennis champion Martina Navratilova, 61, who came out as a lesbian and often spoke up — to her own commercial detriment — during her remarkable career.
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Critics of the take a knee protests argue that the issue is about the constitutional right to protest but amounts to defaming a flag that has been a poignant rallying point for US service personnel and first responders in the decade-and-a-half of war since 9/11.
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Please rise, take a knee, stand on your head, lift your writing implements aloft (we judge not here), for the Wordplay anthem: To The Times Crossword O puzzle of The New York Times, Comfort of my glad existence, Thou art of games the paradigm, And the test of my persistence.
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He said the song's lyrics, which include the chorus, "I think of those whose freedom was not free and I say, 'Take a knee, my ass,'" were meant to be a patriotic statement and a rallying cry for conservatives and patriots, who McCoy believes have not been vocal enough on the topic.
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The tweet also featured a screenshot of a Washington Post article detailing an interview Reid gave to The Charlotte Observer on Sunday, in which he said he would continue to take a knee during the anthem until more action is taken to combat racial injustice and police brutality. Unwavering. Unrelenting. Unflinching. Unapologetic.
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Mr. Jones has been vocal in expressing unhappiness with how the league commissioner, Roger Goodell, has handled the "take a knee" protests, as well as the six-game suspension of the Cowboys' star running back Ezekiel Elliott for allegations of domestic abuse (which Mr. Elliott has denied; he was neither charged nor arrested).
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" The stage was packed with performers -- including Dave Schools of Widespread Panic, Phish drummer Jon Fishman and Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell -- when the seasoned musician appeared to take a knee, then lay down as 14-year-old guitarist Brandon "Taz" Niederauer shredded chords on one of Hampton's favorite songs, "Turn on Your Love Light.
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The author also cast doubt on whether NFL league owners are colluding to keep NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick out of the league following his controversial decision to take a knee during national anthem, saying time will tell but added that there's a lot of in-fighting and competition in the league, especially among owners.
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Last weekend Trump launched a series of tweets calling for NFL owners to fire players who take a knee and urging the NFL to implement a rule banning players from kneeling during the anthem, just a few days after he referred to players who don't stand as "sons of bitches" during a rally in Alabama.
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Kaepernick, who plays for the San Francisco 49ers, has refused to stand during the singing of the national anthem before NFL games, instead choosing to sit or take a knee in protest against what he has previously described as racist police practices and the continued oppression of black people and other people of color in America.
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Throughout 2016, as a backup and later as a starter for the San Francisco 49ers, Kaepernick decided to take a knee in protest of the United States' systemic violence and oppression against black people; the move ignited some controversy, and started conversations in living rooms and locker rooms about the nature of patriotism and race relations.
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"The issues that are being discussed are absolutely critical to this nation," said the mayor, Bill Peduto, referring to the racial inequity and police brutality highlighted by players who take a knee and Alejandro Villanueva, a former Army ranger and Bronze star recipient who was the sole Steeler to stand outside the tunnel for the anthem.
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" And by "Trump-Stewart talking points," Bannon meant not just the ads about MS-13, but two ads paid for by the Gillespie campaign that attacked Northam for supporting the removal of Confederate memorials, and a mailer that attacked NFL players protesting against racial injustice, stating, "You'd never take a knee ... so take a stand on Election Day.
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The cover story will reportedly focus on the sports world's reaction to the president's comments calling for the firing of NFL athletes who "take a knee" during the national anthem — namely, the widespread protests by NFL players, the twitter reactions by James and other NBA stars, and other forms of protest, such as the first instance of taking a knee in the MLB.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE is hammering a Nike ad campaign that features Colin Kaepernick, a former NFL quarterback who was the first to take a knee during the national anthem before games.
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He should actually be sanctioned because it&aposs a spurious -- JACKSON: Part of it is now the way, for example, protesting using the Philadelphia Eagles who in fact did not take a knee last year as a basis to turn the public against an 80 percent black -- INGRAHAM: I don&apost think you know -- Reverend Jackson, I would have had them come to the White House.
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Especially these days, if you see that somebody else is angry, or hurting, or asking for change, and they're willing to stand up—or take a knee—to make themselves heard, and you can't fully understand exactly why because maybe it's an issue that doesn't impact you in the same way it does them, then maybe you don't need to jump right into the conversation.
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Kaepernick's protests inspired dozens of other players to also take a knee during the national anthem's performance before games, an issue that drove the league into confrontation with President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE last year.
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So again, we're, we never have the full picture, and I think there is this idea — and this is really what people are angry about when they have to get, you know, when football is no longer a pleasure, when sports are no longer a pleasure, when Instagram is no longer a pleasure because you have to think about what it means to take a knee.
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"When I take a knee, I am facing the flag with my full body, staring straight into the heart of our country's ultimate symbol of freedom — because I believe it is my responsibility, just as it is yours, to ensure that freedom is afforded to everyone in this country," she wrote at the time of her protest in an op-ed for the Players' Tribune.
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But he's recast himself in this race as a Trumpian culture warrior promising to preserve Confederate monuments, sending mailers emblazoned with "You'd never take a knee, so take a stand on Election Day" alongside a kneeling football player, and warning that his opponent, Democrat Ralph Northam, will "let dangerous illegal immigrants back on the street" like members of the Central American gang MS-13.
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The mother of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is standing by her son after President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE blasted NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem.
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Safety Eric Reid, who started kneeling alongside Kaepernick early on in the movement last year and still has a job with the San Francisco 49ers, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times earlier this week with the headline "Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee": So why does Lou Holtz, and others like him, refuse to listen to what they have to say?
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Which made me really happy because I was like, finally, we can have a good version of the damn ice bucket challenge, so I just feel that there is a way in which that this is migrating beyond — and the elasticity of what it means to take a knee is a little bit troubling, because we do keep migrating away from Colin Kaepernick's original... WM: It's going to be a meme.
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But more than with any other recent president, celebrities and Mr. Trump have tussled over popular culture and the leisure pursuits of Americans: his angry response to Meryl Streep after she gave an impassioned anti-Trump speech at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards; his encouragement of supporters to boycott the N.F.L. as long as many of its players take a knee to protest police brutality; and his Twitter jab at Jay-Z over black unemployment.
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Poliquin's remarks arrives as President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE continues to hammer Nike for the campaign featuring Kaepernick, who was the first to take a knee during the national anthem before games to protest racial inequality and police brutality.
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On-field demonstrations began in 2016 with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, who rose to prominence after being the first player to take a knee during the national anthem to protest racial inequality in the U.S. Kaepernick has been targeted frequently by President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE and his base.
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When you encounter a person who believes he's merely honoring his ancestors by driving a car with an image of the Confederate battle flag on the tag, when a Facebook friend announces that it's disrespectful to take a knee during the national anthem, when you sit down next to someone at the church picnic who genuinely loves and respects the black people they know but who consistently votes for politicians with overtly racist policies, stop for just a moment and take a breath.
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What the media gets wrong about Donald Trump, according to the NYT's Maggie HabermanRecode Daily: Trump's latest travel ban blacklists eight countries; NFL players take a knee in protest after Trump's angry tweetsFox's FX is pulling more of its shows off of rival streaming services and onto its home-grown version A month ago, scores of executives, including tech giants, resigned their posts on two councils advising Trump on business and manufacturing issues, citing Trump's early refusal to blame the violence in Charlottesville, Va., on neo-Nazi demonstrators.
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The Russia investigation Other TV and movie celebrities NFL players who take a knee during the National Anthem Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico Not winning the popular vote in 2016 Protesters Mexico The (non-"Fox and Friends") news media Press coverage of Donald Trump Jr. (and not Hillary Clinton!) People who say he maybe shouldn't tweet so much Republicans, generally Republicans, specifically The Senate's 60-vote filibuster His own Justice Department and Attorney General Jeff Sessions The Democrats 'So-called judges' Past US leaders (with a focus on one in particular) Bad poll numbers
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So, Chris Long—who, as a white athlete, stood by his colleagues' decisions to take a knee and refused a trip to the White House—decided to come at Ingraham with a list of nincompoops Fox News has had on-air to discuss politics: Jon Voit, everybody: Kid Rock: Bobby Knight: Chuck Norris: Ted Nugent: Clint Eastwood: And he wrapped up his list there, but made sure to include a couple of caveats: Then he had a message for Fox News viewers: Even ESPN journalist Jamele Hill wanted to drop a couple of ridiculous examples in the mentions: Mind you that LeBron's statements came from an Uninterrupted podcast and show, whereas the above Fox News guests were on a... news show.
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