Via a transcript of the comments posted by Bryan Graham of The Guardian, Trump gave his thoughts on the sport:
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally for Senate candidate Luther Strange, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in Huntsville, Ala. (AP)
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When people like yourselves turn on the television and you see those players taking the knee when they’re playing our great national anthem.
Players like Colin Kaepernick, Michael Bennett, Malcolm Jenkins and others have repeatedly said they are not protesting the anthem itself, but rather the racial inequality and injustice that continue in this country.
This isn’t the first time Trump has mentioned the anthem protests; at a rally in March, he said Nfl Owners won’t sign Kaepernick because ">they’re afraid he would tweet about them and bring negative attention.
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