Celebrities and sports stars took to social media over the weekend to urge athletes from around the sporting world to “take a knee” during the National Anthem, after President Donald Trump said Friday that any players who protest in that manner should be fired by their team’s owners.
Celebrities including Jeffrey Wright, John Legend, Evan Rachel Wood, Sarah Silverman, Kumail Nanjiani, Daniel Tosh, and Ed Asner, and sports stars including NBA player Chris Paul and NFL cornerback Richard Sherman all took to their Twitter accounts to weigh in on the NFL protests.
But several stars took Trump on directly over the weekend, including HBO’s Westworldstar Wright, who tweeted: “Kneel so hard Sunday the earth shakes.”
Kneel so hard Sunday the earth shakes.
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) September 23, 2017
Ahead of his concert Sunday at the Global Citizen Festival in New York City, R&B legend Stevie Wonder said he was “taking a knee for America,” and two knees in prayer for the world and its leaders. – MORE TWEETS
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