In the wake of President Trump’s comments about professional athletes kneeling during the National Anthem, sports commentator Charles Barkley appeared on CBS’s NFL Today where he attacked Trump supporters in his home state of Alabama shortly before kickoff on Sunday.
Trump’s original comments on NFL players kneeling came during a campaign rally for Alabama Senator Luther Strange. To thunderous applause, Trump told the crowd that he wished NFL owners would say: “Get that son of a bitch off the field right now.” The president later followed that up with a series of tweets that garnered much media attention.
Along with finding Trump’s comments “100 percent inappropriate,” Barkley condemned Alabama Trump supporters. “I am embarrassed because he said the speech in Alabama and got a rousing reception when he said those things. So, it hurts me that those ignorant folks in Alabama would applaud something so stupid,” he spat. – READ MORE
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