In what seems like a winning issue for President Donald Trump, the establishment media diverted the discussion of the president’s criticisms of both the NFL and NBA to one about racism, with scant evidence regarding his motives.
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. He is fired. He’s fired!’” Trump said in Alabama Friday evening, referring to NFL players protesting police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem.
The reaction from the establishment media and sports figures was swift, with more participating in the national anthem protests after Trump’s comments. Combine that with the president’s tweet disinviting the NBA champion Golden State Warriors — who were on the fence about visiting the White House — and you have a full-scale culture war.
“This kind of thing is why he’s president,” Rich Lowry wrote Saturday for National Review. Most Americans oppose kneeling during the national anthem as a means to protest police brutality. This is another example of Trump taking a “commonly held sentiment,” and saying it in a way that will garner incredible amounts of attention. – READ MORE
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