Trump Attacks NFL Head For Apologizing To Players

ESPN reports:

In response to commissioner Roger Goodell’s video last week in which he said the NFL erred in how it dealt with player protests of police brutality and systemic racism, President Donald Trump tweeted late Sunday night, reopening the national anthem debate with the league.

“We are listening. I am listening,” Goodell said. “And I will be reaching out to players who have raised their voices and others on how we can improve and go forward for a better and more united NFL family.” In Goodell’s message, he did not address the national anthem, the American flag or kneeling.

“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. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired,'” Trump said at the time.

Could it be even remotely possible that in Roger Goodell’s rather interesting statement of peace and reconciliation, he was intimating that it would now be O.K. for the players to KNEEL, or not to stand, for the National Anthem, thereby disrespecting our Country & our Flag?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2020

You do not disrespect our country by taking a knee. You disrespect our country by telling us we cannot take a knee. @realDonaldTrump You disrespect our country with every fetid breath you take. https://t.co/vf8bPmumbq

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 8, 2020