President Trump was up early on Sunday morning, and rather than act like a statesman, he decided to be a bullying juvenile yet again, doubling down on his criticism of athletes who exercise their First Amendment rights and refuse to stand when the National Anthem is played:
If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017
…NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country. League should back U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017
Don’t you just love how a man who may have committed treason feels a need to slam someone for taking a knee when a song is played? Apparently Trump forgets all of the reprehensible things he’s said about the United States and its citizens over the years. Let’s travel back in time for a moment and take a look at a few of those examples:
In February, during an interview with Fox News, Trump said this when Bill O’Reilly called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “killer”:
“What do you think? Our country’s so innocent?”
Trump repeatedly tried to suggest that former President Barack Obama hadn’t been born in the United States, and tweeted out this in 2012:
An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2012
On the topic of women, Trump has said:
“Women have one of the great acts of all time. The smart ones act very feminine and needy, but inside they are real killers. The person who came up with the expression ‘the weaker sex’ was either very naive or had to be kidding. I have seen women manipulate men with just a twitch of their eye — or perhaps another body part.”
There was also plenty of commentary from social media in response to Trump’s latest idiocy:
Considering @realdonaldtrump wouldn't have rented apartments to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Muhammad Ali in the 1970s, maybe he should STFU.
— Jonathan M. Sherman (@improbablyjust) September 24, 2017
— ?Gringo Covfefe 25.4 (@SweGringo) September 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/Miriam2626/status/911906186122924032
Trump lashing out with taunts + racist dog whistles to distract from…
Trump-Russia? His entire failing inept administration? pic.twitter.com/j72bqIUcCq
— DCResisterBee? (@DC_Resister_Bee) September 24, 2017
Speaking of ratings being way down: https://t.co/6eajucXIfd
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 24, 2017
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