Vice-president Mike Pence left the 49ers-Colts NFL game in Indianapolis on Sunday in a planned walkout, after about a dozen San Francisco players kneeled during the playing of the national anthem. Bob Corker says White House is 'adult day care center' after Trump Twitter hit Read morePence announced his departure from the Lucas Oil Stadium on Twitter. A White House statement followed, with a tweet from President Donald Trump which confirmed the walkout was not spontaneous. “I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country,” Trump wrote. At a rally in Alabama last month, Trump launched aggressive criticism of players and the NFL.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2017 18:10 UTC