INDIANAPOLIS—Vice-President Mike Pence has left the 49ers-Colts game after about a dozen San Francisco players took a knee during the national anthem. Colts players stood in unison, locking arms but standing throughout the anthem. U.S. President Donald Trump later tweeted: “I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. Instead, Pence spent most of Saturday honouring victims of the Las Vegas shooting before returning to his home state. Read more: Don’t kneel in protest during anthem, Trump tells NFL players in tweet Soldiers fought for the right to 'take a knee'Read more about:

Source: thestar October 08, 2017 18:33 UTC