President Donald Trump insists his criticism of National Football League players who kneel during renditions of the national anthem ― a means of protesting police brutality across the country ― is not racial in nature. I’ve never said anything about race,” Trump told reporters in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Sunday. In a Friday speech in Alabama, Trump called NFL players who kneel “sons of bitches,” and then doubled down on his criticism in a series of follow-up posts on Twitter. More than a hundred NFL players from several football teams kneeled or held arms in solidarity during Sunday’s opening ceremonies. Over the weekend, Trump blasted several African-American sports figures in the NFL and the NBA, including Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry.

Source: Huffington Post September 24, 2017 22:00 UTC