Showing posts with label national anthem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national anthem. Show all posts

Saturday, January 23, 2021

Monday, June 8, 2020

NFL decision to permit kneeling protest by players enrages Donald Trump

The US National Football League is embroiled in a standoff with President Donald Trump after it said players would be allowed to “take the knee” during the American national anthem in protest against racism. After the NFL announced its U-turn, Trump tweeted late on Friday night: “We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag – NO KNEELING!”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/nfl-decision-to-permit-kneeling-protest-by-players-enrages-donald-trump

Friday, September 28, 2018

Nike's Colin Kaepernick ad spurs spike in sold out items - Raw Story

Nike Inc has sold out 61 percent more merchandise since the controversial ad campaign featuring former NFL player Colin Kaepernick appeared earlier this month, according to data on the company's online sales from Thomson Reuters Proprietary Research. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/nikes-colin-kaepernick-ad-spurs-spike-sold-items/

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Fake news: Tampa Bay Lightning fires black player for raising fist during anthem | PolitiFact

We can’t say exactly how many living, breathing people believed the article that the Tampa Bay Lightning fired hockey forward J.T. Brown, but whether it was humans or bots, they shared the story more than 20,000 times. That was enough to flag it on Facebook’s fake news list.....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/23/blog-posting/fake-news-tampa-bay-lightning-fires-black-player-f/

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Is it ‘against the law’ for NFL players to kneel for the national anthem, as Roy Moore said? No | PolitiFact

Roy Moore, Alabama's Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, introduced a new dimension to the debate over NFL players’ protest by claiming that kneeling during the national anthem is illegal. "It’s against the law, you know that?" Moore said in an Oct. 16 interview with Time magazine. "It was a act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That’s the law."....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/19/roy-moore/it-against-law-nfl-players-kneel-national-anthem-r/



Wednesday, October 11, 2017

NFL Players Association has a polite but pointed response to Mike Pence's assault on free speech

Mike Pence carried out a pre-planned, costly publicity stunt on Sunday, traveling hours at taxpayer expense to an NFL game where he knew that players would kneel during the national anthem in order to walk out in a huff over the silent protest. The NFL Players Association responded with remarkable restraint, while making clear just how big the issues here are:....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/9/1705448/-NFL-Players-Association-has-a-polite-but-pointed-response-to-Mike-Pence-s-assault-on-free-speech


Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Mike Pence protests NFL protest, but stays silent on white supremacist rally -- ThinkProgress.org

Vice President Mike Pence further fueled the row over NFL anti-racism protests today by walking out of a game in protest between the San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts after players took a knee during the anthem. The Vice President immediately tweeted half a dozen times about it and released a statement....
https://thinkprogress.org/mike-pence-colts-protest-f77a01531332/

Friday, October 6, 2017

Roy Moore Facebook page shares provocative memes on NFL anthem protests -- The Hill

A Facebook page for Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore shared several inflammatory posts aimed at NFL players who kneel in protest during the national anthem before games, as well as an article praising Russia's controversial law banning "propaganda" that promotes homosexuality or LGBT rights.....
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/353891-roy-moores-facebook-page-shares-messages-attacking-nfl-players-over-anthem







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