President Donald Trump on Monday dug in on his feud with professional athletes, declaring on Twitter that “many people” booed the NFL players who kneeled during the national anthem, and denying that he’s stoking racial tensions with his attacks.
Trump first stoked the issue on Friday at a rally in Alabama, where he told the crowd “wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘get that son of a b?#@ off the field right now — he’s fired.’” Trump’s Twitter account was peppered with similar sentiments throughout the weekend, including one post in which he suggested that NFL ratings and attendance had dipped in part because “many stay away because they love our country.
Colin Kaepernick now no longer in the NFL, thanked the public for making his jersey the NFL's top seller last season after his national anthem protest. He vowed to donate all the proceeds he receives "back into the communities." The San Francisco 49ers quarterback made his pledge in an Instagram post.
