Black lawmaker kneels on House floor in solidarity with athletes
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) knelt on the House floor Monday night to show solidarity with NFL players defying President Trump to protest police brutality.
Jackson Lee, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, blasted Trump for attacking NFL players who kneel during the national anthem at games to draw attention to the treatment of African-Americans by law enforcement.
Then she took a knee herself.
"I kneel in honor of them. I kneel in front of the flag and on this floor," Jackson Lee declared.
"I kneel in honor of the First Amendment. I kneel because the flag is a symbol for freedom. I kneel because I'm going to stand against racism. I kneel because I will stand with those young men and I'll stand with our soldiers. And I'll stand with America, because I kneel," she said.
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