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DonViejo

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Thu Sep 28, 2017, 07:18 AM Sep 2017

Trump Continues NFL Culture War on Fox & Friends : 'I Think It's Disgraceful' [View all]

by Aidan McLaughlin | 7:06 am, September 28th, 2017

The sun rose on Thursday, and guess what? President Donald Trump’s culture war with the NFL is still fucking going.

The president gave an interview to Fox & Friends which aired Thursday morning, and of course weekend co-host Pete Hegseth brought up Trump’s opposition to NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality.

“You have certainly started a national conversation this week, Mr. President, on the NFL,” Hegseth cooed. “Your critics say it’s been a distraction, but you say it’s critical, you talk about words like ‘patriotism’ and ‘citizenship.'”

“Why is this such an important issue for you?” asked Fox & Friends’ most obsequious patriot. Trump said the issue was not a distraction, before rattling through his achievements as president.

“But the NFL cannot disrespect our country, they cannot disrespect our flag or our national anthem.” Trump continued. “And they can’t have people sitting down or kneeling down during our national anthem.” (Both Hegseth and the president could do with reading this quick explanation of why everyone is kneeling.)

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