Trump suggests NFL players who kneel during national anthem ‘shouldn’t be in the country’

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NYDN Wibbitz - Trump suggests NFL players who kneel during national anthem 'shouldn't be in the country' - President Trump suggested that NFL players who protest police brutality by kneeling "shouldn't be in the country." The NFL owners announced that teams where players do not stand for the Star Spangled Banner will be fined The President had previously called for NFL owners to fire players who did not stand for the anthem, Kneeling during the national anthem is a protest started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick "You have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn't be playing. You shouldn't be there. Maybe you shouldn't be in the country," Trump said.



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