President Trump took to Twitter this morning to distract the nation with a fresh attack on the NFL players who chose to kneel for the National Anthem during yesterday’s preseason exhibition games, viciously dismissing their protest against police brutality and institutional racism as being incoherent and then painting them as being “ungrateful” for making their salaries — which are ridiculously low in comparison to how much money the owners make off of the sacrifice of their bodies.
The NFL players are at it again – taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. Numerous players, from different teams, wanted to show their “outrage” at something that most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2018
…..Be happy, be cool! A football game, that fans are paying soooo much money to watch and enjoy, is no place to protest. Most of that money goes to the players anyway. Find another way to protest. Stand proudly for your National Anthem or be Suspended Without Pay!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2018
The tirade ends with yet another call for protesting players to be punished, a statement clearly directed at the billionaire team owners who are terrified of what Trump might try to do to their league if he decides to.
Needless to say, players were not pleased with the president’s words. Cameron Jordan, the star defensive end for the New Orleans Saints, took to Twitter to respond to the President with a set of powerful tweets that both mocked the president for his childish behavior and called him out for his enabling of white supremacists:
Guy who won the presidential election… how about we get a statement on the “unite the right” rally 2 being held in DC this weekend… a yr after the first one in Charlottesville??? https://t.co/uPSLYkB2z5
— cameron jordan (@camjordan94) August 10, 2018
Only way to say it. What a Goober. He is who I thought he was. Guy is 70+ yr old acting out in what was once the highest respected political position, as a overly insecure prepubescent child…
— cameron jordan (@camjordan94) August 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/camjordan94/status/1027907821520728064
The three-time Pro Bowler gets right to the heart of the matter. It’s an absolute disgrace to see the president of the United States still pursuing this petty feud as a cheap way to stir up racial resentment, especially as white supremacists prepare once again to openly march through the streets of our nation’s capital with no mask and not a word from the President they’re supporting.
