kiss. he s got his fans and his detractors, but he is selling his sneakers. remember how big of a deal it was when they came out with that commercial where colin kaepernick said believe in something even if it s sacrificing anything? some of them dim but it didn t end up mattering. then the immediate aftermath went up by 31%. and he said he didn t like the betsy ross flag sneaker and why it s no surprise that the sneaker sold out. a sneaker that by the way, and that s the date of the first time that he stood for the national anthem. ed: that he kneeled? or that he is sad. the kneeling was a different date and i can t believe i know that. but people who buy the stuff see colin kaepernick as a cultural icon. and they are going for a
it represents. trace gallagher is on the case for us tonight, hey, trey. good evening the nike nixes betsy ross flag sneaker with 13 stars in a circle he designed during the american revolution referred to as the betsy ross flag. the shoe had been shipped to retailers and nike contact of the stores and without explanation asked them to return the shoes. now we know former nfl quarterback and activist colin kaepernick reached out to mikey and said he and others felt the flag is an offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery. and colin kaepernick has not played since 2016 since kneeling during the national anthem. last year, nike made him the face of an advertising campaign in the company is clearly standing behind that relationship quoting now nike made the decision to halt distribution of the air max one with concerns it could unintentionally offend and
are not wearing the betsy ross flag. the capital right now is not flying the betsy ross flag. nike places 50 stars and 13 stripes on those shoes and people had an issue with that, yes i would agree with you. that is not the american flag. that is not the representation of every american right now. let s salute the flag we fly today, not the one we flew 200 0 years ago. shannon: okay. really? those made up 100 years later. shannon: betsy ross in a kindergarten play and i m sure there are pictures out there and hopefully i won t be in trouble for that. fox news had a new poll and asked whether certain things are patriotic and one of those things is flying a flag an act of patriotism? back in 2014, 90% said yes but that has dropped 9% since this. now 85% say yes. jason are you worried about the level of patriotism in this country especially as we had two independence day celebration question work the outcome i
country in the past is what drew us together is a bigger, better cause. the constitution of the united states, the declaration of independence, and the flag that drew us together. i don t know why all these people in grade school, but the greatest nation on the face of the planet. despite our hard times in the past, we learn, we get better and salute that flag and fight for america. that is exactly the opposite of what i hear nike and colin kaepernick in all these other people projecting. it is just fundamentally wrong. shannon: and there are some that were at this kind of stuff actually helps president trump, tweeting this, betsy ross flag is a symbol of white nationalism and slavery, not defiant against really, nike. accelerating just-in-time for 2020. trump feeds on your woke nose, great job, everybody robert. jeff scarborough is an idiot. we have to understand and look at the fact that these troops were serving overseas right now