vice president mike pence and his wife had their own protest at the nfl game this weekend. they were back in indianapolis attending the colts and san francisco 49ers game on sunday. they decided to walk out and leave the stadium after some 49ers players knelt during the national anthem. sho shortly after, the vice president explained why on twitter writing, i left today s colts game because @potus will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, flag or national anthem. after that tweet, the president posted his thoughts on the matter, i asked vice president pence to leave stadium in any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. i am proud of him and second lady, karen. then this morning the president returned to twitter to share more shaugt thoughts writing by vice president pence is long planned. he s receiving great praise after leaving game after the players showed such disrespect to country. to complete the circle, the president is fund-raising for his re-electio
our colts and honoring peyton manning. 11:56 a.m., pence departs his hotel. aides tell reporters he may leave the game early, and they should stay in their vehicles. around 12:55 p.m., as expected, some players from the 49ers kneel during the national anthem. 1:08 p.m. pence tweets i left the colts game because potus and i will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem. after just 30 minutes pence s motorcade departs. by 2:16 the president claimed credit tweeting he asked at vp pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled. disrespecting our country. i am proud of him and second lady karen. by 7:02 the vice president lands in los angeles for a private fund-raiser. by then the critics were pouncing, calling it an expensive political stunt on taxpayers dime. to use taxpayers money to
i will not dig fie any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem. after just 30 minutes pence s motorcade departs. by 2:16 the president claimed credit tweeting he asked at vp pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled. disrespecting our country. i am proud of him and second lady karen. by 7:02 the vice president lands in los angeles for a private fund-raiser. by then the critics were pouncing, calling it an expensive political stunt on taxpayers dime. to use taxpayers money to get your agenda across, to prove a point i think is reckless and it s dangerous. air force two costs $30,000 per hour to fly. pence s night from las vegas to indianapolis saturday cost about
national anthem. the president jumped in: i asked @vp pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. i am proud of him and @secondlady karen. critics are suggesting it was a stunt. here is eric read of the 49ers 49ers. this looks like a p.r. stunt to me. he knew our team, most players protest. he knew we were probably going to do it again. jesse: it should be noted the vice president was scheduled to be at the game for the statue unveiling of peyton manning. greg: take the statue down! jesse: what are we going to do? greg: the idea that you are concluding that it s a stunt does not make you intelligent. he knew this was going to happen. it s a stunt. so what? the media uses every crisis as a stunt. if one side can post s, if the
we will talk about it. and more tough warnings. to north korea from president trump. he said the only thing that will work as a military option. is that true? is that what he meant when he said the only thing that will work? is at the right way to handle it? that is ahead on ot. back to you. sandra: looking forward to it. meanwhile, vice president mike pence walking out of his home state indianapolis colts stadium yesterday after several members of the opposing san francisco 49ers took a knee during the national anthem. he tweeted a photo of himself standing with the caption we are proud to stand with all of our colts for our soldiers. our flag in our national anthem. president trump praising the move tweeting i asked vice president pence to leave the stadium if any players kneeled. disrespecting our country. i am proud of him and second lady karen. but not everyone was supportive of the vice president s actions. democratic senator chris murphy tweeting don t let these guys