visit to lucas oil stadium in indianapolis before going in. they seemed all excited to go to this game and then shortly after the national anthem they left the game. then the vice president sent out a series of tweets saying that he was offended by the fact that members of the 49ers who the colts were playing were kneeling during the national anthem. shortly after pence s bold stand, president said i left vp pence to leave the stadium if any presidents kneeled disrespecting our country, i m proud of him and second lady karen. the question being asked, this planned ahead of time? did the vice president had to go into this knowing seeing there s been protests like this at pretty much every nfl game since the start of the season and they grew exponentially after the president criticized those kneeling that there could potentially be some form of protest like this. he decided to go to the game any way and had those tweets ready to go as soon as he left the stadium. fred, we should also p
credit for the decision to leave the game early. president trump tweeting just a few minutes ago, i asked vp pence to leave the stadium if any kneeled or disrespected our country and i am proud of him and second lady karen. mike pence was there because peyton manning was being honored with a number being retired before the event. he tweeted before the game. that s why he was there to honor peyton manning and the former governor. you see he is standing for the national anthem and a few players from the 49er who is knelt as part of a protest ongoing since last season protesting ashl injustice. they grew when the president of the united states attacked the person who started all of these protests, colin kaepernick who is not even in the league right now during his speech in alabama a few weeks ago. a ton of players knelt in the
now know was planned by the president of the united states. president trump tweeting i asked vice president pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. i am proud of him and second lady karen. this comes on the heels of a month of controversy over the protests of the national anthem, at least the latest month of it. i want to bring in cnn contributor donte stallworth, spent ten seasons in the nfl as a wide receiver. donte, good to see you. you too. so how do you suppose the vice president s walkout is being interpreted when nfl teams continue to show solidarity to the right to protest on game day. i think it just re-enforces the fact what the players have initially protested for in the first place, but also underscores the need for this white house to really have a war. this isn t just with nfl players. this has been with a number of people that they have obviously
his exit were told by one staffer that the vice president might be leaving the game early. president trump then followed all of this with a tweet saying i asked vice president pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting or country. i am proud of him and second lady karen. now, this all comes as a new associated press poll comes out and it shows 52% of americans disapprove of pro athletes who are not standing for the anthem. while 31% do approve. that same poll shows that 55% of americans oppose donald trump s response to the protests while 31% approve. let s bring in peter alexander at the white house. and peter, this is not only the latest chapter in this back and forth. reporter: yeah, i think you re right. it s obvious that both the president and the vice president believe that this is a political winner and they might be right. americans certainly split on this topic of whether nfl
flag and national anthem. so the incident did not go without comment from the president. he took credit from pence s departure. i asked him to leave if any players kneeled, i am proud of him and second lady karen, referring to karen pence, in attendance there. just to shed light on the travel of the vice president to do this, it was a lot, flying across the country on your taxpayer dime. last night he was in vegas to offer condolence toss victim s families. at a vigil there, he flew from vegas to indianapolis to attend today s football match where he ultimately walked out. there was a jersey ceremony for peyton manning. he was going to be there for that and that happened at halftime. but now the vice president, since he left that game, missing that jerry is ceremony for manning, he goes back to california and this is where he will be pushing the administration s plan on tax reform. i want to bring in our pan toll talk more about this, what we