thirsty? . i wasn t preoccupied with the nfl. i was ashamed of what was taking place. i don t think you can disrespect our country, our flag, the national anthem. to me the nfl situation is a very important situation. i ve heard it before. was i preoccupied? not at all. not at all. i have plenty of time on my hands. all do i is work. to be honest, that is an important function of working. it is called respect for the country. i think it is very important for the nfl to not allow people to kneel. to respect our country and to respect our flag. that was the president just moments ago. once again. going after the nfl and
this fight is a big distraction. we have some sound put together for you. let s listen. well, i wasn t preoccupied with the nfl. i was ashamed of what was taking place. to me, that was a very important moment. i don t think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem. to me, the nfl situation is a very important situation. i have heard that before about, was i preoccupied? not at all. not at all. i have plenty of time on my hands. all i do is work. to be honest with you, that s an important function of working. it s called respect for our country. sandra: what did you think of that moment, alex? i thought it was an interesting moment. i think he s right. i think his position on the nfl is correct. the issue is there s a lot on the president s plate. there s the disaster in puerto rico. the big runoff election in alabama today, which he didn t talk about at all. the north korea situation, obviously. the healthcare reform, tax reform which they re supposed to be k
well, i wasn t preoccupied with the nfl. i was ashamed of what s taking place. to me it was a very important moment. i don t think you can disrespect our country, our flag, the national anthem. to me the nfl situation is a very important situation. i ve heard that before. was i pre okay piled? not at all. i have plenty of time on my hands. all i do is work. i have respect for our country. many people have died. many, many people are so horribly injured. i was at walter reed hospital recently and i saw so many great young people and the missing legs and the missing arms and they ve been so badly injured. and they were fighting for you our country, our flag, they were fighting for our national
puerto rico. i wasn t preoccupied with the nfl. i was ashamed of what was taking place. because to me that was a very important moment. i don t think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem. to me, the nfl situation is a very important situation. i have heard that before about was i preoccupied. not at all. not at all. i have plenty of time on my hands. all i do is work. to be honest with you, that s an important function of working. it s called respect for our country. many people have died, many, many people. many people are so horribly injured. i was at walter reed hospital recently and i saw so many great young people and they re missing legs and arms and have been so badly injured. they were fighting for our country. they were fighting for our flag. they were fighting for our national anthem. for people to disrespect that by kneeling during the playing of our national anthem i think is
place. to me that was a very important moment. i don t think you can disrespect our country, our flag, the national anthem. i ve heard, was i preoccupied? not at all. i have plenty of time on my hands. for people to disrespect that by kneeling during the playing of our national anthem is disgraceful. a long history of public displays in sports, iconic raising of the fists, and the presidential medal of freedom. trump requested they be sanctioned does have precedented. those very olympians were suspended for the raised fists. most team owners have been rejecting that approach and while the back lash that athletes should be quiet and be grateful. when people lecture black athletes to just savor their position in silence, they re pushing a toxic stereo type.