field and maybe brought other teammates with him to stand for the anthem. the president, meanwhile, as we noted, tweeting about this, standing firm, in his view about all of this. digging in. the president claiming the backing as well of nascar. saying, so proud of nascar and its supporters and fans. they won t put up with disrespecting our country or our flag. they said it loud and clear. nascar put out an official statement saying it supports standing for the anthem but also supports free speech. dale earnhardt jr. jr. tweeting all americans have interesting because even some of the president s close friends from the new england patriots owner bob kraft, tom brady, the quarterback saying basically in the last 24 hours they don t agree with what the president said at that rally in alabama friday night basically saying that an s.o.b. any player who doesn t stand for the anthem he
called an s.o.b. and should be fired. press secretary sarah sanders today defended the president. this isn t about the president being against anyone. this is about the president and millions americans being for something. being for honoring our flag. interesting, because there were a lot of reporters pressing sarah sanders at the daily briefing today. you have been there before, dana perino. basically saying most of our questions have not been about the puerto rico crisis. most the of our questions have not been about health care. instead many of our questions are about the nfl. didn t the president mess up here by distracting on the nfl instead of these other big issues? and sarah sanders said, you re the one asking the questions. i have no control what you asked. dana: i used to try mind control to see if i could get you to ask something. that didn t necessarily work. you have written a book about sports and in some ways a lot
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