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Ditka doubles down on criticism of kneeling athletes, support for Trump

Holy Grabowski!

Former Bears coach Mike Ditka just doubled down!

And he did it on Trump Team Online!

A nonapologetic Ditka, who got blitzed with negative publicity this week for blasting protesting players who he said were “disrespecting the American flag” by kneeling during the national anthem, just went one step further.

“This is me,” chirped a newly beardless Ditka in a taped interview Wednesday with Donald Trump Jr. The interview, done in coordination with President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, airs Thursday on Trump’s Jr. online “Triggered” program.