The Jacksonville Jaguars have never had a player kneel in protest during the national anthem before a game. But that doesn’t mean there’s not conversation in the locker room about kneeling or Colin Kaepernick — or that current and former players alike didn’t see and hear current President Donald Trump refer to anthem protesters as “that son of a bitch.”
The President then doubled down and said team owners should fire the protesters and would gain notoriety for doing so.
The speech in Huntsville, Alabama lasted around an hour and 20 minutes. Here are his full comments on the protests:
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he’s fired!