Trump Blasts ESPN’s Anthem Decision in Email to Supporters

President Trump criticized ESPN at a rally in West Virginia on Tuesday.President Trump resumed his attacks on ESPN Wednesday, calling the sports media giant “spineless” in an email to supporters and urging them to sign a petition demanding that the network televise the playing of the national anthem before the N.F.L. games it airs this season.

The email came one day after the president, speaking at a rally in West Virginia, criticized ESPN’s decision to not broadcast the playing of the anthem. The comments came at the end of a day of setbacks for the president, as his former personal lawyer pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws and his former campaign chairman was convicted on tax…