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Navy admiral calls out Colin Kaepernick at Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration ceremony

This is, well, something. Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ceremonies took place all over the country, and there were plenty of speeches to be heard. One speaker decided to invoke Colin Kaepernick in his comments.

U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Harris was speaking at an event, and came on after the playing of the National Anthem. He opened by calling for another round applause for the rendition of the Anthem. He then had this to say:

“You can bet that the men and women we honor today, and those who died that fateful morning 75 years ago, never took a knee and never failed to stand whenever they heard our national anthem being played.