SALT LAKE CITY — On Friday, President Donald Trump, while delivering a political rally in Alabama, said NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem had disrespected the flag and deserved to be fired.
“That’s a total disrespect of our heritage,” he said. “That’s a total disrespect of everything that we stand for.”
Trump encouraged NFL owners to fire players that continued to kneel during the National Anthem and added: “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, you’d say, ‘Get that son of a b**** off the field right now.