A week after Vice-President Mike Pence left an NFL game when San Francisco players knelt during the national anthem, members of the team chose to continue their protest. Pence was following the orders of Donald Trump, who has been infuriated by NFL players kneeling during the anthem as a protest at racial injustice. “I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country,” Trump wrote on Twitter then. “I am proud of him and @SecondLady Karen.”The 49ers have been central to the protest movement in the NFL. “He knew our team has had the most players protest,” Reid said.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2017 18:01 UTC