In a provocative tweet aimed at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, President Donald Trump on Sunday fanned the debate over football players protesting racial injustice. “We, the NFL, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest,” Goodell said. Trump, who for years has deemed the NFL demonstrations unpatriotic and even called for kneelers to be fired, responded with predictably divisive rhetoric. “Could it be even remotely possible that in Roger Goodell’s rather interesting statement of peace and reconciliation, he was intimating that it would now be O.K. for the players to KNEEL, or not to stand, for the National Anthem, thereby disrespecting our Country & our Flag?” he tweeted Sunday.

Source: Huffington Post June 08, 2020 13:41 UTC