In last 72 hours Trump has transformed debate over refusing to stand for national anthem… 1/
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Now, Trump has made argument about himself. No polls yet, but opinion will likely be mix of feelings about anthem protests *and* Trump. 3/
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Some Trump opponents who don't really care about football now vocal supporters of players refusing to stand for national anthem. 4/
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And there are Trump supporters who agree with him on anthem but wish he would stick to big pressing issues, taxes, health care, NK. 5/
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One last thing. We hear a lot of about the Constitution and 'rights' in this argument… 6/
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Of course, refusing to stand for anthem is constitutionally-protected speech -- protected against government retribution. 7/
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But there's no constitutional reason NFL couldn't crack down on the protests, if it chose… 8/
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Plenty of people have been fired or disciplined for constitutionally-protected speech. Just ask that Google engineer. End. 9/
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you are straying real far to make this about Trump. This was already a hot issue. Trump just made it so the owners couldn't hide anymore
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still is the same now....makes a bad taste come in your mouth.... Future News Headline" Spitting up all across America.....WHY?
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All polls still show everyone is strongly against kneeling for anthem.
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