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Many of the @NFL owners who pretended to have beef w/ Trump yesterday are simply performance artists & hypocrites.https://theintercept.com/2017/09/25/colin-kaepernick-nfl-national-anthem-protest-donald-trump/ …
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THREAD. 1. Yesterday was beautiful. I'm amazingly proud of the
@NFL players who protested & demonstrated. But some hypocrisy is afoot.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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2. LONG before
@realDonaldTrump called@NFL players SONS OF BITCHES,@NFL owners & GM's were ALREADY saying that about Colin Kaepernick.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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3. Speaking to
@mikefreemanNFL - one@NFL Executive, speaking of Colin Kaepenrick said "FUCK THAT GUY."http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2651681-mike-freemans-10-point-stance-kaepernick-anger-intense-in-nfl-front-offices …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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4. Another
@NFL Executive, speaking of Colin Kaepernick, called him a "TRAITOR."http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2651681-mike-freemans-10-point-stance-kaepernick-anger-intense-in-nfl-front-offices …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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5. Another
@NFL Executive said Kaepernick was the most hated man BY GM'S since Rae Carruth - WHO HAD HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND KILLED.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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6. Seven GM's told
@mikefreemanNFL they thought 90-95% of GM's hated Colin Kaepernick's guts. READ THIS. They said GM's "won't move on."pic.twitter.com/5CSqtGNsTy
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7. “He has no respect for our country. Fuck that guy.” -An
@NFL Executive speaking about Colin Kaepernick.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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8. One
@NFL executive said he would "quit his job first" if an owner asked him to hire Kaepernick. Sounds like baseball before integration.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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9. It was CRAZY to hear the President, on the mic, at a rally, call
@NFL players SONS OF BITCHES, but his owner buddies said it before him.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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10. What Trump said owners should do to players who take a knee, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE to Colin Kaepernick. He didn't propose a new idea.
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11. Ask
@mikefreemanNFL - one@NFL executive told him 6 months ago that teams would attempt to make an example of Colin Kaepernick.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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12. What Trump said was OUTRAGEOUS, but he is the Frankenstein created by
@NFL owners. They made him. They funded him. They set the tone.pic.twitter.com/xSGmwx1nmM
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@NFL owners & executives repudiate from Trump what they've already done, and continue to do, to Colin Kaepernick??? //End.Show this thread
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Dear
@NFL, I appreciate gestures. *Now, hire Colin Kaepernick. *Fund Justice Reform. *Change the name of Washington’s football team.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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When Trump ignores 3.5 million Americans w/o power, Congress should say, "Get that son of a bitch out of office.
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What would you expect from a team that calls themselves the "Redskins" and argues that it isn't racist or derrogatory???!!
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I would watch an African American Football League. Means I wouldn't have to see Tom Brady.
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The NFL doesn’t care about 75% of its players who are Black, if they did they wouldn’t ban Kap for protesting police terrorism of AA
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The same owners who tipped $1mil+ for the POS inauguration. Bunch of frauds smh.
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