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President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« on: June 05, 2018, 09:17:36 pm »
President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
By Michaela Winberg on Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 at 1:45 p.m.

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The President released a statement Monday night informing the public that he had uninvited the Birds from the traditional post-Super Bowl victory visit. Why? In part because "only a small number of players decided to come," and in part because Trump said that players had been kneeling or standing in the locker room during the national anthem, which he said was "disrespectful." Many people on the internet made the reasonable assumption that Trump was talking about Eagles players.

But here’s the thing: none of the Eagles kneeled during the national anthem in 2017. According to a study released by Sports Pundit, the Birds were one of just seven teams in the NFL with a perfect non-kneeling record for the entire year. And they didn’t wait in the locker room either, per ESPN SportsCenter anchor Kevin Negandhi. We found no reports that said players stayed in the locker room.

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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2018, 09:21:08 pm »
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2018, 09:22:54 pm »
   It must have been on Frump & Friends, therefore it's an incontrovertible FACT!
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2018, 09:27:53 pm »
The fact remains and has been proven without a doubt over the 3 or 4 threads covering this topic;  The iggles suck.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2018, 09:55:10 pm »
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Thanks.  I have no excuse this time...I wasn't on my phone!

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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2018, 12:52:25 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 05, 2018, 09:55:10 pm
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2018, 01:19:31 am »
Quote from: corbe on June 05, 2018, 09:22:54 pm
   It must have been on Frump & Friends, therefore it's an incontrovertible FACT!

Don't laugh, it actually was. They had to walk back a story this morning where they shared an image of players kneeling in prayer as taking a knee for the anthem. I'll find a link for you.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2018, 01:29:36 am »
Quote from: AbaraXas on June 06, 2018, 01:22:20 am
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-eagles-ertz-trump-20180605-story.html

I saw that article too, but I was at the Dentist and on my phone.  Good news:  I don't need a root canal.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2018, 01:37:45 am »
Quote from: corbe on June 05, 2018, 09:22:54 pm
   It must have been on Frump & Friends, therefore it's an incontrovertible FACT!



Bullshit.    :whistle:
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2018, 01:39:20 am »
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The Philadelphia Eagles Football Team was invited to the White House. Unfortunately, only a small number of players decided to come, and we canceled the event. Staying in the Locker Room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. Sorry!

9:55 PM · Jun 4, 2018


Ummmm.....that was the Steelers.  Right state and sport, wrong team.  Sorry!

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mike-tomlin-explains-why-steelers-will-stay-in-locker-room-during-national-anthem/
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2018, 01:39:35 am »
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Bullshit.    :whistle:

that was preseason and the team cut him.....  so it doesn't count..... :cool:
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2018, 01:42:58 am »
Remember when those of us who were labeled "NeverTrumpers" warned that Trump would force fascism and loyalty to him?

You saw the first step toward that today. "NFL, no escaping to Locker Rooms!"

The President has overstepped his bounds. He is no better than the alphabet-soup lobbyist forcing the Christian to serve him. This is the beginning of what we warned you about. No person with any modicum of respect for individual rights would put such a fascist statement out there.

To use the Presidency to harass individuals for their beliefs... even when not engaged in deliberate acts of offense such as kneeling during an anthem... is not only wrong, but abusive.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2018, 01:48:10 am »
   You misunderstand me @DCPatriot The BLM movement was all BS, if you don't want to get jacked up or shot by the cops don't give them shit, it's that easy.
   The movement was about to fizzle out and President Trump resurrected it as red meat for his base, his rivalry with the NFL plays into this also and I simply don't care about Goddell and his thugs in the NFLPA who succeeded in embarrassing the Office of the President in spite of what you and a couple of others may think.

    With all that being said if the Commissioner and the Players, in their own Colosieums (whether tax funded or not, the NFL is a TRUST of owners), decide to take a knee during MY ANTHEM, I fought for their right to do just that.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #15 on: June 06, 2018, 02:00:31 am »
Quote from: corbe on June 06, 2018, 01:48:10 am
The movement was about to fizzle out....


In the irony of all ironies, it was on the ropes because Micah Xavier Johnson murdered police officers at a Dallas BLM rally.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2018, 02:10:28 am »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on June 06, 2018, 01:42:58 am
Remember when those of us who were labeled "NeverTrumpers" warned that Trump would force fascism and loyalty to him?

You saw the first step toward that today. "NFL, no escaping to Locker Rooms!"

 :facepalm2:  Are you bleeping serious?

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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2018, 02:23:17 am »
   This Guy had the luxury of hindsight, the CF that became the NFL was a teachable moment for him, rare indeed.



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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2018, 02:49:27 am »


I saw some article saying, they already expected low turnout to the WH.

NBA already had a rule that demands respect during the National Anthem.

The photo above may not be kneeling, so everyone can make their own judgements per a "black power" salute.
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« Reply #19 on: June 06, 2018, 11:40:39 am »
Trump may as well end the policy of hoasting  Superbowl winners. By now every team has a player who did not stand or was traded from a team that allowed it.  And now HE made it a political issue....will he or won't he.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2018, 01:19:52 pm »
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I saw some article saying, they already expected low turnout to the WH.

NBA already had a rule that demands respect during the National Anthem.

The photo above may not be kneeling, so everyone can make their own judgements per a "black power" salute.

I don't like the sitting out, then kneeling, the linked arms or the Black Power fists.  I don't like the camping out in the locker room, and I especially don't like the idea of canceling the Anthem altogether.

Stand with hand over heart, or it's no good.  It's not a question of showing respect for the President, it's respect for the whole country.  The BLM crowd has made no secret that they can't stand the Flag, or the Republic for Which it Stands.  It's raciss.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2018, 01:29:43 pm »
Quote from: corbe on June 06, 2018, 01:48:10 am
   You misunderstand me @DCPatriot The BLM movement was all BS, if you don't want to get jacked up or shot by the cops don't give them shit, it's that easy.
   The movement was about to fizzle out and President Trump resurrected it as red meat for his base, his rivalry with the NFL plays into this also and I simply don't care about Goddell and his thugs in the NFLPA who succeeded in embarrassing the Office of the President in spite of what you and a couple of others may think.

    With all that being said if the Commissioner and the Players, in their own Colosieums (whether tax funded or not, the NFL is a TRUST of owners), decide to take a knee during MY ANTHEM, I fought for their right to do just that.

You can’t win an issue if you don’t engage on that issue, corbe. I don’t think Trump is about to let sleeping dogs lie. His life has never been about suffering the status quo, he prefers to make things happen. That’s a common trait around CEOs.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #22 on: June 06, 2018, 01:56:40 pm »
Quote from: NavyCanDo on June 06, 2018, 11:40:39 am
Trump may as well end the policy of hoasting  Superbowl winners. By now every team has a player who did not stand or was traded from a team that allowed it.  And now HE made it a political issue....will he or won't he.

I thought he cancelled the visit because besides the coach and mascot no one was gonna show up.

That would mean it was the Eagles who made it political.
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2018, 02:00:28 pm »
Quote from: skeeter on June 06, 2018, 01:56:40 pm
I thought he cancelled the visit because besides the coach and mascot no one was gonna show up.

That would mean it was the Eagles who made it political.

According to Foxnews out of the 70 people who were eligible to attend from the team, 60 had RSVPd.  On the day of the event 51 of the 60 notified the White House they would not attend.

So out of 70 people only 9 were going to be there.

Screw the NFL.   
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Re: President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.
« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2018, 02:22:16 pm »
Quote from: skeeter on June 06, 2018, 01:56:40 pm
I thought he cancelled the visit because besides the coach and mascot no one was gonna show up.

That would mean it was the Eagles who made it political.

Correct.  The Players and their Union tried to turn this into an embarrassment to Trump, and he turned the tables on them by making it about the fans.
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