NASCAR Drivers On National Anthem Protest

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT TRUMP SAID ABOUT THE NFL.
HE SAID:
APPARENTLY OWNERS IN NASCAR WERE ASKED ABOUT THIS, AND
SOME OF THEM DECIDED TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT HOLD, BECAUSE
THERE'S LOTS OF TWISTS AND TURNS IN THE STORY, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
LOTS OF TURNS IN NASCAR.
NOW WE GO TO THE HILL.
HE IS JOINING TRUMP IN SAYING YES, IF YOU DO SOMETHING I DON'T
AGREE WITH POLITICALLY AND YOU SPEAK YOUR MIND, I'LL FIRE YOU.
HE DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE IS NOT THE
GOVERNMENT.
TRUMP PRESSURING PEOPLE TO DO THAT AS A GOVERNMENT, AS A
LEADER OF THE GOVERNMENT UNFORTUNATELY IS A FIRST
AMENDMENT ISSUE.
WHETHER HE TAKES ACTION IS A SECOND
SEPARATE
STORY.
PETTY CAN DO THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ADVISABLE, BUT HE CAN.
PETTY SAID:
AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
THEIR PARENTS, THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR FRIENDS.
ANYWAY.
THEIR ABILITY TO DRIVE A CAR, APPARENTLY.
SO PETTY IS ON ONE SIDE.
I GOT IT.
BY THE WAY, HE HAS THE RIGHT TO HIS OPINION TOO.
I DON'T WANT HIM TO FIRE ANYBODY OVER IT, BUT IF DURING THE
ANTHEM HE WANTED TO DO JUMPING JACKS AND SHOUT FOR JOY AND PLAY
MUSIC, HAVE AT IT HAUS.
THAT'S YOUR RIGHT.
NOW WE GO TO ANOTHER OWNER.
SO SECOND OWNER THREATENING TO FIRE PEOPLE OVER IT.
TRUMP MUST BE HAPPY, AND HE IS.
HE TWEETS:
NOW HOLD, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR.
NOT EVERYBODY IN NASCAR AGREES.
EARNHARDT PUT OUT A GREAT STATEMENT.
DAMN, LOOK AT DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR.
THAT IS A WONDERFUL ODE TO BEING PROGRESSIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS PERSONAL POLITICS ARE, BUT TO THIS
COUNTRY SAYING, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF AMERICA.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A NATIONAL ANTHEM IN THE FIRST PLACE
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT WE WANT
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
YOU MISSED THE WHOLE POINT OF THE COUNTRY.
BLESS HIS HEART ON THAT.
THEN NASCAR HAD TO PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT BASICALLY SPLITS
THE BABY.
IT WAS ARTFULLY DONE.
LET ME READ IT TO YOU.
THEY SAID:
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS AWESOME, RESPECT THE
FLAG, RESPECT THE TROOPS, BUT PART OF RESPECTING IT IS
RESPECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL TAKE IT.
THEY KIND OF PLAY TO BOTH SIDES, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT, GOD BLESS.
THEY EMPHASIZE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT SO THAT'S A GOOD THING
BUT JAMELE HILL, WHO'S OF COURSE ON ESPN AND COVERS SPORTS, SHE
TWEETED:
I THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE NASCAR STATEMENT.
THE CONFEDERATE FLAG IS ALSO FUN AT NASCAR RACES.
NOW THESE ARE PICTURES FROM 2015.
THAT'S VERY RELEVANT AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
BECAUSE IN 2015, NASCAR TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, BE FAIR AND HONEST TO EVERYBODY.
YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH SOME OF THE NASCAR OWNERS, BUT IN 2015,
NASCAR SAID PLEASE STOP BRINGING CONFEDERATE FLAGS TO THE RACES.
IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR FANS DID?
SCREW OFF.
THEY BROUGHT EVEN MORE CONFEDERATE FLAGS AND THE
EFFORT THAT WAS A WELL-INTENTIONED EFFORT BY
NASCAR FAILED BUT THERE'S A TWIST OF THAT.
THEY SAID IF YOU WANT TO BRING IN YOUR CONFEDERATE FLAG
AND WE WILL GIVE YOU AN AMERICAN FLAG INSTEAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THESE FOLKS REMEMBER THAT BUT THE
CONFEDERATES, THEY DID A REVOLUTION AGAINST AMERICA SO
THEY REBELLED AGAINST AMERICA, THEY COMMITTED TREASON AGAINST
AMERICA, SO NASCAR SAID WHY DON'T WE GIVE YOU OUR FLAG
INSTEAD.
LOOK AT THE IRONY OF THAT.
TO SALUTE THE FLAG NOT ONLY DID NOT RESPECT AMERICA,
OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM AND OUR FLAG BUT ACTUALLY DECLARED WAR
AGAINST IT.
NOTHING COULD BE MORE DISRESPECTFUL TO THE
AMERICAN FLAG THAN BRINGING AND WAVING A CONFEDERATE FLAG.
THEY WENT TO WAR AGAINST US.
THEY TRIED TO RIP THIS COUNTRY APART.
LUCKILY, THEY LOST AND WHEN NASCAR SAID, WE WILL GIVE
YOU AN AMERICAN FLAG INSTEAD, A LOT OF THE FANS SAID NO,
THANK YOU, WE WOULD RATHER KEEP THE CONFEDERATE FLAG.
AGAIN, DON'T JUDGE ALL NASCAR FANS, THEY DIDN'T ALL DO THAT.
SOME PORTION OF THEM DID AND THERE PLENTY OF PICTURES
AND VIDEOS FROM THOSE RACES IN 2015 TO PROVE THAT.
SO IT IS AN INTERESTING POINT BY JAMELE HILL.
WELL TAKEN BUT
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF TRUMP EVERYONE'S DIVIDED.
HIS IDEA, WHEN WE RALLY AROUND, YES, THE AMERICAN FIGHT,
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THE AMERICAN FLAG STANDS FOR.
IT STANDS FOR FREEDOM, AND THAT INCLUDES THE FREEDOM OF
SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK OUT TO MAKE AMERICA BETTER
AND YES, THAT INCLUDES MAKING OUR GOVERNMENT AND OUR
POLICING BETTER.
IF YOU SAY WE SHOULD NOT SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE POLICE
WHICH ARE PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THEM BETTER, THEN
YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS COUNTRY AT ALL AND YOU
DON'T RESPECT US, OUR FLAG, OR OUR ANTHEM.
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NASCAR Drivers On National Anthem Protest

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