by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
This week in a sure sign that the Mueller investigation is having a negative impact on Donald Trump's pleasant disposition, the fat man in the White House launched yet another diversion to take the public's attention away from the ever-expanding Russia scandal. Trump doesn't want us to waste our time focusing on the potentially treasonous activities of his administration and various family members, so he instead whipped up another sideshow to capture our attention. Now, the matter of greatest national urgency must be athletes who kneel during the national anthem.
Football free agent Colin Kaepernick began drawing some attention to himself more that a year ago when he chose to kneel during the national anthem as it was being played at an NFL game. Kaepernick was using that form of free speech (dubbed "taking a knee" in the popular press) to protest the growing incidence of white policemen shooting and killing unarmed black men, crimes which, more often than not, went unpunished. In the intervening year, other professional athletes have followed Kaepernick's brave lead.
Last week while campaigning in Alabama, Trump went on a tirade and attacked the athletes who were using their constitutional right of free speech to bring attention to racism. The Trump family made much of its early money through the ownership and management of properties which they steadfastly refused to rent to blacks, and polling shows most of America's contemporary angry racists are politically aligned with Trump. By attacking Kaepernick and the other kneeling athletes - whom Trump referred to a "sons of bitches" - he was shamelessly throwing red meat to the racist elements of his base. Trump also encouraged his peer group, the NFL owners, to fire athletes who choose to exercise their free speech through kneeling during the national anthem.
But, perhaps more importantly, Trump was giving America another outrage to focus on - something besides Russia.
This afternoon upwards of fifty professional football players are anticipated to "take a knee" while the national anthem is played during their games - and Donald Trump will undoubtedly explode all over Twitter. But in spite of all of the patriotic fervor and noise, the Mueller team will still be digging.
Robert Mueller is focused, and while Donald Trump may sit on his golden thrown typing tweets with wild abandon, Mueller will not be distracted.
Godspeed, Robert Mueller. America is depending on you!
Citizen Journalist
This week in a sure sign that the Mueller investigation is having a negative impact on Donald Trump's pleasant disposition, the fat man in the White House launched yet another diversion to take the public's attention away from the ever-expanding Russia scandal. Trump doesn't want us to waste our time focusing on the potentially treasonous activities of his administration and various family members, so he instead whipped up another sideshow to capture our attention. Now, the matter of greatest national urgency must be athletes who kneel during the national anthem.
Football free agent Colin Kaepernick began drawing some attention to himself more that a year ago when he chose to kneel during the national anthem as it was being played at an NFL game. Kaepernick was using that form of free speech (dubbed "taking a knee" in the popular press) to protest the growing incidence of white policemen shooting and killing unarmed black men, crimes which, more often than not, went unpunished. In the intervening year, other professional athletes have followed Kaepernick's brave lead.
Last week while campaigning in Alabama, Trump went on a tirade and attacked the athletes who were using their constitutional right of free speech to bring attention to racism. The Trump family made much of its early money through the ownership and management of properties which they steadfastly refused to rent to blacks, and polling shows most of America's contemporary angry racists are politically aligned with Trump. By attacking Kaepernick and the other kneeling athletes - whom Trump referred to a "sons of bitches" - he was shamelessly throwing red meat to the racist elements of his base. Trump also encouraged his peer group, the NFL owners, to fire athletes who choose to exercise their free speech through kneeling during the national anthem.
But, perhaps more importantly, Trump was giving America another outrage to focus on - something besides Russia.
This afternoon upwards of fifty professional football players are anticipated to "take a knee" while the national anthem is played during their games - and Donald Trump will undoubtedly explode all over Twitter. But in spite of all of the patriotic fervor and noise, the Mueller team will still be digging.
Robert Mueller is focused, and while Donald Trump may sit on his golden thrown typing tweets with wild abandon, Mueller will not be distracted.
Godspeed, Robert Mueller. America is depending on you!
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