CNN Town Hall: Patriotism, the players and the President
From CNN Breaking News@VERT to no-reply@siteservices.cnn.com on Wed Sep 27 17:47:56 2017
Football fields have become forums for political debate over the past week, after President Donald Trump criticized players who kneel during the National Anthem to protest police brutality.
The President's criticism has set off a wave of defiance in the NFL, but it has also stoked further backlash to the protests. Here are some of the stories that have people talking:
-- The protests didn't start with a knee. Everyone seems to forget that before Colin Kaepernick knelt, he sat.[1]
-- More than 30,000 people are demanding that a statue of a retired NFL legend be taken down after he knelt with other players during the anthem.[2]
-- Analysis: Trump's tweets blasting the NFL prove his goal is to divide the country.[3]
-- NFL players and coaches are still speaking out. Here's what they've had to say.[4]
CNN's Anderson Cooper will host a town hall at 9 p.m. ET[5] to discuss the meaning of patriotism with NFL players and members of the military. You can watch it here[6].
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