In a speech commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Harry Harris slammed San Francisco Quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Admiral Harris said the men and women who died that fateful morning 75 years ago, “Never took a knee and never failed to stand whenever they heard our national anthem being played.”

The admiral got a lengthy standing ovation.

CNN reported:

In a speech commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Harry Harris decided to slip in an apparent jab at noted national anthem protester Colin Kaepernick.

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“You can bet that the men and women we honor today, and those who died that fateful morning 75 years ago, never took a knee and never failed to stand whenever they heard our national anthem being played,” he said.