Trump disrespectful of flag

when criticizing NFL players

President Trump and most of his supporters insist on believing that professional athletes, mainly NFL players, are being disrespectful to the flag when they kneel during the playing of the national anthem, despite the fact that those players say that is not their intention.

I have to wonder if the people who complain even know what the flag stands for.

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I’ve always known the flag to stand for our freedoms and the men and women who fought and died for those freedoms. Paramount to those freedoms is the First Amendment right to free speech and expression. The Constitution itself allows for the citizen’s right to peacefully protest.

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Frank Grygus

San Ramon

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