TMZ caught Ted Cruz leaving the airport and asked for his thoughts on the controversy Kaepernick created by not standing for the national anthem and disrespecting the flag.

First Cruz rips Kaepernick, then Obama for siding with Kaepernick:







You know, it’s sad when you see rich, spoiled athletes that don’t recognize what an incredible blessing this country is. It’s very easy when you’re sitting there, rolling in millions of dollars, to disrespect this country. I come from it from a different perspective I come from a different perspective. I come from the perspective that my dad was imprisoned and tortured in Cuba, and America meant what it’s meant for millions from across the globe. It’s meant hope, it’s meant freedom. I gotta say I was disappointed to see President Obama stand with Kaepernick and say that’s right, disrespect the flag. That’s not the job of the president. The president should be standing up for America, and the president should be encouraging every American to honor the flag that so many have bled and died for and to honor the freedom that it stands for.

Exactly right. Obama should have stood with those who have fought for the flag and those who have bled and died for the flag. Instead he chose to both legitimize the disrespectful protest and the phony issues Kaepernick was ‘standing’ for.

(h/t: Free Beacon)