Four city council members representing Ann Arbor, Mich. chose to kneel during the Pledge of Allegiance at one of their meetings Monday.

Chip Smith, Chuck Warpehoski, Sumi Kailasapathy, and Jason Frenzel took their places in front of the city council’s table, turned toward the flag, and took a knee when members normally recite the Pledge of Allegiance after the meeting was called to order, The Ann Arbor News reported.

One of the members said the move was an “act of attention, concern and respect.”

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“I can’t speak to what is in each person’s heart, but for me to ‘take a knee’ is an act of attention, of concern, and of respect,” Warpehoski posted on his website before Monday’s meeting.

“And it is in that spirit that I take a knee at tonight’s City Council meeting: out of respect for the aspiration that we be a nation ‘with liberty and justice for all,’ with full attention that we fall short of that ideal in many ways, and with humble dedication to continue to work that the promise of the pledge may be fulfilled,” Warpehoski added.

The action comes as President Donald Trump has continued to call out players in the NFL for not standing for the national anthem.

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