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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Press Secretary Declares He 'Is Very Much Against Kneeling in General'
No one ever mistook Donald Trump for a religious chap. Even his devoutly Christian supporters scarcely argue that he is a churchgoing man of God. They're in it for the judges! But even still, his display after military police violently cleared the area near St. John's Church in Washington, D.C. last week was particularly grotesque. His daughter-slash-senior-adviser produced a Bible from her thousand-dollar handbag, and he brandished it like the weapon he believes it is. He has repeatedly declined to cite a favorite Bible verse, because he doesn't have one. Because he's never read the thing. He proudly admitted, prior to millions of Evangelicals voting for him, that he'd never asked God forgiveness for anything. Does he even claim to be a C+E guy?
Still, it was surprising to hear the White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, declare his opposition to "kneeling in general" on this fine June Monday. It is impossible to imagine this guy kneeling in a pew, but you'd think they'd want to keep that one under wraps! We're just joshin', of course. Well, not about the idea the president does not do prayer. That's legit. But what McEnany was really referring to was the president's strident opposition to NFL players kneeling. He doesn't like it! He really doesn't like it now that the Do Nothing Democrats did it before introducing some police reform legislation. Did she mention he doesn't like it?
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It's here where we might remind you that, despite his recent lip service to George Floydwhich was itself short-lived, after he shared a tweet disparaging Floyd's character this weekendthe president has a long and storied history disparaging the movement for racial justice in policing and the criminal justice system. It was just a couple years back that he was screaming for NFL players to be fired for engaging in peaceful protest, calling them "sons of bitches."
This was predicated on the false notion that Colin Kaepernick and others were attempting to disparage the military, despite Kaepernick's clear statements otherwise, and despite the fact that Kaepernick moved to kneel during the anthem after a conversation with a former Green Beret. (Initially, Kaepernick had chosen to sit on the bench while others stood at attention. Nate Boyer, an NFL player and veteran, suggested kneeling could communicate the same message with greater respect.) Kneeling during the anthem is only a protest of "the flag" or "the anthem" insofar as it is a statement that the United States is currently failing to live up to the values we are continually told those symbols represent. All American citizens are not currently equal under the law. We cannot all claim freedom equally. Some of us have not been granted the full rights of citizenship.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/trumps-press-secretary-declares-very-203300015.html
Does he have bone spurs in his knees?
msongs
(67,462 posts)lame54
(35,331 posts)Once down on one or both knees he would require at least 2 other strong people to help him stand again. Grotesquely orange blob!
Dorian Gray
(13,510 posts)elleng
(131,223 posts)underpants
(182,951 posts)nature-lover
(1,471 posts)Kneeling would be a bad photo-op for him.
Shermann
(7,455 posts)Is that code for being against BLM?
PJMcK
(22,056 posts)Trump is absolutely not against kneeling.
There are lots of women who have had to kneel in front of him. He never complained.
Occasionally, he didn't have to pay.
BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)backtoblue
(11,346 posts)Front page is being botted (I think) kicking to get the first page back.
louis-t
(23,309 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He's probably extremely arthritic and would never be able to get his fat ass up back up off the ground once he went down without the help of the "Jaws of Life". Christ, he can't even bend over to tie his own damn shoes in a sitting postion with out dropping head first onto the floor and knocking himself out.
It must take a team of weightlifters to get him dressed in the morning. Not to mention a dozen nurses to clean him up and entire beauty squad to deal with that awful cotton-candy hair and bronze up his hideous, pasty complexion so that he doesn't look 20 years older than he really is. What an ordeal!