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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/in-defiance-of-trump-every-player-took-a-knee-at-mlb-return/President Donald Trump has long complained about players taking a knee before professional sporting events to protest police brutality.
But as Major League Baseball returned on Thursday night, every single player took a knee.
The protesters were started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016.
Before the game, BLM was painted on the pitchers mound to show support for Black Lives Matter.
Both the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals wore Black Lives Matter warm-up jerseys.
AND Dr. Anthony Fauci threw out the first pitch!
Trump may not recover from this smackdown.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)underpants
(182,823 posts)We switched over and whoever was singing the Anthem was doubletiming it.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Doodley
(9,092 posts)teach1st
(5,935 posts)Link to tweet
Hannah Keyser @HannahRKeyser
The Nationals and Yankees all knelt (every single player) for a moment before the anthem, but no one knelt while the anthem was played.
Goodheart
(5,325 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,943 posts)I love to see this!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)So many lil F-U moments are adding up against him, increasing the winds of change shift.
Indykatie
(3,696 posts)sheshe2
(83,773 posts)I agree, this is a huge step and a middle finger to trump.
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)GopherGal
(2,008 posts)I"m sure it will pass quickly.
If not, I'll just google "Steinbrenner" and I'm sure that's speed things along
LAS14
(13,783 posts)brooklynite
(94,581 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)I think they threaded the needle nicely. Made their point.
Of course till now there was no opportunity to do anything but kneel during the anthem because the leagues gave no dedicated moment. But now that most sports leagues have come around it provides an opportunity to make the statement about Black Lives without stirring every thing up.
Even more valuable? To see those on the right noe try to move the goal post and find a new reason to attacking them for kneeling.
Because at the end of the day the right never cared about the flag, by and large. Ive seen too many of these POS wearing American Flag bikinis, shorts and shirts. Its always been about support for people of color.
onenote
(42,704 posts)jaxexpat
(6,831 posts)And what is left when the first position is compromise?
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Actually think it is an elegant way to protest. Takes away the argument that they are disrespecting the country blah blah blah. No, they are making a statement about the status of our justice system. Suck on that, Trumpers.