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Donald Trump Wonders If It’s ‘Remotely Possible’ Goodell Said It Was Okay For Players To Kneel During Anthem

It’s still the early days of June. I sincerely hope that there isn’t going to be a new twist on the national anthem protest story every day. Unfortunately today is not one of those days, this time with the president of the United States once again weighing in, as he has so many times before, minutes prior to midnight.

Last week, a coalition of prominent black players produced a video that softly issued a few ‘demands’ of the National Football League, saying that they want to hear the league acknowledge that black lives matter and to admit that they were wrong for not listening to their players and silencing their peaceful protests.