Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized Friday for comments she made disagreeing with Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest. Ginsburg called the 49ers backup quarterback’s protest “dumb and disrespectful” in an interview with Yahoo’s Katie Couric.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg bashes Colin Kaepernick’s “dumb” protest in @katiecouric interview https://t.co/HOgeo8SlQopic.twitter.com/gzbPLe3ni5
According to BuzzFeed News the justice released a statement today saying her previous comments were “inappropriately dismissive and harsh.”
My report on Justice Ginsburg’s Friday afternoon walkback of her earlier @Kaepernick7 comments: https://t.